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ST. CHARLES HEALTH SYSTEM

JOB DESCRIPTION

TITLE: Medical Director of Clinical Education

REPORTS TO POSITION:Chief Clinical Officer

DYAD PARTNERS WITH:Director of Clinical Education

DEPARTMENT:SCHS Education

DATE LAST REVIEWED: April 2026

OUR VISION: Creating America's healthiest community, together

OUR MISSION: In the spirit of love and compassion, better health, better care, better value

OUR VALUES: Accountability, Caring, Teamwork and Safety

DEPARTMENT SUMMARY: The Clinical Education Department is a system-wide support service that provides education, clinical practice support, and professional development opportunities for nursing, allied health, medical staff, and community partners at St. Charles Health System. The department, including the Central Area Health Education Center (AHEC) program, exists to:

Attract talent:

• Partners with academic institutions to create clinical rotations, internships, sub internships, and pathway programs

• Hosts residency programs.

• Actively engages in community outreach, recruitment activities, and educational events.

Grow and Retain Talent:

• Facilitates fellowship programs and role-transition pathways to support entry into specialty areas and advanced practice roles.

• Hosts Grand Rounds and knowledge-sharing forums that elevate clinical dialogue and foster interdisciplinary collaboration across all four campuses.

• Coordinates continuing education (CE) offerings that support licensure, certifications, and current clinical practice.

• Provides ongoing simulation, skills labs, and just-in-time clinical training to ensure caregivers remain competent and confident in their roles.

Improve the quality of care:

• Supports system-wide clinical onboarding, competency validation, and annual clinical training (e.g. CPR, ACLS, NRP) aligned with quality, safety, cultural awareness, and regulatory requirements.

• Designs and delivers education that directly supports clinical practice improvements, patient safety initiatives, and accreditation standards.

POSITION OVERVIEW: The Medical Director of Clinical Education, in a collaborative leadership role known as a dyad with the Director of Clinical Education, leads the Clinical Education department at SCHS consistent with the principles described below.

Strategic and Operational Alignment:

• Education, our programs and partnerships are purposefully aligned to support strategic and operational goals in our organization.

• We develop and use criteria to assess fit of new and existing programs and the criteria support collaborative decision making of knowing when to say "yes" to new ideas/programs and when to say "no" or "not now"

Efficiency

• We maximize our use of common processes, tools and resources to manage the administration of our programs.

• Our tools support collaboration and communication.

Evidence Based

• Education on best practice is evidence based (published, peer reviewed, accepted as best practice).

• We keep current on best practice and update our education programs.

Learning Culture and Continuous Learning

• We actively seek out new knowledge and feedback to improve personal performance; share learning with peers and applying new skills to adjust effectively to changing work demands.

• We encourage and model knowledge sharing among team members; apply learning strategies to solve challenges and analyze team behaviors to improve performance and knowledge flow.

• We apply curiosity and self-awareness by actively identifying personal strengths and opportunities for growth; seek out new knowledge, ask questions, and apply lessons learned from both successes and setbacks.

• We identify strengths and gaps within the team and provide resources, feedback, and support to pursue development.

Sustainability

• When education involves partners outside of SCHS, we look to develop funding models that cover the direct cost of the program and generally use market rate in setting our charges.

Measurable

• We define success metrics for education as a whole and for our individual programs.

• We can report on actual results compared to targets.

Compliance

• We set-up and operate our education programs in ways that allows us to meet our contractual, legal and regulatory responsibilities, including compliance with State and Federal requirements for education.

Recognizing that clinical education of medical students, residents, and practicing physicians has features that are unique to these learners, the Medical Director of Clinical Education is expected to ensure that the needs of medical learners are met within the interdisciplinary structure.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS AND DUTIES:

• Provides physician oversight of and direction for essential physician and provider student, resident, and continuing education programs. This includes, but is not limited to, Continuing Medical Education (CME) programming sponsored by SCHS, provider education strategy, and updating the policies related to such activities.
• Utilizing clinical education resources and partners, supports PDSA-based learning structures such as M&Ms, RCAs, case reviews and other retrospective learning structures, while also championing innovation in simulations, drills, and other means to reduce and prevent harm.
• Collaborates with medical staff leaders and safety/quality or best practices committees as may be developed to promote evidence-based practice and reduction in unwarranted variation in clinical care.
• Working with the Clinical Education Team, understands and ensures compliance with educational contracts with institutions outside of SCHS and collaborates to develop new contracts where needed.
• Serves as a system support for Three Sisters Family Medicine Residency based in Madras, including participation in SCHS-OHSU meetings related to sponsorship. Works with the Program Director (s) to ensure that residents from our internal residency program (s) are properly supported across the system.
• Serves as a resource for compensation aspects of employed or contracted physicians and providers involved in teaching and learning activities, with liaison as necessary with provider compensation committee and staff.
• Supports the vision, mission and values of the organization in all respects.
• Supports principles of continuous improvement with energy and enthusiasm, functioning as a champion of change, to achieve the purpose and objectives noted above.
• Conducts all activities with the highest standards of professionalism and confidentiality. Complies with all applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures, supporting the organization's corporate integrity efforts by acting in an ethical and appropriate manner, reporting known or suspected violation of applicable rules, and cooperating fully with all organizational investigations and proceedings.
• Provides and maintains a physically and psychologically safe environment for caregivers, patients and guests and is trained and practices Culture of Excellence-based leadership.
• May perform additional duties of similar complexity within the organization, as required or assigned

EDUCATION:

Required: MD/DO/PHD/PsyD.

Preferred: Experience in graduate medical education, MPH/MHA/MHPE/MMedEd.

LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION:

Required: Valid license with the Oregon Medical Board. Current board certification in specialty. Medical staff member in good standing at one or more SCHS hospitals.

Preferred: N/A

EXPERIENCE:

Required: Minimum five (5) years of inpatient and outpatient clinical practice.

Preferred: Additional postgraduate training or experience in UGME/GME. Experience in Medical Staff Governance.

ADDITIONAL POSITION INFORMATION:

Travel: The role is expected to be in person when others are and may involve intermittent travel to hospitals and facilities throughout the SCHS system.

Success Criteria: Annual goals and targets will be co-developed between the Medical Director and the leader to whom they report.

PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT:

Must be able to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) required to perform the job safely.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Continually (75% or more): Use of clear and audible speaking voice and the ability to hear normal speech level.

Frequently (50%): Sitting, standing, walking, lifting 1-10 pounds, keyboard operation.

Occasionally (25%): Bending, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, carrying/pushing or pulling 1-10 pounds, grasping/squeezing.

Rarely (10%): Stooping/kneeling/crouching, lifting, carrying, pushing or pulling 11-15 pounds, operation of a motor vehicle.

Never (0%): Climbing ladder/stepstool, lifting/carrying/pushing or pulling 25-50 pounds, ability to hear whispered speech level.

Exposure to Elemental Factors

Never (0%): Heat, cold, wet/slippery area, noise, dust, vibration, chemical solution, uneven surface.

Blood-Borne Pathogen (BBP) Exposure Category

No Risk for Exposure to BBP

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