POSITION DETAILS

Rutgers Health (RH) seeks a Vice Chancellor for Graduate Medical Education & Enterprise-Wide Designated Institutional Official (DIO) who will play an integral role in the strategic planning for the continued success of all GME programs across RH, over 1,600 residents and fellows spanning across approximately 130 ACGME accredited residencies and fellowships and CODA-accredited and non-accredited programs, to maximize an optimal GME educational, strategic, and financial structure.

This position requires a dynamic, passionate, and capable leader with a proven track record of collaborative GME leadership, administrative experience, program development, individual scholarship, and educational excellence. In addition, this role requires designing, implementing, and integrating effective programs within and across complex organizations.

Reports to
Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs
Direct reports
GME Offices across the system
Other key relationships
RBHS Chancellor
Deans of Rutgers Health schools, in particular medical, dental, nursing, health professions, and pharmacy schools
Medical Group Senior Leadership
Health System and Partner Leadership
Department Chairs
Trainees

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
▪ In collaboration with RH leadership, leads the strategic discussions and implements the development of world-class education programs and training paradigms across the combined education mission of RH and RWJBH.
▪ Monitors and tracks the accreditation activities of RH as the sponsoring institution.
▪ Chairs the RH GME Committee (GMEC) to continue ongoing accreditation, growth review, and planning for RH.
▪ Works with other GME leaders across Rutgers and RWJBH to supervise and administer all ACGME- and CODA-accredited programs and ensure compliance with program requirements. They will execute these responsibilities in collaboration with GMEC and the Health Education Executive Council (HEEC).
▪ Serves concurrently as a member of the faculty in good standing of one of the constituent schools of RH, responsible for scholarship, research, teaching, and patient care as appropriate.
▪ Serves as co-chair of the GME Service Line Steering Committee to align strategic growth of service line clinical strategy with GME and health professions educational opportunities.
▪ Works as a critical member of the development of RH HEALS, an innovative new program designed to create collaborative teaching and practices throughout the large interprofessional learning environment at Rutgers.
▪ Assists in leading the restructuring of core GME programs to achieve the vision for academic excellence.
▪ Monitors and tracks the accreditation activities of the sponsoring institution(s). Ensures compliance with the institutional, common, and specialty-subspecialty-specific ACGME program requirements and any other accrediting agencies.
▪ Serves as Chair of the GME Committee (GMEC) and coordinates the actions and responsibilities of the GMEC. In collaboration with the GMEC and other GME leadership across RH and RWJBH, will have authority and responsibility for the oversight and administration of GME-accredited and non-accredited programs. Oversees the GMEC subcommittees.
▪ Is an active member of the Health Education Executive Council, which serves under the direction of the Joint Committee (co-chaired by the Chancellor and Health System CEO). The HEEC is a forum for the joint planning and coordination for all UME, GME, and other health professional education programs. In addition, they will also participate in different health education-oriented oversight bodies and committees across RH and RWJBH, as deemed necessary.
▪ Is heavily involved in discussions and planning using GME financial and operational data. Participates in GME annual budget preparations, financial impact analysis of proposed programmatic changes, and development of specialty specific GME academic program profiles across both RH and RWJBH education/training enterprises relevant to any University Hospital committees/bodies.
▪ Supports the nominations of residency and fellowship program directors in consultation with leadership of the hospitals serving as significant teaching sites for the program, the applicable Associate Dean for Education, and the applicable Chair for review and approval by the GMEC.
▪ Communicates directly with the ACGME on matters about overall accreditation and assists residency and fellowship program directors in communications with their Residency Review Committees.
▪ Submits a written executive summary of the Annual Institutional Review (AIR), as outlined in the ACGME Institutional Guidelines.
▪ Oversees all program directors regarding GME-related matters in consultation with the applicable Associate Dean for Education or Associate Dean for GME and the relevant Chair.
▪ Engages in professional development applicable to the responsibilities of an educational leader.
▪ Participates in GME annual budget preparations, financial impact analyses of proposed programmatic changes, and specialty specific GME profile development.
▪ Leads strategic initiatives and operationalizes critical programs for faculty development in conjunction with partners at RH and RWJBH, such as CANDOR, VANDERBILT, High-Reliability Organization (HRO) curriculum, and diversity curriculum.
▪ Oversees the CAO/GME council and initiatives related to system GME endeavors.
▪ Serves on Office of University Labor Relations team for CIR reviews.
▪ Provides clinical efforts at hospitals where faculty appointment resides, if applicable.
▪ Handles confidential and sensitive GME data regularly.
▪ Supports the university’s Workplace Diversity and EEO goals and objectives concerning employment and promotional opportunities.
▪ Understands and adheres to Rutgers’ compliance standards in its Corporate Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and Conflict of Interest Policy.
▪ Keeps abreast of all pertinent federal, state, and Rutgers’ regulations, laws, and policies as they presently exist and as they change or are modified.

