Centerpoint Medical Center
Founding Program Director + Assistant Designated Institutional Officer
This role supports the launch of a new ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency program in the Kansas City Metro. It combines founding program leadership, institutional GME oversight, and clinical Emergency Medicine work, with authority over program design, curriculum philosophy, trainee experience, and program culture.
Key Responsibilities
- • Full founding authority over program design, curriculum philosophy, trainee experience, and program culture, including meaningful decision-making input into early core faculty selection.
- • Enterprise-level oversight of local GME programs, ACGME compliance, and institutional reviews, serving as a key delegate to the DIO.
- • Active participation in the GMEC and input into broader workforce and physician development strategy.
- • Works in direct partnership with the Designated Institutional Official and executive leadership.
- • Sustains clinical credibility without distracting from leadership priorities.
Required
- • Significant protected administrative time with shared institutional accountability for early accreditation milestones
- • Strong partnership with executive leadership and support from an established GME office
- • Clear alignment between clinical leadership and educational priorities
- • Leadership scope and compensation aligned with senior academic and institutional responsibility
Benefits & Perks
- • Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k with match, PTO, and more
- • CME time and allowance
- • Malpractice coverage
- • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Description
Specialization:
Emergency Medicine
Job Summary:
Centerpoint Medical Center is launching a new ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency program in the Kansas City Metro.
Qualified Candidates:
Specialization:
Emergency Medicine
Job Summary:
Centerpoint Medical Center is launching a new ACGME-accredited Emergency Medicine residency program in the Kansas City Metro.
Qualified Candidates:
- Significant protected administrative time with shared institutional accountability for early accreditation milestones
- Strong partnership with executive leadership and support from an established GME office
- Clear alignment between clinical leadership and educational priorities
- Leadership scope and compensation aligned with senior academic and institutional responsibility
- Full founding authority over program design, curriculum philosophy, trainee experience, and program culture, including meaningful decision‑making input into early core faculty selection.
- Enterprise‑level oversight of local GME programs, ACGME compliance, and institutional reviews, serving as a key delegate to the DIO
- Includes active participation in the GMEC and input into broader workforce and physician development strategy
- Works in direct partnership with the Designated Institutional Official and executive leadership
- Sustains clinical credibility without distracting from leadership priorities
- Comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and vision insurance, 401k with match, PTO, and more
- CME time and allowance
- Malpractice coverage
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Centerpoint Medical Center features 285+ private rooms, 440+ physicians on the medical staff, a strong complement of subspecialists, and 1300+ staff.
- Centerpoint Medical Center is unlike any other hospital in eastern Jackson County. Our campus includes the latest healthcare technology and offers innovative programs and services for patients and their families.
- The medical center offers high-tech care in a beautiful, comfortable setting designed to exceed the expectations of those we serve.
- Hospital & ER features include the only Level II Trauma Center in eastern Jackson County; an accredited chest pain center and variety of cardiovascular services; orthopedic services including total joint and sports medicine; stroke center with Joint Commission Primary Stroke Center Certification; women’s services; among many others.
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