Primary Care Physician – Family Medicine with Obstetrics (FMOB) | Community Memorial Hospital- Family Medicine | SOM | M67726

Duties & Responsibilities

This position will be based at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, Virginia. VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital is a small, rural community hospital that provides a wide range of subspecialty care to a large region.

In 2017, VCU Health System built a beautiful, brand-new hospital that is both aesthetically and clinically spectacular. The family medicine residency clinic is attached to the hospital. Our department provides newborn nursery and inpatient pediatrics coverage. Current inpatient volumes are approximately 300 deliveries and 50 pediatrics admissions per calendar year. High acuity cases are transferred to a higher level of care.

July 1, 2025, CMH welcomed its first class of family medicine residents. The residents spend their first year of training at our main campus in Richmond, approximately 75 miles to our north, and spend their second and third years in South Hill.

Qualifications

• MD/DO with eligibility for Virginia licensure
• Completion of accredited Family Medicine residency
• Board Certified/Eligible
• Demonstrated competency in obstetrics including vaginal delivery
• 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 settings
• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• FMOB fellowship or equivalent experience
• Experience with assisted delivery and/or cesarean section is strongly preferred
• Rural practice and teaching experience
• Experience in providing direct patient care and/or residency training in rural settings
• 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 including operative management, 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 setting
• Leadership experience, preferably of a multi-site primary care group