Section Chief of Pediatric Clinical Genetics

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. Children’s Hospital of Richmond of the Virginia Commonwealth University Health System has devoted to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and clinical, translational, and basic research. The Section of Clinical Genetics offers inpatient and outpatient consultations and genetic counseling services for genetic conditions across the lifespan.

Responsibilities of the Position:

1. 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.
2. Research: Will engage in scholarship through presentations at national meetings, contributions to peer-reviewed scientific literature, and active participation in appropriate professional organizations.
3. Service: Will participate in regional, national, and international conferences with clinical colleagues. Participation in departmental, institutional, and national committees is encouraged, when appropriate.
4. 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.
5. 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.

VCU Medical Center is the region’s safety net hospital, the only Level 1 trauma center in the region that is certified in burn, adult, and pediatric trauma care, and includes a 1,058 bed teaching hospital. The Medical Campus is in downtown Richmond, VA and encompasses a 51.5-acre campus that includes the Schools of Allied Health, Dentistry, Medicine, Nursing, and Pharmacy. Currently the medical campus has 515,000 ft2 of research labs, offices, classrooms, conference space, and is growing rapidly in new construction and renovation of current clinical and office spaces.

At Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, we nurture the champion in every child. We combine award-wining clinical care, research and education with an uncanny understanding of what makes kids unique. If you are looking for a career with a sense of purpose and want to join a team that covers every specialty for kids – from cardiology to emergency medicine and transplant surgery to physical therapy – look no further. We work tirelessly to help kids and their families while offering excellent benefits that work for you and your family. If you are ready for a world-class environment with a dedicated and collaborative team, it’s time to join CHoR. The Children’s Hospital of Richmond has brought inpatient, emergency/trauma, and outpatient care under one roof. Families will benefit from the consolidation of care under one roof, while maintaining the benefits of being connected to a large urban academic medical center. The Children's Pavilion is a 15-story, 640,000-square-foot facility, bringing together nearly all pediatric outpatient services under one roof. Designed to provide families the most advanced and coordinated care possible, the pavilion houses radiology, same-day surgery, lab testing, dialysis, infusions and more in an environment custom-made for kids. The Children's Tower is our new 9 story facility will initially house 72 private rooms; an emergency department; expanded child life services; family amenities; new operating rooms and all forms of advance imaging (CT/MRI) and shelled out floors for future growth. This new Pediatric Tower allows for the CHoR physician to provide the best possible care close to home for kids and families across the Commonwealth of Virginia. CHoR physicians enjoy a collegial work environment with a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits plan. Successful candidates will 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.

Richmond, the capitol of Virginia, is a diversified, vibrant, and growing city of greater than 1.2 million people.  It is loaded with culture (Ballet, Symphony, Fine Arts Museum, Opera), American history, and fine dining, recently ranked as one of the top 10 food cities in America. Richmond is the economic hub of Virginia, home of many Fortune 500 companies including Dominion Energy, CarMax, Westrock and Altria. It is centrally located in the state, has a subtropical climate where one can enjoy all seasons. Richmond is close to the beach, the mountains and Washington DC with easy airline access to all the big cities in the northeast. Find out more about Richmond at www.visitrichmondva.com/ .

Interested candidates please apply directly at:

https://vcu.csod.com/ux/ats/careersite/1/home/requisition/3391?c=vcu

Inquiries may be directed to:

Erin Flexon, Faculty Employment Coordinator

[email protected]