Child Neurologist - Division Chief (F72520)

Child Neurologist - Division Chief (F72520)

Department of Neurology, VCU Health - Children's Hospital of Richmond - Richmond, VA

Mission or Goal of Unit: The mission of the Department of Neurology is to provide state of the art comprehensive patient centered neurological care for adults and children, perform translational and clinical research to further understanding of disease mechanisms and develop new treatments, and train the next generation of neurologists and clinical neuroscientists.  The Department of Neurology is committed to enhancing diversity among its faculty, staff, and students.  Department faculty have a responsibility to provide service to their profession and our community.

Chief Purpose of this position: This position is an Open Rank (rank will be commensurate with experience and qualifications) full-time faculty position in the Division of Child Neurology.  This position will also serve as the Division Chief of Child Neurology.  The faculty member must be board eligible or certified. The faculty member will provide patient care, engage in medical student  and neurology resident and fellow education, and participate in clinical research.

Position Responsibilities: 

•  Lead a multi-disciplinary child neurology program
• Direct patient care and clinical support functions, including clinical algorithms and pathways as well as providing oversight for program safety and quality
• Oversee all aspects of neurological care of child neurology patients
• Identify and stimulate meritorious and fundable basic science-based and translational/clinical research in child neurology diagnoses, including multi-investigator grants
• Recruit additional academic clinicians and translational and clinical investigators

Required Qualifications: 

•  MD or MD/PhD degree (or equivalent)
• Successful completion of a neurology residency and child neurology fellowship at accredited institutions
• Eligibility for licensure in Virginia and board certification or eligible in Neurology (ABPN)

Preferred Qualifications: 

• An outstanding clinician
• Strong history of basic, translational, and/or clinical research demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications and extramural grant funding
• Demonstrated track record of active participation in multidisciplinary clinical programs focused on patient-centered care
• Ability to thrive and lead in a growing, complex and matrixed environment
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build consensus and cooperation among various stakeholders
• A team builder who can mentor and direct others in research initiatives

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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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.