Virginia

The Discipline Chair for OMM provides on-campus teaching in the specialty field of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM). This position oversees the clinical faculty on VCOM’s Core clinical sites who teach students in this specialty and develops and updates annually the clinical curriculum for the core rotations. They serve as an advisor to students in this specialty for obtaining a residency and as to the choice of this specialty for clinical practice.  This position supports the College by serving on committees, providing student interviews, in curriculum development and delivery, and in all areas of the college development.  This position also provides research and scholarly activity.

Required Qualifications: 

• Education: Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) or Medical Doctor (MD)
• Licensure or certification: State Medical License
• Experience: Residency Completion (field of specialty rotation or equivalent credentials); Board Eligible/Board Certified; clinical practice experience in their specialty field; 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 possess any or all of the following skills or attributes:

• General knowledge in primary care and rural medicine
• Current proficiency (or ability to develop proficiency) in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine theory and techniques
• Prior teaching experience in classroom or in clinical setting
• Demonstrated ability to achieve proficiency in academics and research

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 and 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 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 polices. 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 on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or disability.
 

The Vice President will serve as the head of the Division overseeing Communications, Marketing, Website and Publications. The VP will be the chief brand steward and strategic leader for all external communications across VCOM’s four-campus system. This executive role requires a visionary leader capable of unifying the college’s identity through its mission, while supporting the unique needs of its four locations. This position reports to and works closely with the VCOM President and with the VCOM Provost. 

Core Responsibilities/ Job Summary

Strategic Leadership: 

• Develop, and present for approval a comprehensive communications and marketing plan including all four campuses that align with VCOM’s mission of preparing globally minded, community-focused physicians. Execute plan when approved by the president.
  • In collaboration with the AVPs, develop an annual budget to support the College’s needs and contribute to its growth.
  • Represent VCOM as a state-of-the-art COM with excellent educational outcomes, and a supportive family atmosphere for faculty, staff and students.

Brand Identity Management: 

• Oversee the college’s visual identity and messaging to ensure consistency and excellence across all marketing platforms and campuses, so that they represent the VCOM brand. Oversee compliance and trademarks.

Team Oversight: 

• Lead and mentor multi-campus staff responsible for marketing, branding, communications, video, online and digital presence, and publications.
  • Work with AVP for Marketing and the AVP for Communications and Publications to oversee budget compliance and supervision of Division personnel.
  • Directly oversees and approves all website and online marketing, working closely with the President and Provost.

Online, Digital, and Social Marketing Strategy: 

• Direct the growth, evolution, tracking and compliance of the college’s website and social media ecosystem to increase interactive engagement with prospective students, alumni, the medical community, and donors.
  • Direct the messaging and brand image of the website and social media platforms approved by VCOM.

Publications and College Support: 

• Continue the excellence in communications with external publications to include award-winning products such as the Annual Report and the VCOM View Magazine.
  • Support annual events and efforts such as Development campaigns, White Coat ceremony, Graduation events and assist when appropriate for other divisions’ materials. 

Public Relations & Media: 

• Serve as the primary spokesperson for the president and college, provost and deans, and manage high-level media relations, crisis communications, and community media outreach. Ensure that each campus develops a positive working relationship with local media. Serve as the college liaison for national osteopathic organizations such as AOA and AACOM.
  • Responsible for overseeing all news communications by writing/editing or oversight of articles or press releases as needed: web news, publications, media releases, and more.

Salary Range: $125,000.00 - $145,000.00