Emergency Medicine - Medical Education Fellow - M89514

Position Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care within the emergency department supervising all trainees, non-licensed providers, and non-physician credentialed providers in the clinical areas.
• Documents each patient encounter with a timely, comprehensive note.
• Fulfill billing and coding responsibilities as defined in the scope of practice.
• Abide by department's operational manual, policies, and procedures.
• Abide by hospital rules and regulations, medical staff bylaws, credentialing requirements, and MCVH's policies and procedures.
• Fulfill administrative duties such as attending department staff meetings, participating in quality improvement and utilization review activities, and representing the VCU Health System.
• Participate in relevant marketing and public relations activities on behalf of the hospital and Emergency Department.

Teaching

• Participate in providing core curriculum lectures to medical students, interns and resident level trainees.
• As appropriate, participates in ACLS, PALS and ATLS courses.
• Provides bedside clinical teaching to all trainees with the Emergency Department.
• Participates in nursing, housestaff, medical student, advanced practice provider and paramedical educational programs.

Research

• Actively identify areas of interest and participate in Departmental research projects.

Required Qualifications

• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Emergency Medicine
• Active Virginia Medical license or ability to obtain
• Completion of an Emergency Medicine Residency within 3 years (if beyond 3 years of completing an accredited Emergency Medicine Residency program, must have completed 1500 hours of clinical activity in the past 3 years in an Emergency Department of comparable size, volume and patient acuity and can be waived at the discretion of the Chair)
• Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from all backgrounds and experiences, or a commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU.