LifeLong Medical Care is looking for a Associate Program Director (APD) to join our Family Medicine Residency team at the William Jenkins Health Center in Richmond, California. Under the direction of the Program Director (PD), the APD will assist the PD in running and administering the Family Medicine Residency Program (FMRP). They will function as the acting PD in the event of PD absence. They assist with administrative functions, plans, implements and assists with major educational projects, and assists in recruitment of residents. The APD fills other integral roles within the team as designated by the PD.

This position is 0.6 FTE administrative time and 0.4 FTE clinical time (including precepting and continuity clinic).

About us:

As a Federally Qualified Health Center in Northern California with over 42 years of dedicated service to the community, LifeLong serves over 60,000 patients in the East Bay Area's socio-economically underserved regions. We provide medical, dental, behavioral health, and school-based services at 16 primary care sites across Oakland, Berkeley, and West Contra Costa County. From opening a residential respite program for homeless persons discharged from hospital to offering free COVID testing to the community, we are innovative and responsive to our times' social and medical needs. We provide an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and with which our patients can identify. To this end, we seek candidates who reflect the diversity of the East Bay communities we serve. To learn more, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits:

We offer a competitive salary: $197k-$235k annually, sign-on bonus, and excellent benefits: medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, dependent and domestic partner coverage, 403(b) retirement savings plan, and loan repayment programs. LifeLong is a qualified site for federal and state loan repayment programs (HPSA score is 21). Acceptance rates may vary year to year based on funding levels and the number of applicants.

We're passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. Companies that are diverse in age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability, ethnicity, and perspective are proven to be better companies. More importantly, creating an environment where everyone, from any background, can do their best work is the right thing to do.

LifeLong Medical Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Direct Education:
o Precepting - a minimum of 20% (two sessions per week) strongly encouraged, enough direct contact for the associate PD to have a sense of strengths and weaknesses of individual residents as well as the system.
o Teaching

Teaching at Didactic half-day, as assigned

Administrative
o Assist PD in maintaining full accreditation from ACGME Review Committee - Family Medicine.
o Chair the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) and participate in the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC)
o Oversee FMRP clinic operations in cooperation with the FMRP clinic manager
o Attend weekly core faculty meetings
o Available for acute/urgent resident questions and concerns
o Available to departmental leadership for consultation on local, regional and national developments that affect program
o Administer the resident advising program
o Active participation in all aspects of residency quality, including, but not limited to:
o Development of policies and procedures;
o Evaluations - residents, rotations, faculty, etc.
o Accreditation processes, including Internal and RRC reviews
o Curriculum development
o Planning and participation for Residency Retreat
o Act as the PD's GMEC proxy, attending meetings when needed
o Act as counsel and advisor to program director
o Assist in the creation and implementation of new and innovative residency topics or methods of teaching
o Act as liaison or assign a delegate to coordinate with other outside institutions who host our residents.

Recruitment
o Support the following recruitment activities:
* Applicant screening and selection process
* Applicant interview process
* Participate in recruitment fairs and events
* Act as FMRP ambassador through presentations and participation in regional and national meetings
o Medical student mentoring and teaching - as preceptor, as well as at medical school events

Resident support
o Resident advising, as needed
o Support for remedial process for individual residents, as needed
o Participation in disciplinary processes as appropriate for role
o Chief resident support - formal and informal processes in support of leadership and professional development
o Participation in end of year events, including graduation, etc.

Clinical care
o Maintain active family medicine practice;
o Maintain ABFM of AOBFP Board certification.

Scholarship
o Attendance at national and regional GME conferences.
o Presentations at regional and national conferences that help promote the program.
o Scholarship for own advancement as well as the program's advancement.

Leadership Development
o Active participation in the Association of Family Medicine Residency Directors
o Completion of the National Institute of Program Director Development (NIPDD)
o Other leadership development opportunities as they arise

The following are required as qualifications for the Associate Program Director position:

1. Demonstration of ability as a teacher.
2. Demonstration of administrative and management skills.
3. Valid licensure; Have appropriate medical staff privileges and be board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine (ABFM) or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians (AOBFP).
4. Full scope outpatient family practice; competence in a wide range of outpatient procedures highly desirable.
5. Willingness to serve as PD when that position is vacated.

The following are highly desired but not required qualifications for the position:

1. Minimum 2 years of experience with a continuity practice.
2. Minimum 1 year of GME experience, preferably as a core faculty member within a family medicine residency program.