Assistant Manager for Continuing Medical Education (CME)

THE POSITION:

City of Hope’s Continuing Medical Education Department coordinates and produces educational activities for medical practitioners that serve to maintain, develop, or increase their knowledge, skills, and professional performance in service of patients, the public, or their profession/specialty. By organizing and/or hosting from 10 to 15 events per year, The CME department at City of Hope serves to broaden the facility's exposure to the scientific and medical community as a world-renown center for cancer research and treatment, as well as provide ample opportunity for its staff practitioners to acquire and disseminate the most cutting-edge information relevant to cancer pathologies and therapies.

This is an extraordinary professional opportunity to assume ownership of a program with incredible potential and a unique mission. The candidate chosen for this role will have wide latitude to develop and implement programs, and will possess ample opportunity for advancement and professional development under the auspices of the program’s current Manager. Additionally, the position entails flexibility in scheduling work hours (flex time) and opportunities for periodic telecommuting are available as well.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Provide leadership for conceptualizing, developing, advertising, organizing and producing Continuing Medical Education events sponsored by City of Hope, with events ranging from weekly one-hour grand rounds to multi-day, multi-specialty local regional and national conferences.

- Soliciting grants for CME department, including state/federal government grants (especially R-13 special projects grants), pharmaceutical grants, foundation grants and community health and outreach grants. Additionally, the role will involve providing and producing information for post-award grant accounting and reporting.

- Developing and implementing CME programs for journals, including creating and organizing content, ensuring compliance with Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) policies and guidelines, and developing processes for outcomes data gathering and reporting.

- Researching, gathering, analyzing and summarizing data for administrative reports, including yearly CME department financial review.

- Serving as City of Hope Continuing Medical Education (CME) departmental liaison for CME Minority Community Outreach Program, including planning and implementing actions to produce minority outreach activities.

- Providing short- and long-range planning and policy or program development by analyzing operational policies and resource utilization.

- Providing day-to-day administrative, policy and programmatic support to the Manager of Continuing Medical Education, as well as directing work of CME administrative/clerical staff.
REQUIREMENTS
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS SOUGHT:

- Bachelor’s Degree required; Master's Degree preferred

- Prior experience (> 3 years) in healthcare educational organization required

- Event planning experience required

- Management experience and well as strong leadership & delegation skills required

- Very strong written and verbal communications skills

- Very strong organizational and analytical skills

- Ability to communicate and liaison with a diverse audience of internal and external professionals


The successful candidate will have experience working in a team environment and in a medium- to large-sized organization, in one or more of the following domains:

- Continuing Medical Education and/or Continuing Professional Education
- Healthcare Administration
- Program Coordination & Event Planning
- Marketing
- Pharmaceutical Sales


ABOUT CITY OF HOPE:

The non-profit City of Hope National Medical Center and Beckman Research Institute is one of the world's leading research and treatment centers for cancer, diabetes, HIV/AIDS and other life-threatening diseases. City of Hope is a pioneer in the fields of bone marrow transplantation and genetics. A non-profit organization founded in 1913, City of Hope is a Comprehensive Cancer Center, the highest designation bestowed by the National Cancer Institute, and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network. City of Hope's scientific knowledge is shared with medical centers locally and globally, helping patients battling life-threatening diseases around the corner and around the world.

Learn more about our mission, team and organization at www.cityofhope.org.

Candidates interested in this opportunity are invited to email a resume and cover letter to Jeff Sketeris, Recruiter for the City of Hope using the email link in this job announcement. Please attach your materials using MS Word or PDF format, and refer to the title "Assistant Manager for Continuing Medical Education" in the subject line of your email.