Position Announcement: Integrative Medicine in Preventive Medicine Education Center Director

POSITION DESCRIPTION

ORGANIZATION

Founded in 1954, the American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM) is the preeminent national professional society for physicians committed to disease prevention and health promotion. As the leader for the specialty of Preventive Medicine and physicians dedicated to prevention, ACPM improves the health of individuals and populations through evidence-based health promotion, disease prevention, and systems-based approaches to improving health and health care. ACPM represents more than 2,500 preventive medicine physicians working in such fields as public health and healthcare administration, quality improvement, outbreak surveillance and investigation, teaching, research, clinical practice, corporate counsel, and public policy development, to name just a few.

POSITION

The Center Director will be responsible for leading the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)-funded National coordinating center for Integrative Medicine, which ACPM has named the Integrative Medicine in Preventive Medicine Education (IMPriME) center. The purpose of the Center, which is funded under a cooperative agreement, is to create a sustainable, Preventive Medicine-specific infrastructure to provide technical support for Preventive Medicine Residency and other health professions training programs interested in incorporating evidence-based integrative medicine content into their programs. The Center Director will convene, administer and sustain a Community of Learning for integrative medicine and preventive medicine that includes partners in Preventive Medicine training, primary care, other health professions—including but not limited to nursing, dentistry and pharmacy—and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practitioners from a wide variety of practice modalities. This learning community will form the basis for sharing best practices, creating and validating evaluation instruments, and disseminating shared experiences to the wider integrative medicine, Preventive Medicine, primary care, other health professions and CAM practitioner audiences.

The specific responsibilities of this position are to:

• Provide Preventive Medicine-specific technical assistance to preventive medicine and primary care residency training programs, including other related disciplines with an interest in integrative medicine.
• Provide support for coordination and evaluation of integrative medicine faculty development programs in preventive medicine and primary care training programs.
• Collect data to evaluate efforts to incorporate integrative medicine into preventive medicine and primary care educational programs by developing, disseminating and deploying high-quality measurement tools for program evaluation and assessment of outcomes and impact from these efforts (both single-program and nationwide efforts).
• Disseminate best practices and lessons learned from all programs participating in the IMPriME National Coordinating Center.
• Support the work of the project steering committee and the Community of Learning, and ensure regular communication with and across the various IMPriME partners in a structured and efficient manner to allow for maximum work flow.
• Conduct site visits to preventive medicine residency training programs working to incorporate integrative medicine curricula into their residency training programs to collect programmatic and evaluative data, assess needs, and arrange for technical assistance.
• Manage $800,000, two-year budget, including several subcontracts, and complete all reports, correspondence and other documents that emanate from IMPriME.
• Oversee the work of the project team, including a project coordinator, an analyst/evaluation specialist, and other staff, subcontractors, faculty, and consultants to meet the goals of the IMPriME center.
• Serve as the key spokesperson on behalf of ACPM for the work of the IMPriME center.
• Serve as the primary staff liaison to HRSA, the IMPriME grantor.

QUALIFICATIONS

The successful candidate will be a seasoned professional with five or more years of progressive experience in program management in the health care or public health arena. A combination of many of the following attributes is desired:

Experience managing government grants for non-profit organizations, including managing large budgets.

• Direct experience with postgraduate medical education programs.
• A track record of successful relationship-building between and among non-profit associations and academic organizations.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical expertise, including development and use of program evaluation metrics.
• Ability to distill evaluation data into clear and concise written reports for multiple audiences.
• Experience staffing and responding to the needs of high level committees, advisory groups, and coalitions or learning communities.
• Demonstrated experience managing staff, consultants, and subcontractors.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills with demonstrated ability to lead diverse project teams.

A bachelor’s degree is required with advanced degree in health sciences, policy, or education preferred. Completion of an ACGME-accredited Preventive Medicine residency training program with program management experience may be substituted for direct field experience.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested candidates should forward their résumé and cover letter with salary requirement indicating their desire, availability, and capabilities to meet the requirements of the position to:

Paul Bonta
Associate Executive Director
Policy, Advocacy and External Affairs
American College of Preventive Medicine
455 Massachusetts Ave., NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 20001
Email: pbonta@acpm.org

Electronic submissions preferred.