Section Chief of Pediatric Clinical Genetics (F50150)

Pediatric Clinical Geneticist (F50150)

Children's Hospital of Richmond, VCU Health

Come join our growing team at the newly expanded Children's Hospital of Richmond, in Richmond, VA!

Mission or Goal of Unit :   Childrens 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 Childrens 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 Childrens Pavilion for outpatient services opened in March 2016. Our new 500,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art inpatient facility Childrens 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 MDs, APPs and genetic counselors, metabolic dieticians and ancillary staff.

Required Qualifications :

Preferred Qualifications :

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity / affirmative action institution providing access to education and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, political affiliation, veteran status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or disability.

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