Description

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.

Mission, History & Programs of the Department

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 our family medicine medical student education programs, including a highly rated clerkship and two longitudinal, four-year track programs. Our department is one of the top ten in the nation for family medicine research.
We have four affiliated family medicine residency programs at various locations around the Commonwealth of Virginia in addition to our new VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency, which will graduate its first class in 2027.
Chief Purpose of the PositionTo practice broad scope rural family medicine and to train the next generation of family medicine physicians in Southside Virginia. This position includes clinical faculty appointment to the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health.
Major Duties and ResponsibilitiesClinical

• Responsible for maintaining a practice/panel at the Family Medicine Residency Clinic
• Maintain clinical competency in Family Medicine including newborn and pediatric care.
• Precepting Family Medicine Residents and Medical Students
• Perform administrative duties as are appropriate and necessary to support operations of the VCU Health Systems including but not limited to completing patient medical records, student evaluations and other required documentation
• 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, to include a light inpatient pediatrics service and newborn nursery call. We provide proctoring as part of our onboarding to the inpatient service, so current inpatient privileges are not required.
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering an environment of respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty, staff, and students from various backgrounds and experiences, or a 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
• 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

The School of Medicine continuously strives for our workplace and learning environment to reflect the demographic and social milieu of the communities we serve. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply.