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Assistant Vice President of GME

PublishedPublished: 8/8/2026
This position is incentive eligible.

Experience the HCA Healthcare difference where colleagues are trusted, valued members of our healthcare team. Grow your career with an organization committed to delivering respectful, compassionate care, and where the unique and intrinsic worth of each individual is recognized. The nation's leading provider of quality, patient-centered care is also the leader in Graduate Medical Education (GME). From the moment a graduate joins an HCA Healthcare residency or fellowship, they are mentored by a dynamic network of physicians who are focused on teaching them to provide the exceptional, compassionate care our patients deserve. These programs are led by an accomplished faculty, set under rigorous standards, and tailored to provide extensive training for the next generation of physician leaders. Consider joining our GME Operations Team today!

The Assistant Vice President of Graduate Medical Education (AVP GME) is responsible for the operations, strategic planning, leadership and management of the Graduate Medical Education (GME) development and maintenance in the Division. The AVP GME works to resolve complex issues and make business decisions for the GME enterprise in the Division.

The Assistant Vice President of GME directs daily operations, maintains appropriate oversight, manages all medical education programs and ensures the securing and maintenance of accreditation in the Division.

This role isbased in Tallahassee, Florida at Division Headquarters and will require travel across the North Florida Division and to Corporate headquarters as needed.

Leadership Responsibilities

  • Provides strategy, oversight and hands-on management for the GME service line and programs in a specific HCA Healthcare Division.
  • Develops and ensures execution of business plans
  • Is accountable for business development and operational performance/results
  • Aligns decisions with division and facility strategic and operational objectives
  • Provides leadership and direction
  • Oversees hiring, training, evaluation, promotion and disciplining of staff
  • Receives guidance from Executive Leaders
  • Readiness and Accreditation
  • Ongoing readiness for Institutional review by ACGME
  • Monitoring with all programs to secure necessary paperwork
  • Quarterly audits of each specialty area as designated by the Division or Corporate Leadership and/or program directors
  • Facilitating necessary training and orientation for each facility
  • Development of mechanisms to ensure appropriate teaching of ACGME competencies and Program Development
  • With support of the DVP and hospitals, the creation of new programs
  • Managing the application process with external resources
  • Staying abreast of agenda close dates and monitoring timely submission of new program applications
  • Managing oversight of new and continued program accreditation and maintenance of institutional accreditation

As needed

  • Communicates with program directors
  • Tracks accreditation status of programs
  • Addresses needed program changes
  • Addresses citations
  • Monitors and assists facilities as they prepare for site visits
  • Participates in internal review process and assessment of annual program improvements and assist in reporting action steps to the Division or Corporate Leadership and related program directors

Management Responsibilities

  • Will audit and run reports as needed from the residency management tool to ensure all programs are appropriately populating program information
  • Assist as needed to ensure that faculty agreements/contracts are being managed timely by each hospital
  • Assist Hospital to ensure a smooth transition for PDs, APDs, and Core Faculty into employment by HCA
  • Creates/streamlines efficient pathways for entrance into the organization by Program Administrators and facilitates any needed orientation not only to the Division but the GME service line
  • Identifies revenue enhancement and cost containment initiatives and in conjunction with the hospitals prepares the operating and capital budgets for Graduate Medical Education cost centers
  • Manages fiscal and human resources for Graduate Medical Education
  • Determines resources required to meet goals and objectives
  • Reviews and approves contracts between Medical Education and internal and external partners
  • Supervises the daily activities of the facility or market GME staff leaders and the Residency Administrators to ensure institutional program guidelines are satisfied
  • Regularly interacts with facility C-Suite in support of GME staff and program requirements to ensure alignment of facility and GME goals
  • Develops and manages operating and capital budgets for related programs
  • Manages all Division Accreditation Site Visits
  • Assist the VP of the Division with any needed activity
  • Oversee resident liaison meetings, organize and chair GMEC meetings in the absence of the DIO
  • Works in conjunction with GME Leadership Team to create or update Master Affiliation Agreements and Aggregate Agreements
  • Provide guidance with Program Letters of Agreement and or AAMC medical student agreements and the use of VSAS for medical student rotations
  • Identify financial support needed to maintain residency programs according to institutional requirements set forth by the ACGME
  • Maintain documents relative to GMEC meetings and accreditation
  • Facilitates the creation of a sense of community for Program Administrators
  • Helps set the annual calendar for the Division and oversee Division-wide meetings and training including annual resident orientation
  • Participate in local, regional and national activities on behalf of HCA GME

EDUCATION:

  • Required: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university
  • Preferred: Master's degree from an accredited college or university
  • Highly Preferred: Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education (TAGME)

EXPERIENCE:

  • Minimum of 7 years of graduate medical education operations experience

Benefits

HCA Healthcare, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:
  • Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
  • Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
  • Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
  • Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
  • Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
  • Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

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If you find this opportunity compelling, we encourage you to apply for our Assistant Vice President of GME opening. We promptly review all applications. Highly qualified candidates will be directly contacted by a member of our team. We are interviewing - apply today!

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