GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:

The Continuing Medical Education (CME) Administrator will lead CME efforts to sustain high quality continuing medical education.  Provide visionary program development leadership, build coalitions with key constituents, keep abreast of emerging trends and issues, oversee the operations of essential conferences, ensure successful continuation of accreditation, and grow sustainable revenue opportunities including grants, contracts, fees, and gifts. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Develop and maintain professional relationships with internal and external customers.

```{=html}

``` - Liaison between the OCME, CMU College of Medicine, CMU Partners, the ACCME, and the local, state and national medical communities. - Maintain ACCME accreditation while working towards Commendation, establish new and updated policies, procedures and practices as needed. - Coordinate and conduct in-service training for CME staff, physicians, and key CME planners throughout CMEP to improve CE planning and documentation processes. - Provide expertise and recommendations to faculty, educational partners, and regional hospital partners in the design of innovative educational programs. - Seek innovative solutions to create synergy between continuing medical education and quality improvement in health care. - Monitor national and regional high priority trends and issues in continuing medical education. - Direct the development of educational opportunities to advance continuous professional development (especially for physicians), integrate evidence-based standards of care, and promote positive change by identifying gaps and implementing adult learning principles. - Work with content experts to ensure that existing and new programs foster diversity, inclusivity and adult learner principles, resulting in learning and behavior changes. - Increase joint providerships, build Online CME library, to generate and increase revenue; create new streams of income so that CME becomes a profit-center - Maintain CME webpage with accurate and up-to-date information. - Apply for and manage grants to support annual CME Committee directly sponsored CME event and for expansion of CME regionally - Supervise CME application process and associated documents. - Educate self and department on ACCME requirements and new initiatives. - Work towards CHCP (Certified Healthcare CPD Professional) Certification

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY

• CME Program Specialist
• Other staff as added due to departmental expansion and needs

QUALIFICATIONS

• BA/BS in Education, Public Health, Healthcare Administration, Business or another related field is required; Master's Degree preferred.
• Previous CME practical and administrative experience preferred; preferably in a university or independent academic medical center with sizable medical student, resident/fellow and CME educational operations. Certified CME professional preferred.
• Proficiency in ACCME standards and guidelines
• Exceptional customer services skills.
• Experience working with physicians, interprofessional medical team members and medical education professionals.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of and functional competency with computers, software, data systems and all other electronic devices and methods used to deliver educational programs and assess their outcomes.
• Strong skills pertinent to teamwork, communication, staff management and supervision, analytic problem solving, and education advocacy.