Family Medicine Program Director position with Ballad Health

Ballad Health Medical Associates is seeking a Program Director to lead the next generation of Family Medicine Physicians at the Lonesome Pine Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program in Norton, Virginia.

The Program Director must have accountability for: administration and operations; teaching and scholarly activity; resident recruitment and selection; evaluation and promotion of residents; disciplinary action; supervision of residents, and resident education in the context of patient care.

Qualified candidates must have:

• Specialty expertise and at least three (3) years of documented educational and/or administrative experience. 
  
  
• Have current certification by the ABFM or AOBFM, medical licensure, and eligibility for appropriate medical staff appointment. 
  
  
• Ongoing clinical activity.
  
  
• Experience working as part of an interdisciplinary, interprofessional team to create an educational environment that promotes high-quality care, patient safety, and resident well-being.

Responsibilities:

• Be a role model of professionalism. 

• Reports accurate and complete information required and requested by the DIO, GMEC, and ACGME. 

• Participate in academic societies and in educational programs designed to enhance their educational and administrative skills. 

• Take an active role in curriculum development, resident teaching and evaluation, continuous program improvement, and faculty development. 

• Design and conduct the program in a fashion consistent with the community’s needs, the mission(s) of the Sponsoring Institution, and the mission(s) of the program. 

• Promote a learning environment conducive to educating the residents on each of the ACGME competencies. 

• Develop and oversee a process to evaluate candidates prior to approval as program faculty members for participation in the residency program education and at least annually thereafter. 

• Guide annual faculty evaluations, both written and shared verbally with colleagues/faculty within the program’s structure. 

• Evaluate and address the supervising interactions and/or learning environment that does not meet the program’s standards. 

• Promote a learning and working environment where residents feel comfortable raising concerns and confidentially providing feedback as appropriate, without fear of intimidation or retaliation. 

• Promote the program’s compliance with the Sponsoring Institution’s policies and procedures related to grievances and due process. 

• Promote the program’s compliance with the Sponsoring Institution’s policies and procedures for due process when action is taken to suspend or dismiss, not to promote, or not to renew the appointment of a resident. 

• Promote the program’s compliance with the Sponsoring Institution’s policies and procedures on employment and non-discrimination; (Residents must not be required to sign a non-competition guarantee or restrictive covenant.) 

• Dedicate no less than 20 hours per week to the administrative and educational activities of the Family Medicine educational program and receive institutional support for this time. 
  
  
• Supervise and delegate responsibilities to Core Faculty and faculty.

Community Details:

• Beautiful location
• Small town living
• Easy light traffic commute to larger cities
• Moderately sized airport within a short drive
• Safe, family-friendly community
• Excellent public and private schools
• Low cost of living
• Mild weather and four (4) distinct seasons
• An abundance of outdoor activities (golfing, fishing, camping, biking, hiking, kayaking, and more)
• Within an hour’s drive of the Tri-Cities (Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City) and just over two hours to Asheville, North Carolina, and the Sevierville, Pigeon Forge, Tennessee areas.

About Ballad Health

Ballad Health is a 20-hospital health system covering a 29-county area and is made up of three tertiary facilities, 17 community/critical access hospitals, seven cancer centers, 9 Urgent Care locations, 40+ primary care, and multiple specialty offices through its employed arm, Ballad Health Medical Associates, made up of over 800 physicians and advanced practitioners.

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Norton Community Hospital is a 129-bed not-for-profit hospital located in Norton, Virginia. The facility serves communities in Southwest Virginia and Southeastern Kentucky and provides a wide array of services through highly trained physicians and support staff. Norton Community Hospital offers pulmonology services with a dedicated black lung clinic, emergency care, surgical services, inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation, diagnostic imaging, and a family birth center. The hospital is a member of the Virginia Hospital & Healthcare Association and is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association. Learn more about Norton Community Hospital at www.balladhealth.org/NCH.

Ballad Health is an integrated healthcare system serving 29 counties of Northeast Tennessee, Southwest Virginia, Northwest North Carolina and Southeast Kentucky. Our system was created to improve the health of the people we serve.

Ballad Health operates a family of 21 hospitals, including three tertiary medical centers, a dedicated children’s hospital, community hospitals, three critical access hospitals, a behavioral health hospital, an addiction treatment facility, long-term care facilities, home care and hospice services, retail pharmacies, outpatient services and a comprehensive medical management corporation.

At Ballad Health, we’re completely invested in our communities because we’re your neighbors, and this is our community, too. We’re here to listen to you and address your unique needs – and we’ll always be accountable.