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

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 all of our family medicine medical student education programs, including a highly rated clerkship and two longitudinal, four-year track programs: The Inner City International Rural Program I2CRP is a 4-year longitudinal program for medical students who are invested in serving medically underserved populations. The mission of the program is to increase the number of students who choose career paths in primary care and who practice in underserved settings. The program enrolls up to 24 students per cohort or approximately 96 students during the M1 - M4 years. The preclinical curriculum includes didactics, journal clubs, grand rounds presentations, and service roles in underserved settings. The clinical curriculum includes second-year preceptorships in urban and rural underserved settings and clerkship rotations in urban, rural, and international underserved settings in Family Medicine, general Pediatrics, Ambulatory Medicine, and general Surgery. Students also complete a scholarly capstone project that is relevant to medically underserved communities.The Family Medicine Scholars Training and Admission Track (fmSTAT) is a unique program designed to identify and select individuals who come to medical school intending to be family physicians. The four-year curricular track provides participants with tailored experiences that nurture, develop, and support this select group of medical students toward their family medicine career goal. It includes a community experience with planned and organic interactions across academic years with like-minded and committed peers, 1:1 family physician mentor throughout the four-year experience, Core family medicine content through semi-annual retreat and seminar sessions, Optional paid summer research experience between first and second year, Professional development (support to participate in state and national conferences, letters of recommendation for opportunities of interest, networking with preceptors, researchers, alumni, and other professionals, etc.).

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

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

Major Duties and Responsibilities
Clinical

• 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 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 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.