Internal Medicine Physician and Clinic Medical Director (Open Rank)

Job Details

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Medicine- General Internal Medicine

Job Title: Internal Medicine Physician and Clinic Medical Director (Open Rank)

Position: #00779967 – Requisition: #39911

Job Summary:

The Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine seeks a clinician-educator interested in a career as a clinician, practicing and teaching general internal medicine in a patient-centered medical home. This role will also serve as the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic Medical Director.

The .30 - .60 FTE physician will provide care for patients at the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic, with opportunities for precepting residents and students. Faculty share responsibilities for night, weekend, and vacation coverage with other members of the group practice and will participate in decisions regarding the practice operation. The final FTE allocated to the clinician-educator role may range from .30 - .60 FTE. The clinician-educator will have opportunity for academic promotion judged on criteria of demonstrated excellence as a clinician/educator/scholar. Clinician-educators are encouraged to collaborate with other faculty in clinical research projects.

Additionally, the physician will serve as the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic Medical Director. This .40 FTE role operates as the clinic leader, providing vision, direction and support to the clinic operations. Some of the role's duties include:

• Provide comprehensive, continuous care for adult patients, focusing on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and long-term management of acute and chronic conditions, including patient communication and education, and referrals to specialists.
• Provide consultation to GIM Associate Division Head for Clinical Affairs regarding quality initiatives to include but not limited to NCQA, CPC+, and other value-based programs.
• Collaborate with Clinic Residency Director to ensure mutually beneficial integration of educational needs and clinic operations.
• Participate in interviewing and selecting new faculty.
• Provide clinic-specific new faculty orientation.
• Provide supervision for faculty in clinic, providing feedback or participating in PIP in collaboration with Department/Division as needed.
• Provide consultation for division goals for productivity, hours, and revenue.
• Lead the development of clinic plan for additional funding, i.e. CPC+ or UPL.
• May serve as a GIM Primary Care representative to many Division, Department, School, CU Medicine, and UCHealth System meetings to be a technical advisor, content matter expert, advocate, system-thinker, or other purpose.
  + This role may be asked to represent their individual clinic, all GIM Primary Care clinics, and/or the collective needs of the Division.
• This role will be responsible for attending several routine meetings month to month.

Work Location:

Onsite - This role is expected to work onsite and is located in the Denver Metro area.

Why Join Us:

The Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), established at the University of Colorado in 1977, was one of the first GIM divisions established within the United States. Building on a rich history and tradition, our GIM Division has undergone significant change and evolution to maintain our goal of being a national leader in patient care, medical education and health services research.

We take our three-part mission of patient care, medical education, and research seriously. Each of our affiliated institutions has its own unique medical care programs. These programs, when taken together, provide a wide breadth and depth of clinical experiences that allows our trainees to experience virtually all aspects of inpatient and ambulatory medical care.

Why work for the University?

We have AMAZING benefits and offer exceptional amounts of holiday, vacation and sick leave! The University of Colorado offers an excellent benefits package including:

• Medical: Multiple plan options
• Dental: Multiple plan options
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10% of your gross pay
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year (based on percentage of time)
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 11/year
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications
*Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.*

*Faculty Rank is dependent upon years of experience, fellowships completed, board certification and candidate's preference on committing to a tenure track.*

This is an open rank position and could be categorized as Instructor, Senior Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professor based on experience and qualifications as indicated below:

Instructor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine.
• Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
• Professional history of leadership

Senior Instructor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine.
• Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
• Three (3) or more years of professional experience as an internal medicine clinician
• Professional history of leadership

Assistant Professor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine.
• Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
• Professional history of leadership

*Associate Professor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine.
• Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
• Seven (7) or more years of professional experience as an internal medicine clinician-educator
• Rank of Associate Professor, or equivalent, already attained at a prior academic institution
• Professional history of leadership

*Professor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
• Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
• Fourteen (14) or more years of professional experience as an internal medicine clinician-educator
• Rank of Professor, or equivalent, already attained at a prior academic institution
• Professional history of leadership

*School of Medicine faculty appointed to the level of Associate Professor or Professor are subject to review and approval of the School of Medicine Faculty Promotions Committee and the Executive Committee. The term "visiting" will be used in the faculty member's title (e.g., "Visiting Associate Professor" and "Visiting Professor") until the dossier has been approved by these committees.*

Preferred Qualifications

• Current DEA by employment start date.
• 0-7 years' experience as an MD or DO
  + Fellowship experience will be considered under years' experience
• Experience as a primary care medical director