Physician Emergency and Acute Care Medicine

Colorado Permanente Medical Group•Denver, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Colorado Permanente Medical Group is seeking board-certified Emergency Medicine physicians with experience in a clinic, hospital, or urgent care setting. The part-time or full-time position serves four urgent care locations in the Denver metro area, including Lone Tree Medical Offices, and physicians must be available to float among locations. Telephone Medicine Center work is also required. Shifts are 8, 10, or 12 hours, with no overnight shifts. If new venues require emergency medicine staffing, the group will staff them; venues may include hospital emergency departments, additional urgent care locations, Clinical Decision Units, or other settings. In urgent care, the physician provides high-quality, efficient care for a wide range of acute conditions, including higher-acuity cases than typically seen in a traditional community urgent care clinic. The role includes rapid assessment, diagnosis, and treatment; focused examinations; ordering and interpreting diagnostic tests; low-risk procedures; stabilization and transfer when needed; and deciding when emergency services are appropriate. Physicians collaborate with advanced practice providers, nurses, radiology staff, and other personnel to provide safe, timely, patient-centered care and support smooth clinic operations. The position also involves telephone-based triage and consultation, including assessing patients who may need emergency-department-level care, supporting providers and nursing staff, coordinating transfers, and advising on care plans. The physician is expected to use evidence-based guidelines and approved procedures, maintain secure electronic medical records, support patient access and experience, and contribute to team operations and clinical initiatives. Colorado Permanente Medical Group has an exclusive, integrated partnership with Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Colorado. Its stated mission is to provide high-quality, affordable health care and improve the health of members and communities. The organization describes its physician culture as collaborative, inclusive, evidence-based, and patient-centered, with state-of-the-art facilities and an Epic-based electronic medical record system. Physicians are supported by professional staff in business operations, scheduling, analytics, human resources, communications, legal, finance, and strategy. CPMG is committed to an inclusive workforce and culturally responsive care. Employment requires staff to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 or to have an established qualifying medical or religious exemption. Applicants offered a position must provide proof of vaccination or qualifying exemption before starting employment.

Requirements

Board certification in Emergency Medicine.
Experience in a clinic, hospital, or urgent care setting.
Availability to float to all urgent care locations.
Ability to work 8-, 10-, and 12-hour shifts; no overnight shifts are scheduled.
Ability to stand and walk for extended periods, often several hours during busy clinic shifts.
Ability to bend, reach, and lift frequently to examine patients, assist with procedures, or access equipment.
Manual dexterity and fine motor skills for procedures such as suturing, splinting, injections, and wound care.
Ability to lift, move, or position patients or equipment, typically up to 25–50 pounds with assistance when needed.
Visual acuity for reading charts, interpreting diagnostic images, and performing detailed clinical tasks; hearing ability to respond to patients, alarms, and verbal communication.
Strong critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, sound clinical judgment under pressure, and ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
Ability to multitask and manage multiple patients and priorities in a fast-paced, high-volume setting.
Emotional resilience and stress tolerance, with professionalism and composure in urgent or emotionally charged situations.
Clear verbal and written communication, attention to detail, adaptability, and commitment to continuous learning.
Knowledge of EMTALA regulations as they pertain to patient transfers, Colorado EMS systems, and relevant KP facility resources and transfer processes.
Use and understanding of electronic medical records and evidence-based clinical guidelines.
Full COVID-19 vaccination or an established qualifying medical or religious exemption, with valid proof provided before starting employment.

Responsibilities

Provide continuous in-person urgent care coverage at all UC locations during their hours of operation, including care for higher-acuity cases than typically seen in traditional community urgent care.
Rapidly assess and treat a wide variety of acute, low- to medium-acuity conditions; perform focused examinations and order and interpret diagnostic tests.
Identify and stabilize patients for transfer, perform low-risk procedures, and advance workups that may avoid an unnecessary emergency-department or hospital stay.
Provide on-scene emergency medicine consultation and support to family-medicine-trained physicians and advanced practice providers.
Educate patients and clinic staff, participate in developing clinic protocols and the formulary, and recommend potential EHR efficiencies.
Complete medical records within 24 hours and perform clinical procedures within the practitioner’s scope and skills.
Direct and lead clinic medical support staff in patient care; supervise physician assistant case assignments and sign off on charts.
Support nurse triage through second-level triage decisions.
Provide telephone consultations and triage, including assessing emergency-department-level patients for stability and suitability for transfer, repatriation, or discharge.
Support urgent care, clinic-based, and ambulatory surgery center providers with emergency medicine consultations, and support nursing staff handling high-acuity complaints and self-limited illnesses.
Coordinate timely and safe patient transfers, provide treating physicians with medical information and care-plan support, and help ensure appropriate referrals.
Provide appropriate consultation and review of physician assistant work in the Telephone Medicine Center.
Support after-hours critical laboratory and radiology results, Home Health and Hospice nurse consultations and orders, and primary care after-hours and weekend/on-call services.
Use approved procedures, guidelines, and evidence-based clinical guidelines; understand EMTALA requirements, EMS systems in Colorado, facility resources, and patient-transfer methods.
Maintain electronic medical records in a way that protects patient confidentiality and information security.
Collaborate effectively with colleagues, attend and participate in team meetings, support department goals, and participate in staffing and working all shifts.
Communicate effectively with patients, clinicians, families, nurses, and other clinical staff; participate in resolving consumer complaints and initiatives to increase patient access.
Partner with patients in care management and promote an optimal patient experience.
Order medications within prescriptive authority, promote the KP formulary, and appropriately order referrals, laboratory, pharmacy, and radiology services.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned by the Medical Director.