SURGICAL CRITICAL CARE FELLOWSHIP Program Director

Interested applicants, please send a letter of interest and CV to alliance@creighton.edu

Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program Director

Creighton University School of Medicine – Phoenix

Phoenix, AZ

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The Creighton University School of Medicine – Phoenix is actively seeking an experienced leader to serve as the Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program Director.

The Program Director of Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Program is directly accountable to the Designated Institutional Officer (DIO) at Creighton University School of Medicine- Phoenix and the Chair at the training site where they are primarily based/employed. The Program Director will be provided with the required protected, non-clinical time dedicated to administration of the program. The Surgical Critical Care Program is a one-year, two fellow program with continued accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME).

In 2017, Creighton University, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center, Valleywise Health Medical Center, District Medical Group, and Dignity Health Medical Group entered a strategic partnership to strengthen and expand the Graduate Medical Education programs offered by each institution. The move brought together the administration of the residency and fellowship programs previously managed by each member under the Arizona Health Education Alliance, with Creighton University School of Medicine – Phoenix serving as the sponsoring entity.

Valleywise Health Medical Center will be the primary clinical site, with additional rotations at St. Joseph Hospital and Medical Center, Mayo Clinic, Arizona and other sites. Creighton University School of Medicine-Phoenix is dedicated to training future generations of doctors who will lead the nation in providing outstanding hospital-based, ambulatory, and subspecialty care. Our program cultivates an environment of inquiry and collaboration where physicians at all stages of their careers can maximize their personal and professional growth in the challenging discipline of Surgical Critical Care. The program offers the unique option for fellows to choose a distinct training pathway of focused burn surgery training.

Essential Responsibilities include:

• Administer and maintain an environment conducive to educating the fellows in each of the ACGME core competency areas.
• Oversee and ensure the quality of didactic and clinical education.
• Develop and review program curricula.
• Monitor fellow supervision at all participating sites.
• Coordinate educational activities for rotating fellows from outside institutions.
• Prepare and submit all information required and requested by ACGME, including but not limited to annual program updates in Web ADS, and ensure the information submitted is accurate and complete.
• Collaborate with DIO and GMEC on accreditation-related matters as needed.
• Ensure compliance with sponsoring institution and participating site policies and procedures.
• Regularly assess and promote fellow well-being while fostering an environment in which diversity, equity, and inclusion are at the forefront of fellows’ clinical and academic experiences.
• Lead and participate in key areas of the program including fellow recruitment, Program Evaluation Committee, and serve as a non-voting member of the Clinical Competency Committee.
• Develop opportunities for bidirectional communication with fellows and faculty.
• Work with fellows, faculty, and clinical site partners to create systems such as schedules and programs that maximize fellow learning while minimizing disruption of clinical workflow, including but not limited to meeting procedure volumes.
• Oversee and facilitate remediation processes as needed.
• Provide each fellow with a documented semiannual evaluation of performance with feedback.
• Develop processes for program faculty evaluation and continued participation of program faculty based on evaluation.
• Direct or co-direct one or more of the critical care units in which the clinical aspects of the educational program take place, and personally supervise and teach surgery and surgical critical care fellows in that unit.

Minimum Requirements:

• MD or DO degree and current certification in Surgical Critical Care by the American Board of Surgery or by the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery or subspecialty qualifications that are acceptable to the Review Committee.
• Current medical licensure and appropriate medical staff appointment.
• Specialty expertise and at least one year of documented educational and/or administrative experience in an ACGME-accredited surgery residency or surgical critical care fellowship program.
• Ongoing clinical activity and ongoing academic achievements in surgical critical care, including publications, the development of educational programs, or the conduct of research.
• Must have or be eligible for State of Arizona medical licensure.
• Ability to achieve full and unrestricted hospital privileges at Valleywise Health Medical Center and Dignity Health Arizona hospitals.
• Strong interpersonal communication skills.
• Ability to travel as needed between clinical training sites.

Interested applicants, please send a letter of interest and CV to alliance@creighton.edu