Division Chief of Child Development F65050

Division Chief of Child Development - F65050

Children's Hospital of Richmond

VCU Health - Richmond, VA

Children’s Hospital of Richmond of the Virginia Commonwealth University has committed itself to transforming the Division of Developmental Pediatrics into a model academic unit devoted to excellence in clinical care, teaching, and clinical, translational, and basic research in Central Virginia.

The Department of Pediatrics is seeking a full-time developmental pediatrician to serve as Division Chief of Child Development. Chief will support outpatient services at the Child Development Clinic at Children's Hospital of Richmond, which provides comprehensive patient assessments through medical, psychological, social work and educational testing.  The physician will diagnose and recommend care planning, referrals, follow-up care coordination and intervention for the division’s patients.

Position Responsibilities: 

Teaching: Faculty member will have teaching responsibilities. Faculty member will provide teaching and mentorship to students, residents, and other trainees when applicable.

Research: Faculty member will have working knowledge in research methods and be able to participate in clinical, translational, and outcomes research. 

Service: Faculty member will serve on departmental or School of Medicine level committees when appropriate, and engage in professional activities through journal review, conference presentations, etc.

Clinical: Faculty member will serve as a developmental physician for the Department of Pediatrics in the Division of Child Development in support of the clinical mission of CHoR at VCU.

Other: Faculty member will take on administrative duties associated with this role.

Required Qualifications:

• Board certified in Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics or Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
• Completion of Developmental Behavioral or Neurodevelopmental Fellowship program
• Experience with clinical care of patients birth to 21 years of age
• Demonstrated experience working in and fostering a diverse faculty, staff, and student environment or commitment to do so as a faculty member at VCU
• Demonstrated excellent teaching skills
• Previous program/divisional leadership experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Previous experience in an academic medical center
• National/international recognition
• A well-developed scholarly/research portfolio with evidence of multi-disciplinary applications
• External funding appropriate to complement and expand existing expertise in the department

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The Virginia Commonwealth University Department of Pediatrics is dedicated to providing comprehensive, compassionate, state-of-the-art pediatric health care, research and education at Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU, a full-service children’s hospital within the VCU Medical Center. CHoR offers a robust continuum of pediatric services, research and education, and is the region’s only full-service children’s hospital. CHoR provides emergency, primary, secondary, advanced, tertiary and long-term care. CHoR has 11 locations across Central Virginia and provides more than 42 pediatric medical/surgical services.

There is energy and momentum around advancing children’s health in Richmond, and we have marked a new milestone. Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU recently opened a multi-story, high-tech ambulatory pavilion for pediatric services.  The new facility will meet the growing need for outpatient services for children in our community.

CHoR's outpatient pavilion is the largest, most advanced outpatient facility dedicated to children in the region. The new pavilion includes diagnostic and treatment services for children, bringing together the majority of outpatient pediatric services currently on the MCV campus to one location. It is designed to meet the unique health care needs of children, and to provide Richmond the most advanced and coordinated care possible:

The facility is a 640,000 square foot, multi-story building and includes a 7-story parking deck with more than 600 spaces.
The new pavilion houses 72 exam rooms arranged in clinic pods to optimize a multidisciplinary care model. Each pod includes 12 exam rooms, a treatment room, support space and a centralized clinical team.
The new pavilion features pediatric-dedicated imaging, surgical and endoscopy procedure rooms, as well as pediatric faculty offices.
The pavilion is designed with future expansion in mind. It can accommodate additional clinic pods and operating rooms, as demand for these services increases.

Virginia Commonwealth University is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

When we break ground on a new facility, it’s about more than bricks and mortar. It’s just like we tell our children— it’s what’s on the inside that counts. Over the past three years, Children’s Hospital of Richmond at VCU has increased pediatric faculty to more than 130 clinicians focused on 42 specialty areas and providing access to children’s health care from more than 11 locations throughout the region. It’s these dedicated physicians and an extensive network of pediatric-trained nurses, child-life specialists, therapists, social workers and ancillary medical staff, who will continue providing health care designed especially for children.