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The University of California, Riverside (UCR) School of Medicine invites applications for an Associate Dean for Medical Education Quality and Compliance. Reporting to the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, this position directs the Office of Medical Education Quality and Compliance and is responsible for the continuous quality improvement process for the medical education program and for leading key aspects of Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) accreditation management. Essential functions include:

• Lead and chair the School of Medicine’s LCME CQI Leadership Team, in partnership with the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education.
• Lead all administrative aspects of medical student education continuous quality improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain project management tools to track CQI activities and ensure follow-up of action items identified by CQI processes; communicating action items to curriculum governance committees to ensure appropriate implementation and monitoring.
• Direct communication processes related to CQI.
• Serve as an institutional lead to direct, and assist others in navigating, the complexity of Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) requirements.
• Serve in leadership roles as assigned during accreditation cycles. Manage logistics prior to and during LCME survey visits, including contributions to compiling, formatting, and submitting the survey package (e.g. self-study report and independent student analysis), manage the LCME-specified Data Collection Instrument (DCI) for the survey, and contribute to coordination of on-the-ground details for the survey site visit.
• Partner with the Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education, and other deans and directors as needed, to plan, forecast, and develop budgets for accreditation needs, including external consultant visits and LCME accreditation visits.
• Serve as an active member of the Accreditation Preparation & Quality Improvement (APQI) community of practice, the national group for accreditation professionals.
• Attend regional and national conferences related to Academic Medicine, Medical Education, and the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
• Contribute to coordination of all LCME official correspondence, including site visits, responses to accreditation monitoring, and annual questionnaires.
• Maintain updated knowledge of all LCME standards and processes related to institutional compliance.

Founded in 2013, the School of Medicine at UCR is the sixth University of California Medical School. We serve the rapidly growing Inland Southern California region by training a much-needed physician workforce and catalyzing innovations in research, education, and healthcare delivery. Our mission is to improve the health of the community in the Inland Empire, one of the most ethnically diverse and medically underserved areas of the country. UCR is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a requirement. Advancement and promotion at the UCR is through a series of structured, merit-based evaluations, occurring every 2-3 years, each of which includes substantial peer input.

The successful applicant must qualify for an academic appointment as an Associate Professor or Professor (Ladder Rank), Associate Professor or Professor of Clinical X, or Health Sciences Clinical series at the associate or full professor rank. The successful candidate must possess an M.D. or D.O. degree, or an Ed.D., or Ph.D. from an accredited institution in areas such as the health professions, education, or a related field. M.D. or D.O. applicants must be board certified in an ABMS specialty and eligible for licensure or licensed to practice in the State of California in a clinical specialty aligned with the UCR SOM clinical enterprise UCR Health. The incumbent will have a concurrent academic appointment in an appropriate academic/clinical department and is expected to participate in clinical service (for M.D./D.O. candidates), in addition to research, or scholarly activities.

The successful candidate will be expected to have at least 5 years of experience in medical education, health professions education, or higher education, with a sound understanding of undergraduate medical education, quality improvement initiatives, and program evaluation, and at least 3 years of project management and supervisory experience, as well as familiarity with LCME accreditation. Additional qualifications include the demonstration of outstanding academic accomplishments and trajectory which may include innovative educational program development, excellence in teaching, clinical leadership, and research or scholarly work. Rank and series will be determined based on qualifications and experience.

The posted UC salary scales (https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/compensation/index.html ) set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Table 5 for the salary range. The budgetary range for this position is $127,000 – $333,700. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan (https://somacademicaffairs.ucr.edu/sites/g/files/rcwecm2346/files/2021-02/2021-02-11HSCP%20Plan.pdf), which may provide eligibility for additional compensation. Finally, the candidate must demonstrate appropriate administrative experience and a proven record of academic and administrative leadership qualities.

TO APPLY: http://medschool.ucr.edu/employment/faculty/

Initial review of applications will begin on October 4, 2024, and applicants will be considered until the positions are filled.

ZRG Search Firm has been exclusively retained by the University of California - Riverside School of Medicine to assist in the recruitment.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4010393/PPSM-20.
For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action Policy please visit: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, State, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.