**Overview** Bakersfield Memorial Hospital includes 385 general acute beds 48 licensed critical care beds 13 state-of-the-art surgical suites and a full-service Emergency Department with an Accredited Chest Pain Center and Nationally Certified Stroke Center. In addition we offer a beautiful Family Care and Birthing Center the Lauren Small Children's Center including the area's only Pediatric Intensive Care Unit Family Care Center a Level II NICU the Sarvanand Heart and Brain Center with Kern County's first Bi-Plane Interventional Suite the Center for Wound Care and Hyperbarics and many more services. Memorial Hospital is a Children’s Miracle Network Hospital and is home to the Bakersfield Ronald McDonald House. Memorial Hospital is a member of Dignity Health and is a trusted community partner serving residents of Bakersfield and Kern County with quality compassionate care since 1956. Click here (https://www.dignityhealth.org/central-california/locations/memorial-hospital) to learn more about Bakersfield Memorial Hospital. One Community. One Mission. One California (https://youtu.be/RrPuiSnALJY?si=pvQgPZ6ZWZM60TPV) **Responsibilities** According to the ACGME Institutional Requirements, “the purpose of graduate medical education (GME) is to provide an organized educational program with guidance and supervision of the resident, facilitating the resident’s ethical, professional and personal development while ensuring safe and appropriate care for patients.” In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, Bakersfield Memorial Hospital's, Residency Program Director will help establish, build and lead our program from the groundup to bring a GME program to the Bakersfield community. The position will include leadership, administrative, teaching and patient care responsibilities. In partnership with Morehouse School of Medicine, our focus on GME expansion is to: •Diversify the physician workforce and address the national physician shortage; •Concentrate training opportunities on primary care; •Focus on areas of inequity with regard to the provision of healthcare, including but not limited to racial inequities in healthcare and caring for medically underserved and vulnerable populations; and •Join the national initiative to train 300 additional underrepresented minority providers annually. **Qualifications** Minimum Qualifications: + Specialty expertise and a minimum of three (3) years of documented educational and/or administrative experience. + Education Required: MD or DO degree from an accredited school. + A current and valid license as physician and surgeon (LIC OSTPHY – Osteopathic Phys-Surgeon) in the state of California. + A current certification in the program’s specialty by American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG), or by the American Osteopathic Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (AOBOG). + Operational management, including budget preparation, experience in administrative support of a department and demonstrated ability to manage detailed projects. + History of scholarly activities and research + Excellent interpersonal, organizational, and leadership skills + A creative thinker with a demonstrated passion for teaching and learning. Preferred Qualifications: + Minimum of five (5) years of experience in teaching in a residency program preferred. Ideal candidates will have experience as a Core Faculty, Associate Director or Director of a Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training Program. **Pay Range** $84.61 - $135.38 /hour We are an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.