Internal Medicine Physician and Clinic Medical Director (Open Rank)

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine is seeking a clinician-educator to practice and teach general internal medicine in a patient-centered medical home. This role will also serve as the Medical Director for the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic. The 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. The clinician-educator will have opportunities for academic promotion based on excellence as a clinician, educator, and scholar, and is encouraged to collaborate on clinical research projects. The Medical Director role involves leading clinic operations, providing vision and direction, and supporting the clinic staff. Duties include providing comprehensive adult patient care, focusing on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and long-term management of acute and chronic conditions, including patient communication, education, and referrals. The Medical Director will consult on quality initiatives, collaborate with the Clinic Residency Director for educational integration, participate in interviewing and selecting new faculty, provide new faculty orientation, supervise faculty in the clinic, and provide feedback. This role will also consult on division goals for productivity, hours, and revenue, lead the development of clinic plans for additional funding, and may represent GIM Primary Care in various meetings. The role requires attending several routine meetings monthly.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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 will be responsible for attending several routine meetings month to month.