Mission or Goal of Unit: Children’s Hospital of Richmond of the Virginia
Commonwealth University Health System is devoted to excellence in clinical
care, teaching, and clinical, translational, and basic research.
Chief Purpose of this position: The Children’s Hospital of Richmond (CHoR) at
Virginia Commonwealth University is seeking a physician to lead the Section of Clinical
Genetics. CHoR at VCU has a commitment to provide quality patient care and
service excellence. The Section of Clinical Genetics offers inpatient and
outpatient consultations and genetic counseling services for genetic conditions
across the lifespan. CHoR is the largest full-service academic pediatric
hospital in central Virginia, and part of a multispecialty hospital with 160
beds. Our Children’s Pavilion for outpatient services opened in March 2016. Our
new 500,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art inpatient facility Children’s Tower
opened in April 2023.
Position Responsibilities:
- Teaching: Will contribute to the clinical supervision and education of residents, medical students, genetic counseling graduate students, and ancillary staff. This will also include mentoring of junior faculty and Didactic teaching in MS Genetic Counseling Program and VCU School of Medicine.
- Research: Will engage in scholarship through presentations
at national meetings, contributions to peer-reviewed scientific literature, and
active participation in appropriate professional organizations.
- Service: Will participate in regional, national, and
international conferences with clinical colleagues. Participation in
departmental, institutional, and national committees is encouraged, when
appropriate.
- Clinical: Active participation as a clinician in various
clinics and other settings, including telemedicine, and sharing call and
consultative responsibilities with other Clinical Genetics physicians. VCU Clinical Genetics sees patients across
the lifespan, from preconception to end of life. Candidates can expect to see both pediatric and
adult patients with the majority of those appointments being held on our
downtown Richmond campus in both our adult outpatient pavilion and our
pediatric outpatient pavilion.
- Administrative: Responsible for section
growth and development, strategic planning, expansion, quality improvement, and
fostering relationships within the Department and VCU Health and genetics
community. Supervision of section MD’s,
APP’s and genetic counselors, metabolic dieticians and ancillary staff.
Required Qualifications:
- The applicant must exhibit dynamic and innovative clinical and teaching skills, including in teaching and training of graduate and medical students. The position requires demonstrated clinical and teaching experience.
- MD, MD/PhD, or equivalent degree with Certification by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ABMGG) in Clinical Genetics and Genomics.
- Candidates must be qualified for full, unrestricted medical licensure in Virginia.
- Candidates must have previous leadership experience or a minimum of 8 years of experience providing patient care.
- Must have demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
- AMBGG certification in Clinical Biochemical Genetics.
- Preference will be given to candidates with clinical experience and an interest and/or ability in research and scholarly activity as displayed through publication in professional journals and presentations at national meetings.
Position Type: Clinical
Full time equivalent: 100
Tenure: Open
Rank: Open
Months: 12
Department:
SOM/Pediatrics
Salary: Commensurate
ORP Eligible: YES
Contact Information:
Contact Name: Erin Flexon
Contact Email: erin.flexon@vcuhealth.org
