Open Rank Clinician Educator of Family and Community Medicine

The University of New Mexico,
School of Medicine, Department of Family & Community Medicine seeks a
qualified and dynamic Executive Director of Community Engagement within the
Office of Community Health.

OCH is seeking a strategic leader with a strong health equity
perspective, deep roots in community engagement, and long-standing experience
collaborating with a wide range of community partners. This leader will oversee and act as a catalyst
for the co-development of effective community-university partnerships that can
work together to concretely improve the health of communities across New
Mexico. In addition, this position will
provide guiding leadership to key strategies of the OCH, including Health
Extension Regional Offices (HEROs) and Community Health Workers or
Representatives (CHW/Rs) and the development and diffusion of innovation, as
well as to provide leadership to all community-facing initiatives within
OCH. This position will serve as a key
member of the Executive Leadership Team serving the Vice President for
Community Health, including advisors/consultants and the leads of Operations,
Research & Evaluation, and Human Resources & Administration.

The successful candidate must have a deep experience in strategies for
institutional change, bolstering adaptive resolve, bridging administrative,
college and programmatic silos and overcoming territorial and ego-driven
barriers to needed change. This candidate
must promote a bottom-up approach, fostering servant leadership with a constant
reference to all OCH components addressing Social Drivers of Health. This leader will work directly with the
Associate Vice President for Community Health on developing a plan for Health
Extension Hub development across the state, and in County and Tribal
communities and will oversee director-level health extension officers including
periodic visits to outposted sites to build better, mutually-supportive
alliance and to address needs first hand. This strategic leader will also act as a bridge between community needs
and resources of the Health Sciences Center to relevant main campus colleges
and schools (Law, Architecture, Engineering, Arts & Sciences, Education,
etc), as well as lead communication and promotion about these initiatives,
meeting with funders and policy-makers, and creating a clear communication plan
for continued expansion of health extension.

What We Are Known For

• Our commitment to caring for underserved and vulnerable populations.
• Ranked #2 US News and World Report for Most Graduates Practicing in
  Medically Underserved Areas (2023-2024)
• Our clinical care and curriculum innovations advance the health of all
  New Mexicans across the lifespan.
• Our dedication to advancing scholarly inquiry and research in primary
  care to meet the needs of New Mexicans and beyond with over $33 million in
  extramural research funding.
• Our ability to inspire and train the next generation of family
  physician clinicians, educators, scholars, and leaders
• Ranked #7 US News and World Report national ranking of top Family
  Medicine Programs (2022)
• Approximately half of the UNM Health Sciences Center leadership are
  family Physicians (most of whom are graduates of the UNM Family Medicine Residency
  Program)

Family-Based Clinical Care

In the clinical area, the new faculty member will provide primary care
to a panel of patients at one of our Family Medicine clinics in a
Patient-Centered Medical Home model and will have the opportunity to supervise
residents in this clinical setting.

Family Medicine faculty provide care in the Maternal Child Health
service (a Family Medicine obstetric service), the Family Medicine Inpatient
Service, which provides care to adult and pediatric patients, the Newborn
Nursery, and the Intermediate Care Nursery. In this position, new faculty will provide service and supervise
residents on one or two teaching services as part of their job duties.

Innovative Education

We are nationally and internationally known for educational innovation. Our department's areas of academic
expertise include the social determinants of health, community health and
engagement, culturally effective care, addiction medicine, and point-of-care
ultrasound. Our faculty are major
contributors to the education of medical and PA students at UNM, and our
residency program provides opportunities for rotations in rural and underserved
settings as well as UNM rotations.

• We have several Fellowships, including Maternal Child Health, Sports
  Medicine, and Addiction Medicine.
• We boast a large number of residents practicing in New Mexico
• We host a 3rd year Family Medicine clerkship for all medical students
• We are the departmental home of the UNM Physician Assistant Program

About Albuquerque, New Mexico

Albuquerque, NM, is a beautiful city with the Sandia Mountains to the
east and the Mesa to the west. At more
than a mile-high elevation, this high desert environment provides gorgeous
sunny days and the variety of all four seasons. It is ideal for outdoor activities and sports all year round, including
running, hiking, biking, and skiing. Albuquerque is 1 hour from Santa Fe, NM,
and 2.5 hours from Taos, NM, both world famous for their art and culture. The
State of New Mexico is multicultural and diverse, with 19 indigenous native
pueblos, the Navajo Nation, and three Apache tribal lands. We have excellent
local cuisine, breathtaking sunsets, numerous cultural and historic sites,
lakes, rivers, deserts, and mountains.

