Discipline Chair for Surgery

The primary duty of the Discipline Chair for Surgery is to provide on campus teaching in the specialty field of Surgery and oversee the medical student education by the clinical faculty within the discipline, in the core clinical education sites. This position collaborates with faculty from VCOMs other campuses to annually update the clinical curriculum and exams. The Discipline Chair for Surgery serves as the individual advisor to students regarding Surgery, by supporting the student specialty organization monthly, and by assisting those who choose the Surgery specialty to obtain a residency and supports the College by serving on standing committees and promotion boards and participates in the student interview process. This position engages in research and scholarly activity and attends the monthly Clinical Chairs Meeting to assess the quality of the clinical education program for VCOM students.

Salary range: $180,000 - $220,000 (Note: Starting salary will be determined based on contracted job duties, experience, education, and skill set.)

Required Qualifications:

Education:

• Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) or Medical Doctor (MD)

Licensure or certification:

• State of Virginia Medical License
• Passed Board Certified in Surgical Specialty and maintain licensure since that time

Experience:

• At least 3 years of clinical practice experience in the field of surgery
• Experience with the education of medical students and/or residents in an academic setting.

Other skills important to this position:

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills
• Strong team player
• Commitment to company values
• Basic computer proficiency

Preferences may be given to applicants who have a general knowledge and proficiency in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine theory and techniques and, prior research and administrative experience.

The successful candidate must be eligible to work in the United States.

The successful candidate will be subject to a criminal history background check.

Regular, reliable or predictable attendance is a required function of the job .

Working Conditions and Efforts: The physical demands and work environment characteristics described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The position requires a rapid pace, some days with long hours to meet expectations, long distance driving to rural sites, and the ability to organize, interpret, and utilize a large volume of information.

Physical demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to ambulate (may be with use of assisted devices); sit; stand (or accommodate for standing); use hands and vision for teaching the osteopathic examination and for teaching / providing treatment; use office equipment such as computers; speak to large and small groups of individuals for teaching; hear heart sounds, lung sounds and conversation for the purpose of teaching students how to hear and interpret those sounds and for practice; perform moderate telephone and poly-com communication / usage; occasionally be required to lift and/or move up to 50 pounds; drive distances up to five hours or to fly on occasion to clinical sites, depending upon the location of the core teaching hospitals.

Work environment: Office, clinical practice, classroom, laboratory, clinical skills teaching environments and clinical sites constitute working environments. Outside travel required is 15% to 20% of time. The noise level in the work environment is usually minimal. The pace of the work requires a rapid pace to synthesize and organize large volumes of material, while includes those required for clinical practice and clinical teaching and prioritizing duties.

This position is classified as exempt, at the Professional level, because it requires the advanced knowledge of a “learned professional” in which to meet the job duty requirements.

Employment with VCOM is “at-will”. This means employment is for an indefinite period of time and it is subject to termination by the employee or by VCOM, with or without cause, with or without notice, and at any time. Nothing in this position description or any other policy of VCOM shall be interpreted to conflict with or to eliminate or modify in any way, the “at-will” employment status of VCOM employees. Employees under contract with VCOM are subject to the terms of employment stated within the employment contract.

VCOM core values:

The employee is expected to adhere to all VCOM policies. As the environment is a professional college, VCOM faculty/staff are expected to dress and behave in a professional manner at work. VCOM faculty/staff are expected as VCOM employees, to be a person who obeys all laws and professional expectations of an upstanding citizen of the community. VCOM expects all employees to maintain a positive attitude in all working relationships with all VCOM departments, employees, medical students, prospective medical students, interns, and residents and to treat all others engaged in the duties of the employment, with mutual respect.

I am notified that the College is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, disability, or protected veteran status.