Hospitalist - Academic Hospital Medicine (Teaching Service)
VCU Health · South Hill, VA
Posted October 5, 2026
VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital · 1755 N. Mecklenburg Avenue, South Hill, VA, US, 23970
Physician (Hospitalist) (South Hill, VA):
VCU Health System Authority (South Hill, VA) seeks a Hospitalist to directly admit and care for patients on the hospital medicine inpatient service working on teams both with and without housestaff and students. Improve quality and efficiency of inpatient care at VCUHSA. Provide high-quality general medicine consults. Provide co-management services with other non-medicine specialties. Develop hospital medicine faculty with interests in hospital medicine, clinical research, and teaching. Mentor residents in evidence-based inpatient medical care. Establish a venue for inpatient clinical research. Work within the hospital system and with other departments to further the efficient throughput of admitted internal medicine patients. Responsibilities include: (1) Teaching - Educate learners including medical students, interns and residents; apply contemporary adult learning methods to promote evidence-based practice; demonstrate effective teaching skills and continually develop as a teacher for learners at all levels; complete required evaluations of learners in a timely manner; participate in other learning activities as desired such as Foundations of Clinical Medicine, residency conferences, and other formal educational programs for undergraduate and post-graduate learners; (2) Research - Participate in clinical and administrative research, according to skills, interest, and funding; research opportunities may include performance improvement initiatives or formal extramurally funded investigations; participation may be as principle investigator or co-investigator; (3) Service - Work with institutional staff and administration to attain the strategic objectives of VCU Medical Center, including patient safety, patient and other customer satisfaction, maintenance and enhancement of public perception, and fiscal health; (4) Clinical - Admit, manage, and discharge patients on a hospitalist-led inpatient service; co-manage patients on other services; triage medicine patients requiring admission in the Emergency Department and coordinate patient transfers from the Intensive Care units, non-medical services and non-VCU hospitals; join colleagues in assuring service coverage 24-hours a day, every day of the year; supervise and support nurse practitioners from the hospitalist service; comply in a timely manner with all institutional policies for professional work including credentialing, documentation, billing; work effectively with other members of the extended interprofessional team.
Requirements:
- M.D. or equivalent degree and Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates ("ECFMG") certification
- Virginia physician license
- Completion of a 3-year internal medicine residency
The salary range for this role is $260,432-$397,268 annually. Final compensation will be determined based on the selected candidate's experience, credentials, and faculty rank.
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Employer
VCU Health
VCU Health | MCV Physicians is the medical practice of Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and part of VCU's School of Medicine. More than 900 physicians across 19 clinical departments provide patient care, teach the next generation of physicians and conduct important research at sites across Virginia, including VCU Medical Center in Richmond, the only comprehensive Level I Trauma Center in the state verified in adult, pediatric and burn trauma care, and VCU Health Community Memorial Hospital in South Hill.
VCU Health traces its roots to 1838, when Hampden-Sydney College created a medical department that became the Medical College of Virginia (MCV) in 1854. U.S. News & World Report has recognized VCU Medical Center as the No. 1 hospital in the Richmond metro area for nine consecutive years, with high-performing adult specialties in nephrology, neurology and neurosurgery, orthopaedics and urology, and the medical center has twice achieved Magnet designation. MCV Physicians has reimagined its physician organization around a physician-driven, patient-centered care model that empowers providers to be agents of change, embrace autonomy, and build a culture of camaraderie, engagement and accomplishment.
Physicians at VCU genuinely like, value and respect one another, in a collegial environment built on connectedness, communication and transparency. They are well compensated, whether they focus on patient care or also pursue research and teaching, with the freedom to imagine new innovations and lead their own programs.
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