Unit: School Of Medicine
Department: Family Medicine
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 this position
This position will work at the Community Memorial Health Family
Medicine Residency Clinic in South Hill, Virginia, 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 all VCU Health Family Medicine Facilities in
Southside Virginia. Currently we have locations in Bracey,
Clarksville, and South Hill. This is a new role created to support
expansion of family medicine services in the region.
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 by VCU Health in Southside
Virginia.
Minimum 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 settings. This position will include light newborn
nursery and inpatient pediatrics call (facility currently has
approx. 300 deliveries/year and less than 50 pediatrics
admissions/year, high acuity neonatal/pediatrics are transferred to
higher level of care). Adult inpatient services are optional for
this position. We incorporate proctoring as part of our onboarding
process, so current inpatient privileges are not required.
- Demonstrated ability to work in and foster an environment of
respect, professionalism and civility with a population of faculty,
staff, and students from all 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
including operative management, 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
- Leadership experience, preferably of a multi-site primary care
group.
Salary Range: Commensurate with experience
Rank: Open
Tenure: Open
Months: 12 months
Contact Name: Ashley Krauss
Contact Email: ashley.krauss@vcuhealth.org