Pediatric Residency Program Director - Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

The Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University in conjunction with Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware is seeking to recruit a dynamic and innovative Program Director to lead our ACGME accredited Pediatric residency training program.

The Sidney Kimmel Medical College categorical pediatric residency program at Nemours Children's Hospital, DE has a total of 72 residents (24 residents per year) and 3 Chief Residents.

We attract a diverse cohort of residents from across the country seeking excellence in pediatric medical education.

We also have 22 fellowship programs and a rich research program for residents.

About half of our residents continue with fellowship training, and half choose to practice after graduating.

We have pooled the considerable resources of two major institutions to create an exciting, high-quality program in patient care, biomedical research and excellent pediatric medical training.

With the strong financial backing of the Nemours Foundation, the broad patient bases of the Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware, and the rich academic heritage of Sidney Kimmel Medical College of Thomas Jefferson University (TJU), we have a dynamic and unique educational program.

The Categorical Pediatrics Residency Program Director will be responsible for the direct oversight of all educational activities within the program and will report directly to the Vice Chair of Education/Director of GME with a dotted line to the DIO.

The Program Director will work closely with the Associate Program Directors, Division Chiefs, and other institutional and departmental training program directors to advance the educational mission of Sidney Kimmel Medical College and Nemours Children's Hospital, DE.

The full-time position entails 0.70 FTE for the Residency Director role and 0.3 FTE for clinical care in the appropriate area of clinical training and expertise.

Key Responsibilities:


* Developing innovative educational experiences to prepare residency program graduates for the current and future practice of academic, general and subspecialty pediatrics.


* Providing administrative oversight of the residency curriculum ensuring compliance with all ACGME, American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) and American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics (AOBP), University and Hospital requirements


* Maintaining American Board of Pediatrics and American Osteopathic Board of Pediatrics eligibility for all residents


* Leading the annual recruitment effort for the categorical pediatric residency program


* Appointing the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC) for the residency program who will advise the program director regarding each resident's progress


* Overseeing individualized learning plans for residents, and ensuring that each resident completes the mandatory ACMGE required residency education in addition to appropriate individualized curriculum as per their learning needs and career plans


* Representing the residency program...