Vice Chair for Research & Scholarship - Family Medicine (F79340)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Assist the Chair in fostering an environment in the department that values and promotes diverse clinical, translational, practice-based, community and educational research and scholarship across all department missions and locations
• Serve as the primary departmental advocate for and oversight for research and scholarship program improvement
• Provide oversight, support, direction, coaching, and development to the department’s research and scholarship efforts
• Advise the Department Chair and PIs on research and scholarship priorities, funding opportunities, funding needs, recruitment, and infrastructure support for research and scholarship programs
• Work with the department administrator, PIs and other program leaders to develop and maintain annual operating budgets for research and scholarship programs
• Interact with, and serve as a liaison to, university and hospital leaders to promote the departmental research and scholarship initiatives
• Foster collaboration, innovation, and coordination of research and scholarship across all training sites
• Develop and support new initiatives consistent with departmental values and focus areas
• Ensure oversight so that all research programs meet and exceed compliance standards and policies
• Ensure that the departmental research and scholarship programs function consistently with the department values
• Ensure that medical student and resident research and scholarship programs function in a trainee-focused manner, including fostering trainee safety and well-being
• Oversee medical research and scholarship activities, including identifying and securing infrastructure support and engaging faculty members to serve as mentors
• Participate in the recruitment of clinician researchers
• Serve as a mentor for faculty members with specific interest in family medicine research and scholarship across all departmental missions
• Serve as an alternative representative for the Chair on university and hospital committees relevant to research and scholarship activities
• Convene regular meetings of the department’s research team

Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Completed an accredited residency program in Family Medicine
• Board certified by the American Board of Family Medicine
• 3-5 years of experience in family medicine research and scholarship
• Maintained a diverse and sustained funding track record
• Track record of success working with a team of researchers
• Experience in providing direct patient care to underserved populations across multiple settings
• Willing and able to care for patients in 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