Family Medicine Physician & Regional Medical Director (M67896)

Mission or Goal of Unit

Founded in 1970, the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health at VCU has a long and proud history of training medical students and resident physicians. Our department houses all of our family medicine medical student education programs, including a highly rated clerkship and two longitudinal, four-year track programs. We have recently launched the VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program with training primarily located in South Hill, VA:

Chief Purpose of this position

This position will work at the Community Memorial Health Family Medicine Residency Clinic and will support the Tanglewood and Clarksville clinics - South Hill, VA serving as a primary care physician and Regional Medical Director. The Regional Medical Director will be the lead physician responsible for collaborating with nursing and administrative leadership to promote quality, safe, efficient, effective, patient and provider centered services delivered at these clinical locations

Position Responsibilities

• Responsible for maintaining a practice/panel at the Family Care Center Family Medicine Residency Clinic
• Precepting Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students
• Perform such duties as are appropriate and necessary to the position and operation of the VCU Health Systems
• Maintain clinical competency in Family Medicine and Newborn care
• Serve on various medical staff committees
• Participate in activities, which demonstrate professional commitment to position and to VCU Health Systems

Required Qualifications

• Able to obtain license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Shall have completed an accredited residency program in Family Medicine
• Shall be certified and recertified if applicable by the American Board of Family Medicine
• Past experience in providing direct patient care to underserved populations across multiple settings
• Willing and able to care for patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU

Preferred Qualifications

• Past experience in providing direct patient care and/or residency training in rural settings
• Willing and able to care for patients in both the inpatient and outpatient setting
• Direct experience in the medical education of learners such as residents, medical students, inter-professional learners
• Confidence and willingness to be a faculty lead in one or more of the following:
• Care of pregnant women including antenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartum care
• Care of adults in the inpatient setting
• Care of children in the inpatient setting
• Mental Health treatment in the primary care setting
• Substance abuse treatment to include medically assisted therapy
• Primary care Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) and/or specialized procedural training in emergency, inpatient and outpatient settings
• Recent scholarly activity such as peer reviewed funding, publication of original research or review articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters in textbooks, publication or presentation of clinical series or case reports at scientific society meetings, or participation in national committees or educational organizations