Primary Care Physician & Regional Medical Director (M67896) | School of Medicine, Family Medicine

This position will work at the VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Family Care Center, and support the Tanglewood, and Clarksville clinics - South Hill, VA

Mission or Goal of Unit
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. We have recently launched the VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Family Medicine Residency Program with training primarily located in South Hill, VA:

The VCU Health CMH Family Medicine Residency Program began in 2024 with a mission to produce community-centered family medicine physicians trained to meet the broad scope of medical needs in rural and underserved communities of Virginia and beyond through real-world learning that promotes diversity, civic engagement, discovery, and innovation. The first year of training is centered in Richmond, Virginia and the second two years of training is based in South Hill, Virginia at VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital. The residency curriculum responds to the health challenges facing our nation, and creates leaders in healthcare that will transform systems to realize meaningful progress in health outcomes. The foundation of the residency program is the Family Medicine Residency Practice located a VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital Family Care Center.

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 this position
This position will work at the Community Memorial Health Family Medicine Residency Clinic and will support the Tanglewood and Clarksville clinics - South Hill, VA serving as a primary care physician and Regional Medical Director. The Regional Medical Director will be the lead physician responsible for collaborating with nursing and administrative leadership to promote quality, safe, efficient, effective, patient and provider centered services delivered at these clinical locations.

Position Responsibilities:

Clinical (80%)

• Responsible for maintaining a practice/panel at the Family Care Center Family Medicine Residency Clinic
• 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
• Maintain clinical competency in Family Medicine and Newborn care
• Serve on various medical staff committees
• Participate in activities, which demonstrate professional commitment to position and to VCU Health Systems

Administrative (20%)

The Regional Medical Director will be the lead physician responsible for collaborating with nursing and administrative leadership to promote quality, safe, efficient, effective, patient and provider centered services delivered at Community Memorial Health (CARES), Tanglewood, and Clarksville clinics.

Required Qualifications

• Eligible to obtain license to practice medicine in the Commonwealth of Virginia
• Completion of an accredited residency program in Family Medicine
• Board Certified and recertified if applicable by the American Board of Family Medicine
• 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

• 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