Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Job Description & Requirements Division Chief, Pediatric Hospital Medicine StartDate: ASAP Lead an established academic Pediatric Hospital Medicine division Shape strategy, mentorship, and clinical excellence during a period of growth Advance inpatient pediatric care at a leading children's hospital and academic medical center Step into a rare leadership opportunity at Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU Health (CHoR), where academic medicine, clinical impact, and systems-based care intersect. The Department of Pediatrics at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Medicine seeks a pediatric hospitalist to serve as Division Chief of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. This role offers the opportunity to lead a well-established, academically mature division—home to Virginia's only ACGME-accredited Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship—while helping shape its next phase of growth within a rapidly expanding children's hospital. Reporting directly to the Chair of Pediatrics, the Division Chief will lead the clinical, academic, and educational missions of Pediatric Hospital Medicine across CHoR and the broader VCU Health system. This leader will mentor a diverse faculty, collaborate closely with hospital and health system leadership, and steward inpatient pediatric care strategy during a period of increasing volumes, service expansion, and institutional investment. This is an opportunity to step into a strong foundation, bring vision to a respected program, and influence pediatric inpatient care across a major regional referral center. Opportunity Highlights

• Lead the Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics at VCU
• Provide strategic oversight for clinical, academic, and educational missions
• Mentor and develop a collegial group of senior, mid-career, and junior faculty
• Oversee Virginia's only ACGME-accredited Pediatric Hospital Medicine fellowship
• Maintain an active clinical presence as a pediatric hospitalist
• Collaborate with department, hospital, and health system leadership on growth initiatives including expanding inpatient capacity.
• Guide quality, safety, and systems-based care in a complex academic children's hospital
• Step into a division that is academically strong, operationally stable, and positioned for continued expansion

Qualifications: Board-certified in Pediatric Hospital Medicine;5 + years of clinical experience in pediatric hospital medicine; demonstrated leadership or program development experience; and qualifications for appointment at the Associate Professor level. Community Information Located in Richmond, Virginia, the region offers a blend of cultural richness, historic character, and modern livability. Physician leaders are drawn to Richmond for its strong sense of community, accessible cost of living, and proximity to Washington, D.C., the coast, and the Blue Ridge Mountains. The city supports both professional opportunities and an appealing quality of life for individuals and families. Facility Location Skyscrapers, antebellum homes and the State Capitol—the old and the new—stand together in graceful compatibility in modern-day Richmond. A thriving city with a strong sense of history and heritage, filled with tree-lined streets, quaint brick walkways and intriguing neighborhoods, Richmond offers a warm welcome any time of the year. Job Benefits About the Company At AMN Healthcare, we strive to be recognized as the most trusted, innovative, and influential force in helping healthcare organizations provide quality patient care that continually evolves to make healthcare more human, more effective, and more achievable. Hospitalist Nocturnist, Hospitalist, Nocturnist, General Medicine, Overnight, locum tenens hospitalist, Overnight Care, Physician, Healthcare, Health Care, Patient Care, Hospital, Medical, Doctor, Md AMN Healthcare is a digitally enabled workforce solutions partner focused on solving the biggest challenges affecting healthcare organizations today. We offer a single-partner approach to optimize labor sources, increase operating margins, and provide technologies to expand the reach of care.