Designated Institutional Officer (DIO)

The Designated Institutional Officer (DIO) reports directly to the Chief Executive Officer of Community Memorial Healthcare (CMH). This role includes oversight of Graduate Medical Education (GME) and Undergraduate Medical Education (UME) training and initiatives across the entire system, including graduate and undergraduate medical education.

The DIO leads and oversees all physician medical education in accordance with the academic vision and mission for CMH. This includes oversight of all educational programs, research programs, academic affiliation agreements, academic promotion, and grant management. This executive sets the strategic academic vision for GME in partnership with physician and administrative leadership across the enterprise and is responsible for ensuring compliance with regulations and regulatory bodies in all aspects of the academic mission.

Minimum Qualifications

• Current and unrestricted California license as either a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) or Medical Doctor (MD)
• Board Certified
• Current and unrestricted DEA License
• Three (3) years of experience as a Residency or Fellowship Program Director or Associate Program Director
• Five (5) years of experience in clinical practice with current clinical competence
• Strong leadership, communication and collaboration skills
• Proven skills in developing and implementing strategic initiatives
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Ten (10) years of experience in clinical practice
  
  

Essential Functions And Responsibilities

• Oversee and administer each of CMH’s residency, fellowship, and medical student programs, including:
• Ensure all programs comply with relevant accreditation standards and maintain institutional records, reporting, and evaluation processes.
• Oversee the development and implementation of educational curricula that emphasize inter-professional competencies, teamwork, and collaborative practice.
• Serve as a resource to promote culture change as needed.
• Lead UME initiatives to foster a culture of inter-professional learning and collaboration.
• Ensuring compliance with regulations and regulatory bodies in all aspects of the academic mission, in collaboration with GMEC, including:
• Administrative oversight of research programs, academic affiliation agreements, academic policies, and grants.
• Administrative oversight of residency and fellowship program evaluation results and action plans and the annual institutional evaluation.
• Oversee annual institutional evaluation results and action plan.
• Develop effective GME policies that promote learner and faculty well-being.
• Develop effective GME policies that ensure resident and fellow education while simultaneously protecting patient safety.
• Inter-professional and Intra-Organizational Learning and Collaboration
• Act as GME liaison to sponsoring institution executive leadership.
• Champion the integration of interprofessional education (IPE) into the curriculum, supporting faculty, staff, and student initiatives to create meaningful inter-professional learning opportunities.
• Develop and implement tools to measure the effectiveness of IPE initiatives, ensuring continuous improvement and alignment with institutional goals.
• Build strategic partnerships, collaborations, and alliances that facilitate education across the organization to support GME and institutional initiatives.
• Build and sustain relationships with academic institutions, healthcare organizations, and community partners to facilitate inter-professional collaboration and shared learning experiences.
• Interface with other institutional leaders, including those responsible for the clinical learning environment.
• Faculty and Staff Development
• Provide leadership and support for faculty and staff in overseeing the developing inter-professional learning capabilities, including training, mentorship, and professional growth opportunities.
• Serve as an advocate and resource to the program directors, providing both mentorship and evaluation.
• Serve as a resource for remediation and discipline of learners.
• Operational Management
• Develop, justify, and manage budgets to support innovative educational models, ensuring the efficient allocation of resources for educational programs, research, and other initiatives.
• Oversee the hiring, training, and evaluation of faculty and staff, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and academic standards.
• Advocate for competitive and equitable physician learner benefit packages.
• Address a wide variety of human resources, regulatory, compliance, and legal issues.
• Oversee the effectiveness of, and support the program directors and program coordinators.
• Oversee the effectiveness of the Academic Medicine Health Clinics.
• Health System Strategy
• Serve as the GME Leader in the development of multi-organizational strategic partnerships, collaborations, and alliances.
• Provide insights, implications, and potential consequences to system wide strategic options.
• GME Strategy
• Develop a five-year strategic plan for GME within CMH’s overall strategic framework.
• Seek Faculty, Resident, and Medical Staff leaders’ insights as to how the GME programs and curriculum can positively impact the clinical care of patients at CMH.
• Work clinically with the residents and students in either the Academic Medical Clinic or CMH-Ventura.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position directly oversees the work of an Executive Assistant, Administrative Director of GME, Director of Medical Education, Director of Medical Students, GME Librarian, Teaching Physicians employed by Community Memorial - Ojai, Resident Wellbeing Coordinator, and Residency and Fellowship Program Directors and Coordinators.