Location: Brick, NJ
Cap-Exempt H-1B Position — No lottery required
Overview: Our team members are the heart of what makes us better. At **Hackensack Meridian** ***Health*** we help our patients live better, healthier lives — and we help one another to succeed. With a culture rooted in connection and collaboration, our employees are team members. Here, competitive benefits are just the beginning. It’s also about how we support one another and how we show up for our community. Together, we keep getting better - advancing our mission to transform healthcare and serve as a leader of positive change. Under the general direction of the Academic Affairs Manager of Finance & Operations, the **Academic Affairs Specialist** is responsible for assisting the Academic Affairs Office in the administrative oversight of operating clinical training residency and fellowship programs within Hackensack Meridian Health ACGME-sponsorship and its affiliated hospitals. The Academic Affairs Specialist will work closely with the Academic Affairs Manager of Finance & Operations to oversee all residency and fellowship programs, and will act as mentor and resource to the departmental program leadership and program coordinators across the Hackensack Meridian Health. **\\*\\*Some HMH Network Travel Required\\*\\*** Responsibilities: A day in the life of an **Academic Affairs Specialist** at **Hackensack Meridian** ***Health*** includes: - Monitors Resident Physician appointments for accuracy and to ensure payment of proper salary, advises Program Chairperson of House Staff appointments and salary levels to ensure proper classification. - Processes paperwork for all visiting trainee physician appointments and assignments rotations between Hackensack Meridian Health and outside or affiliated institutions. Circulates a monthly schedule detailing assignments. Contacts new visiting trainee physicians prior to start of employment to gather pertinent personal data, to be used in completing and processing required paperwork. - Organizes and coordinates orientation progr