Program Director – CMH Rural Family Medicine Residency Program – F67850

The Program Director position is a founding core faculty member role. As a founding core faculty member and the Program Director, you will be responsible for helping to build this program from the ground up. We anticipate having residents in post no later than July 1, 2023. Prior to that time, the Program Director will work with the Associate Program Director to design curriculum, prepare and execute the ACGME application, help conduct initial recruiting for clinical faculty and residents;

while maintaining time for independent clinical practice and scholarship. As Program Director and Core Faculty, once residents arrive, faculty will spend a majority of time on clinical precepting, direct resident and medical student education in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, and educational administration. The remaining time will be devoted to your own direct clinical practice. This position will be primarily based at VCU’s Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill, VA;

while the Associate Program Director is located primarily on the MCV Campus of VCU Health in Richmond, VA.

• Demonstrates dedication to Family Medicine
• Responsible for monitoring the faculty appointments, assignments, outcomes, and proper conduct of educational
• Responsible for the supervision, direction, evaluation, and administration of the Family Medicine Education Program.
• Responsibilities for the Family Medicine Program includes:
  • Provide direction and leadership necessary to obtain and/or maintain the Family Medicine Residency Program with Full Residency Review Committee
  • Conduct ongoing review of the residency program as required by RRC and Participate with the Department Chair and other Residency Leadership in recruiting and making recommendations for improvement in the educational programs within the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health and within the entire VCU Health systems.
• Assure that services are performed in accordance with and sufficient for compliance with the requirements of all required accrediting bodies such as the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, the Commonwealth of Virginia, and the System’s liability
• Continual improvement of the Family Medicine Residency Program with a full accreditation by the ACGME
• Serve as a member of VCU Health’s Graduate Medical Education Council.
• Perform such duties as are appropriate and necessary to the position and operation of the VCU Health Systems and the Family Medicine Residency
• Recruit, retain, and promote high caliber, diverse residents who exhibit interest and commitment to rural healthcare, health equity, excellence in patient care and medical education, high ethics, and a commitment to a high order of
• Participate in the budgeting process for the residency
• Review clinical teaching and scholarship of each faculty members individually and

Uphold the VCU Health Mission as a teaching institution and support projects relating to that goal. Be a model teacher for faculty, residents, student learners, interdisciplinary teams, and staff that supports a culture of inquiry and inspires high quality, evidence-based healthcare for all.

• Participate in activities which will enhance role development:
  • Maintain clinical competency in Family
  • Serve on various medical staff
  • Enhance scholarship among faculty, residents, and
• Participate in activities, which demonstrate professional commitment to position and to VCU Health Systems
  • Set short- and long-term goals for professional growth
  • Actively participate in regional and national organizations, which enhance personal growth, as well as, growth of the Family Medicine Residency and growth of the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health.
  • Be a role model not only for the Department of Family Medicine and Population Health, but for the entire VCU Health

• The Physician shall provide his/her/their best efforts to:
  • Lead the development of and continue the improvement of the Rural Family…