Virginia

The Director for Continuing Medical Education works within the Center for Institutional, Faculty and Student Success to further the mission to advance the quality of teaching and learning by promoting a College culture where the VCOM community works collaboratively to champion educational excellence.  

The Director for Continuing Medical Education is a full-time professional position responsible for maintaining continuing medical education (CME) accreditation (AOA and ACCME) for VCOM and facilitating high-quality CME opportunities for VCOM faculty, alumni, and regional physicians.  The Director provides strategic leadership for CME activities and ensures alignment with the mission, vision, goals and objectives of the college. 
 

Salary Range: $70,000.00 - $90,000.00

Required Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree in education, health professions education, healthcare administration, or a related field required. Doctoral or terminal degree preferred.

• Licensure or certification: None
• Experience:   Minimum of 3–5 years of progressive experience in continuing medical education (CME), graduate medical education (GME), faculty development, or a related area, including experience with program planning and implementation. Demonstrated knowledge of Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) and/or American Osteopathic Association (AOA) CME accreditation requirements, including standards for integrity and independence in accredited continuing education.  Experience in needs assessment, gap analysis, instructional design, and outcomes measurement for educational programs in healthcare or higher education settings.  
   

Skills required for this position: 

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, including planning, budgeting, logistics coordination, and meeting deadlines.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, physicians, institutional leadership, and external partners.
• Proficiency with database management systems, learning management systems, and standard office software; ability to maintain accurate records and generate reports related to CME activities.
• Experience managing budgets, reconciling expenses, and ensuring financial accountability for educational programs.
• Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives, chair committees, and represent an institution in professional and regulatory environments.
• Demonstrated ability to function as a strong team player, maintain professionalism, and effectively lead and support collaborative initiatives.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with a high level of discretion and professionalism.
• Demonstrated commitment to the mission, vision, and values of the College.
• Strong computer proficiency, including experience with databases, learning management systems, and standard office software; ability to maintain accurate records and generate reports.
• Ability to travel occasionally to support CME activities, meetings, and professional development opportunities across VCOM campuses and partner organizations.

Preferences are given to candidates who have experience in an academic and/or medical setting.  

The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Working Conditions and Efforts: 
The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands and vision for office equipment such as computers; talk or hear; moderate telephone usage.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Work environment:  Office environment.  Outside travel required 5% of time.  The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

This position is classified as an exempt position because it requires that the candidate/employee exercise independent judgment and discretion regarding matters of significance.

Employment with VCOM is “at-will”.  This means employment is for an indefinite period of time and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time.  Nothing in this position description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees.

VCOM core values: The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies. As the environment is a professional college, the VCOM faculty/staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work.  The VCOM faculty/staff are also expected to as a VCOM employee to be a person who follows all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community.  VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns and residents and to treat all others engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.

I have read and understand this explanation and job description. I also understand that the job duties and description or the existence of the need for the position may be changed at any time as required by the College where growth of the institution or change in direction of the institution may change the duties of my department or the need for the position.

I am notified that the College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability, or protected veteran status.
 

The Coordinator for International & Appalachian Outreach performs a wide range of administrative and office support activities for the department and supervisors to facilitate efficient operations. They provide quality administrative support by displaying sound judgment, accuracy, diplomacy, confidentiality, and discretion.

Salary Range: $42,000.00 - $44,000.00

Required Qualifications: 

• Spanish-speaking

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Licensure or certification: None
• Experience: One to three years prior experience in office management preferred

Skills required for this position:

• Knowledge of principles and practices of basic office management and organization, including information gathering and monitoring

• Be highly organized, detailed-oriented and able to multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work well either alone or as part of a team
• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong team player
• Commitment to organization’s values
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office, telephone protocol, and email applications
• Excellent customer service skills in dealing with executive level administrators, physicians, business executives, and faculty and professional students

Preferences are given to applicants who have the following skills or attributes: Spanish-speaking, experience with medical terminology and operation of medical education protocol and operations    

Successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Working Conditions and Efforts: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.  The position requires a rapid pace, some days with long hours to meet expectations, long distance driving to rural sites, and the ability to organize, interpret, and utilize a large volume of information.

Physical demands:  While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to ambulate (may be with use of assisted devices); sit, stand (or accommodate for standing); use hands and vision for teaching; use office equipment such as computers; speak to large and small groups of individuals for teaching; perform moderate telephone and poly-com communication/usage; occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; drive distances up to five hours or to fly on occasion to other campuses or meetings.

Work environment: Office environment. Outside travel required 5% to 10% of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

This position is classified as a non-exempt position because it does not require that the candidate/employee exercise independent judgement and discretion regarding matters of significance.

Employment with VCOM is “at-will”.  This means employment is for an indefinite period of time and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time.  Nothing in this position description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees.

VCOM Core Values:  The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies.  As the environment is a professional college, VCOM faculty / staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work. VCOM faculty / staff are expected as VCOM employees, to be a person who obeys all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community.  VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns, and residents and to treat all other engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.

I am notified that the College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability, or protected veteran status.

Assists in a wide range of duties with specific responsibility for building maintenance, and security.  Enforces all building policies to assure the quality, continuity, and efficiency of college operation with an emphasis on customer service and effectiveness.  Assists with keeping copiers and printer in good working order.  Assist with classroom setup as needed. Monitors the building before closing hours.  Responsible for making sure the building is empty of students before closing, looks for safety violations, activates and deactivates alarms at appropriate times, checks the floors for locked doors and turns off lights.

Salary Range: $40,000.00 - $43,000.00

Required Qualifications: 

• Education: N/A

• Licensure or certification:  N/A
• Experience:
  •    Experience working in a public service capacity. 
  •    Ability to walk and monitor a multi-story facility.  
  •    Ability to prioritize and organize work tasks, with attention to detail; ability to work without supervision and independently make decisions. 
  •    Ability to identify and perform minor repairs on various types of electronic and mechanical equipment.  
  •    Ability to closely follow procedures and enforce all building policies.  
  •    Ability to work as part of a team to ensure the best quality of customer service is offered.  
• Other skills important to this position 
  •    Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
  •    Strong team player
  •    Commitment to company values
  •    Experience with audio/video equipment.

Preferences may be given to candidates who possess basic computer proficiency and experience providing desktop computer support.

The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is an essential function of the job.

Working Conditions and Efforts: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to sit; use hands and vision for office equipment such as computers; talk or hear; moderate telephone usage. The employee must be capable to lift and/or move a minimum of 100 pounds, frequent walking

Work environment:  Office environment. Outside travel required 0% of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal.

This position is classified as a non-exempt position because it does not require that the candidate/employee exercise independent judgment and discretion regarding matters of significance.

Employment with VCOM is “at-will”.  This means employment is for an indefinite period of time and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time.  Nothing in this position description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to be in conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees.

VCOM core values: The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies. As the environment is a professional college, the VCOM faculty/staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work.  The VCOM faculty/staff are also expected to as a VCOM employee to be a person who follows all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community.  VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns and residents and to treat all others engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.

I have read and understand this explanation and job description. I also understand that the job duties and description or the existence of the need for the position may be changed at any time as required by the College where growth of the institution or change in direction of the institution may change the duties of my department or the need for the position.

I am notified that the College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability, or protected veteran status.