Salary: salary and rank commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Foster health extension hub development through building strategic
  networks and partnerships to address local priorities, aiming for a Hub in
  every County and every interested Tribal Community that includes
  community-based "partner HEROs", community health workers, and
  learners/trainees.
• Identification and facilitation of collaboration between
  partners in the region including local health and educational systems, health
  councils, behavioral health collaboratives, county public health offices,
  Community Extension Service agents, community colleges, and school-based
  clinics.
• Build capacity for community organization and strategic partnerships
  through trainings and support of community partnerships to build community
  capacity.
• Share knowledge and information with local legislators and
  constituents including the HSC. Bi-directional linking to shared resources,
  technical assistance for diffusion of innovations from the university to the
  community, supporting health pipeline and health workforce development,
  facilitation and coaching for collaboration and capacity building, and advocacy
  and informing policy.
• Develops and/or advises on strategies designed to raise the general
  level of consciousness within the community and among potential funding sources
  of the University's capacities and offerings as they relate to community health
  improvement.
• Ensures internal and external messages are consistent, engaging
  and aligned with the mission, goals and objectives of OCH. Serves as conduit of
  information for the HSC about community issues; articulates the position of the
  HSC and the various communities, as well as serves as a source of information
  about community concerns; as appropriate, suggests and advocates for changes to
  the University's policies and positions to address priority community concerns
  and needs.
• Works with HSC Public Affairs to develop and coordinate efforts to
  improve communications with the community. Managerial oversight and guidance to
  staff responsible for conveying OCH's internal and external messages and
  facilitate outreach and marketing activities (drafting written materials for
  internal distribution; marketing, media reports and press releases; training HEROs
  across the State in public health messaging, in working with local media to
  disseminate their stories.
• Provides integrated identification, research, planning, evaluation and
  leadership in the development of strategic initiatives, programs, and services
  for OCH; strives to ensure integration of mission areas of the HSC (education,
  clinical service, research and policy) within each initiative and to identify
  and maintain partnerships to ensure sustainability of these initiatives.
  Spearheads monitoring and eval of progress in health equity and social
  determinants of health across NM.
• Engages in meaningful and collaborative relationships with senior
  leadership, administrators, funding entities, government/agency officials
  within the community with the aim of creating long-lasting partnerships for
  community health improvement. Represents and promotes development of strategic
  initiatives with these partners when appropriate.
• Serves as a key member of the OCH leadership team, facilitating
  interdisciplinary collaborative efforts between OCH programs, other university
  community-engaged programs, and community partners; provides consultation and
  advisement on advancement of OCH strategic plan.
• Works closely with financial analyst in the development and management
  of all operating budgets for community-facing initiatives; oversees, monitors,
  and coordinates all unrestricted funding streams and funds aimed at
  disbursement within the greater community

Minimum Requirements:

• Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy
• Board eligible/certified in Family Medicine by the ABFM or AOA
• Eligible for medical licensure in NM
• Eligible for State of New Mexico Board of Pharmacy certification and federal DEA registration
• Must be eligible to work in the U.S.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of leadership experience directly related to community health, health extension, or a related field.
• Experience working in or serving rural and/or underserved communities; experience in community organizing, experience in innovative program development
• Experience teaching residents, medical and/or other health science students
• Bilingual in either Spanish or a Native language
• Willing to travel frequently across the state and to national and international convenings
• Demonstrated ability to determine priority community health needs, collect and analyze information, and devise and develop statistical analysis and reports
• Demonstrated experience working with local health organizations (health councils, Tribal communities, community hospitals, community colleges, NM DOH, CDC, I.H.S., etc.)
• Demonstrated experience working in close collaboration with leadership to provide strategic insight and planning for the department.
• Contract and grant writing and implementation experience
• Demonstrated experience in developing and presenting material to a variety of individuals and/or groups
• A demonstrated commitment to cultivate an understanding of the rich and varied cultures of New Mexico and to the success of the university's mission to serve local and global communities.

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Please attach a Cover Letter and CV. For assistance with the application process, contact FCM-HR@salud.unm.edu.

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