CHPE Accreditation and Program Manager-Continuing Education

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Thank you for your interest in career opportunities with the University of Mississippi Medical Center.  Please review the following instructions prior to submitting your job application:

• Provide all of your employment history, education, and licenses/certifications/registrations.  You will be unable to modify your application after you have submitted it.
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After you apply, we will review your qualifications and contact you if your application is among the most highly qualified. Due to the large volume of applications, we are unable to individually respond to all applicants. You may check the status of your application via your Candidate Profile.

Thank you,

Human Resources

Please complete this application in entirety by providing all of your work experience, education and certifications/

license.  You will be unable to edit/add/change your application once it is submitted.

Certifications, Licenses or Registration Required:

N/A

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of accreditation standards and criteria for accreditation organizations that support numerous healthcare disciplines including physicians, dentists, nurses, social workers, psychologists, physical and occupational therapists, athletic trainers, and others as needed. Knowledge of budgeting and cost control procedures for high dollar continuing education events/ activities. Knowledge of educational grant procedures that support continuing education.  Knowledge of the adult learning model and educational principles. Exemplary professional communication and interpersonal skills to interact with high profile speakers, donors, exhibitors, vendors, and contractual personnel at venues. Critical thinking skills and decision making capabilities. Detail-oriented and the ability to manage numerous activities concurrently in various planning phases.   

Responsibilities:

• Oversees and demonstrates compliance with accreditation criteria and standards for all disciplines supported with no management oversight.  Explains requirements and methods for compliance to customers as needed. Maintains all documentation required by accreditors and plans activities in accordance with CHPE and accreditation standards.
• Creates proposed budget and regularly apprises planning committee of the budgetary impact of actual expenses and income with the goal of ensuring event revenue is enough to cover all event expenses with minimal management oversight. Leads budgetary discussions at planning meetings with minimal to no management oversight.  
• Analyzes activity leadership needs and autonomously serves as a resource and collaborator in planning and executing high quality continuing education activities with little to no management oversight.
• Oversees scheduling and planning continuing education activities. Serves as logistics leader and manages reserving space, ordering catering, speaker coordination, and resolves all administrative or logistical issues prior to the event.
• Collects and maintains applicable participant, continuing education credit, and financial data related to accreditation reporting and budget reconciliation with no management oversight.
• Researches and writes educational grant proposals autonomously.  Solicits and secures additional external funding support from exhibitors or other donors as required to meet activity budgetary needs.
• Integrates knowledge of adult learning principles and educational design when planning continuing education activities.  Leads educational design discussions at planning meetings as needed.
• The duties listed above are general in nature and are examples of the duties and responsibilities performed and are not meant to be construed as exclusive or all-inclusive. Management retains the right to add or change duties at any time.

Physical and Environmental Demands

Requires occasional working hours significantly beyond regularly scheduled hours, frequent travelling to offsite locations, occasional activities subject to significant volume changes of a seasonal/clinical nature, frequent bending, occasional lifting and carrying up to 50 pounds, occasional climbing, occasional crouching/stooping, frequent driving, occasional kneeling, occasional pushing/pulling, frequent reaching, frequent sitting, frequent standing, occasional twisting, and occasional walking.