Rising Scholar | Dept. of Internal Medicine - Division of Hospital Medicine | M67636 & M67646 (SOM)

Mission or Goal of Unit: Advance research and education missions of the academic medical center in the areas of Hospital Medicine.

Chief Purpose of this position: The Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine is seeking an incumbent to support our clinical and research missions by training and developing clinician-scholars.

Position Responsibilities:

Teaching: The individual in this position will have no specific teaching responsibilities but may be involved in the teaching of medical students and housestaff.

Research: The individual in this position will conduct clinical, bench or population research in a mentored role with faculty from the department of internal medicine and/or other departments.

Clinical: This appointment as Instructor of Medicine comes with clinical privileges within the Hospitalist Medicine section and the individual in this position will work one week as a hospitalist nocturnist every four weeks. There will also be an optional additional clinical component of training within the individual areas of interest. This will be tailored to meet the need of the scholar but will not exceed 20% of effort time. The individual will have clinical privileges within the Hospitalist Medicine section.

Other (for instance administrative duties, etc.) Will participate in other activities as assigned. At the end of the program, trainee is expected to be competitive for an appointment as an Assistant Professor faculty position and for a KL2 or KL3 NIH training grant or for ready for a clinical fellowship in an Internal Medicine specialty.

Required Qualifications:

• The candidate must be a physician who is Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
• Prior research experience and interest in a career in Academic Medicine
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU