Assistant Director, Residency Program – Emergency Medicine Residency

Job Description

Assistant Director, Residency Program – Department of Emergency Medicine | Mount Sinai Health System

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Mount Sinai Health System, located in New York, NY. Mount Sinai is one of the largest academic medical systems dedicated to advancing health for all people by tackling complex healthcare challenges through scientific discovery, effective treatments, and educating future medical leaders. This position plays a crucial role in facilitating a complex, rigorous program to train new physicians in emergency medicine, providing senior administrative leadership and oversight for its operational, financial, accreditation, educational, and administrative activities. The team values suggestions for efficiency and building supportive connections with trainees at critical developmental stages.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person – New York, NY
• Pay: $78884–$118326 annually
• Team: Oversees a team of Program Coordinators; partners with the Program Director, Assistant/Associate Program Directors, System Education Program Administrator, Department Leadership, and institutional stakeholders.
• Mission: Ensures regulatory compliance, operational excellence, effective resource utilization, and achievement of strategic objectives for the emergency medicine residency program.
• Tech Stack: MS Office Suite, Residency Management Systems (New Innovations), Thalamus, ERAS, Rescas, WebADS, reporting tools, analytics platforms, educational technologies.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Management: Directs operational, accreditation, educational, and administrative activities for the emergency medicine residency program, serving as the senior administrative resource and developing strategic initiatives.
• Compliance Oversight: Provides comprehensive oversight of ACGME accreditation activities, including the Annual Program Evaluation, Program Evaluation Committee, and Clinical Competency Committee, ensuring continuous quality improvement and reporting.
• Trainee Lifecycle: Oversees all trainee lifecycle management, from recruitment and onboarding processes, including interview scheduling and applicant credentialing, through to credentialing, licensure, immigration support, and graduation.
• Resource & Budget Management: Develops and manages educational budgets, staffing plans, resource allocation strategies, and operational improvement initiatives to support program goals and evaluate outcomes for efficiency.
• Team Leadership: Provides direct supervision, mentoring, coaching, and performance management for the residency program coordinators and administrative staff, leading workforce planning and staff development.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor’s degree required. Serves as the senior administrative leader for the emergency medicine residency program, developing departmental GME operational strategy and establishing educational standards.
• Experience: Five (5) or more years of progressively responsible experience in graduate medical education administration, healthcare administration, or academic administration. Advanced proficiency with MS Office Suite and specialized graduate medical education technologies is essential. Significant leadership experience is preferred.
• Skills: Strategic planning and execution; Accreditation and compliance expertise; Budget management and resource allocation; Workforce planning and succession planning; Strong communication and presentation skills.
• Bonus: Master’s degree in Healthcare Administration, Public Administration, Business Administration, Public Health, Higher Education Administration, or a related field preferred. TAGME (Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education) certification preferred.