National reputation for educational accomplishments
Experience as a division chief, vice chair, chair or head of GME, vice dean, senior associate dean, or other foundational leadership role. Developed academic leaders. Mentored and developed junior faculty. Identified, recruited, and retained diverse students, trainees, staff, and faculty.

Track record and passion for GME
Demonstrated progressive experience leading and supporting GME programs in an academic environment, particularly an academic environment with public entity partners.

Medical degree and board certification
Licensed or eligible for medical licensing in New Jersey.

DESIRED OUTCOMES
▪ Preserves the Rutgers Health vision of guiding graduate medical education into the future, focusing on service to the public and the individual patient.
▪ Develops an approach to leadership that can achieve a unified culture and vision by building bridges and fostering stronger relationships across Rutgers Health and its partners, collaborating with leaders to break down silos and create more effective cross-collaboration.
▪ Fosters programs where respect, trust, civility, psychological safety, and inclusion remain embedded in the core culture and values.
▪ Creates and fosters a nimble environment to the ever-changing healthcare and graduate medical education environment.

CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES
In an ever-changing local, regional, and national healthcare environment, the successful candidate must create a compelling strategy and articulate a vision to continue advancing graduate medical education and support interprofessional education initiatives. Therefore, the successful candidate must be facile at:
Collaborating and Influencing
▪ Facilitates discussions that enable people to collaborate independently with each other
▪ Promotes collaboration and partnership among multiple parties inside the organization
▪ Orchestrates events for key players and stakeholders to engage in dialogue and shape consensus
▪ Builds and leverages a network of relationships that are important to the organization and its stakeholders
Leading Change
▪ Takes personal ownership for advancing significant change
▪ Communicates a new direction or change with a clear rationale and sense of urgency
▪ Creates or takes advantage of multiple opportunities to promote needed change
▪ Adapts communication content, approach, or style around change to appeal to different audiences
Acting Strategically

▪ Anticipates the future direction of GME and fosters a culture enabling assessment and agile adaptation
▪ Provides new direction for the programs, leading to actionable changes across multiple operations or functions
▪ Taps into the capability of others board whose insights and relationships can multiply the programs’ effectiveness
▪ Convenes stakeholders in dialogue that raises and incorporates new information or disruptive thinking to continuously work towards GME’s most significant impact

OTHER PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS
▪ Solution-oriented with relational savvy
▪ Kindness, with a balanced personality and strong emotional intelligence
▪ Outstanding communication skills
▪ Intellectual curiosity
▪ Commands a room; has a presence
▪ Strong organization and process-management skills
▪ High energy coupled with a strong work ethic and a desire to make impact
▪ Highest integrity and personal ethics
▪ Ability to build and maintain healthy relationships and foster an environment of psychological safety
▪ Demonstrates high emotional intelligence

Diversity is one of Rutgers’ core values and is essential to achieving excellence in patient care, research, and education. Rutgers Health welcomes applications from candidates who are committed to fostering a culture of fairness, equity, and belonging. Rutgers is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants regardless of race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, color, age, religion, protected veteran or disability status, or genetic information.

Spencer Stuart is assisting in this recruitment. For more information, to express interest and/or provide nominations, please submit inquiries to RutgersDIO@SpencerStuart.com or contact
Raquel Lentnek at RLentnek@SpencerStuart.com.