National Jewish Health is currently seeking a Medical Education Project
Specialist to join our award-winning Professional Education team. The
candidate selected for this role will be a team player who is detail-oriented
and motivated to learn. This position will impact the institution through
development, management, implementation and evaluation of innovative
continuing education activities for a variety of healthcare professional
learners. The ideal candidate will display a high level of initiative and
independent judgment and project management skills.
What do we do? National Jewish Health is accredited to provide continuing
education to physicians, pharmacists, and registered nurses. We develop
high quality educational activities in a variety of formats to meet the needs
of these healthcare provider groups as well as many others, both internally
as well as regionally and nationally.
Why National Jewish Health? As the leading respiratory hospital in the
nation, National Jewish Health places a priority on education, with a
mission to heal, to discover and to educate as a preeminent healthcare
institution. If you believe in Breathing Science is Life, we invite you to
join our team.
Position Summary
Responsible for the development, management, and implementation of
continuing medical education initiatives, including live, virtual, and
enduring activities for the Office of Professional Education at National
Jewish Health. Ensures compliance with all applicable accrediting bodies and
regulatory agencies.
Essential Duties
Oversees and facilitates the development and implementation of live,
enduring and performance/quality improvement educational activities.
Responsible for the compliance of each activity to meet accreditation
guidelines. Communicates accreditation guidelines to faculty and teams through
the planning and implementation phases of an activity. Updates/keeps
current CME tracking database with all activities.
Conducts accreditation compliance audits to ensure all project documents and
resolution actions are complete, current, and stored appropriately.
Reviews the full project proposal and leads program planning meetings with
internal and external project team members.
Manages the project budget and accounting, including the tracking of all
expenses and works with the educational grants team to reconcile project
budgets according to the project timeline.
Enforces project standards and ensures that institutional exposure and risk is
minimized on all assigned projects.
Responsible for the execution of the outcomes strategy in collaboration with
the associate director, accreditation and programs and the educational
grants team. Collects evaluation and assessment data for each live and online
educational activity and prepares detailed outcomes summaries and status
updates for funders, faculty, and other stakeholders.
Collaborates with the marketing specialist and external distribution partners
to promote live and online educational activities. Proactively monitors
participation data to ensure each activity meets audience goals and
guarantees.
Assists in department administrative needs, including answering phones,
processing financial forms, etc.
Other Duties
Assists team in joint sponsorship management as needed.
Competencies
Accountability: Accepts full responsibility for self and contribution as a
team member; displays honesty and truthfulness; confronts problems
quickly; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires
others to commit to goals; demonstrates a commitment to National Jewish
Health.
Attention to Detail: Accomplishing tasks by considering all areas
involved, no matter how small; showing concern for all aspects of the
job; accurately checking processes and tasks; being watchful over a period
of time. Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming
responsibility and accountability for success ully completing assignments or
tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards
impos
Building Trust: Interacting with others in a way that gives them confidence
in one's intentions and those of the organization.
Collaboration/Teamwork: Cooperates with others to accomplish common
goals; works with employees within and across his/her department to
achieve shared goals; treats others with dignity and respect and maintains a
friendly demeanor; values the contributions of others.
Creativity and Innovation: Applies creative problem-solving skills to
develop solutions to problems; recognizes and demonstrates the value in
taking "smart" risks and learning from mistakes; develops multiple
alternatives and understands the feasibility of each; effectively shares and
implements his/her ideas. Generates innovative solutions in work
situations; tries different and novel ways to deal with work problems and
oppor
Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force
behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service
practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs.
Initiative: Taking prompt action to accomplish objectives; taking action
to achieve goals beyond what is required; being proactive.
Managing Work and Time: Effectively managing one's time and resources to
ensure that work is completed efficiently. Effectively manages project(s)
by appropriately focusing attention on the critical few priorities;
effectively creates and executes against project timelines based on
priorities, resource availability, and other project requirements
(i.e., budget); effectively evaluates planned approaches, determines
feasibility, and makes adjustments when needed.
Supervisory or Managerial Responsibility
None