Family Medicine Physician - Community Memorial Hospital (M67726) | SOM, Family Medicine

Mission, History & Programs of the DepartmentFounded in 1970, the Department of FamilyMedicine and Population Health at VCU has a long and proud history of trainingmedical students and resident physicians. Our department houses all of ourfamily medicine medical student education programs, including a highly ratedclerkship and two longitudinal, four-year track programs: The Inner CityInternational Rural Program I2CRP is a 4-year longitudinal program for medicalstudents who are invested in serving medically underserved populations. Themission of the program is to increase the number of students who choose careerpaths in primary care and who practice in underserved settings. The programenrolls up to 24 students per cohort or approximately 96 students during the M1- M4 years. The preclinical curriculum includes didactics, journal clubs, grandrounds presentations, and service roles in underserved settings. The clinicalcurriculum includes second-year preceptorships in urban and rural underservedsettings and clerkship rotations in urban, rural, and international underservedsettings in Family Medicine, general Pediatrics, Ambulatory Medicine, andgeneral Surgery. Students also complete a scholarly capstone project that isrelevant to medically underserved communities.The Family Medicine Scholars Training and Admission Track (fmSTAT) is a uniqueprogram designed to identify and select individuals who come to medicalschool intending to be family physicians. The four-year curricular trackprovides participants with tailored experiences that nurture, develop, andsupport this select group of medical students toward their family medicinecareer goal. It includes a community experience with planned and organicinteractions across academic years with like-minded and committed peers, 1:1family physician mentor throughout the four-year experience, Core familymedicine content through semi-annual retreat and seminar sessions, Optionalpaid summer research experience between first and second year, Professionaldevelopment (support to participate in state and national conferences, lettersof recommendation for opportunities of interest, networking with preceptors,researchers, alumni, and other professionals, etc.).

We also have four affiliated family medicine residencyprograms at various locations around the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Chief Purpose of the PositionThis position will be based at VCU's Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill,VA.

Major Duties and ResponsibilitiesClinical

• Responsible for maintaining a practice/panel at the Family Medicine Residency Clinic
• Perform such duties as are appropriate and necessary to the position and operation of the VCU Health Systems
  Maintain clinical competency in Family Medicine
• 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 ofFamily Medicine
• Past experience in providing direct patient care to underserved populationsacross multiple settings
• Willing and able to care for patients in both the inpatient and outpatientsetting
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, andstudent 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 inrural 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 thefollowing:

-Care of pregnant women including antenatal, labor and delivery, and postpartumcare

-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 proceduraltraining in emergency, inpatient and outpatient settings
• Recent scholarly activity such as peer reviewed funding, publication oforiginal research or review articles in peer-reviewed journals, chapters intextbooks, publication or presentation of clinical series or case reports atscientific society meetings, or participation in national committees oreducational 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.

Position Type: MCVP
Full time equivalent: 1.0
Tenure: Ineligible
Rank: Open
Months: 12
Department:1610 | Family Medicine

Salary: Commensurate with experience

Contact Information:
Contact Name: Bree Bolin
Contact Email: briana.bolin@vcuhealth.org
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