Plastic Surgeon (Wound Care and Orthoplastics) – Professor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

48d•$425,000 - $500,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Surgery at the University of Colorado, School of Medicine, in conjunction with the University of Colorado Hospital, is recruiting a residency-trained Plastic Surgeon to join the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery for a 1.0 FTE position available at the rank of Professor. Candidates must have completed an approved Plastic Surgery residency program and be certified or eligible for certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery. The position will primarily focus on Amputation, Traumatic Limb Salvage, Microsurgery, Nerve Repair, Neuroplastic Surgery, Oncoplastic Surgery, Orthoplastics, Osseointegration, Peripheral Nerve Injuries, Plastic Surgery, Reconstructive Surgical Procedures, Targeted Muscle Reinnervation. This position will also include responsibilities as the Medical Director of the Wound Care Clinic as well as the Director of Orthoplastic Surgery. This position involves the care of patients at the University of Colorado Hospital and its affiliates. The candidate should also demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills.

Requirements

Medical Degree from an accredited school of medicine
Board Certification in Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Completion of Plastic Surgery Fellowship (ACGME accredited)
Ability to obtain license to practice as a physician in the state of Colorado with prescriptive privileges
7+ years’ experience in plastic surgery practice for Professor rank
7+ years’ experience in wound care
7+ years’ experience in orthopedic surgical techniques

Nice To Haves

Experience or training in orthopedic surgery.
Experience in an academic clinical environment.
Effective interpersonal and communication skills
Experience in clinical leadership.
Experience in administrative leadership.
Experience in amputation and limb restoration surgery.
Experience in neuroplastic surgery.
Ability to work in a team environment

Responsibilities

Adult orthoplastic surgery, wound care, and may have time and coverage dedicated to general plastic surgery.
Care of patients at the University of Colorado Hospital and its affiliates.
Demonstrate effective interpersonal and communication skills.
Direct the integration of Orthopaedic Surgery and Plastic Surgery teams to ensure seamless collaboration in complex limb salvage, trauma reconstruction, and extremity preservation cases.
Develop and execute short- and long-term strategic plans for the Orthoplastic Surgery Program, including service line expansion, marketing initiatives, community outreach, and referral development.
Identify opportunities to enhance patient access, improve care delivery, and expand multidisciplinary orthoplastic services across affiliated clinical sites.
Represent the Orthoplastic Surgery Program within the Division, Department, affiliated hospitals, and external community partnerships.
Monitor clinical and surgical outcomes, leading quality improvement initiatives focused on reducing complications, minimizing infection rates, improving functional recovery, and enhancing patient satisfaction.
Establish and maintain evidence-based clinical pathways while ensuring compliance with hospital accreditation standards, institutional policies, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Collaborate with clinical and operational leaders to improve efficiency, patient flow, resource utilization, and overall program performance.
Provide direct supervision, mentorship, and performance management for Plastic Surgery faculty physicians and APPs within the Orthoplastic Section, including establishing expectations related to productivity, quality, professionalism, and patient access.
Lead recruitment, onboarding, retention, succession planning, and professional development efforts for orthoplastic faculty and APPs.
Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement among physicians, APPs, nursing staff, therapists, practice managers, and administrative personnel.
Oversee the procurement and utilization of specialized surgical supplies, implants, wound care technologies, and equipment necessary to support orthoplastic services and effective program operations.
Advance the academic mission of the Orthoplastic Surgery Program through support of resident, fellow, and medical student education, as well as promotion of research, innovation, and scholarly activity.
Provide strategic and operational medical leadership and direction for clinical operations working collaboratively with the clinical faculty, staff and leadership of the Hand Clinic at UCH in order to develop and maintain clinical operations which support UCH’s mission and values in an organized, effective, innovative, and quality and service-oriented manner.
Be a champion of quality and safety, improving access, and delivery of regional care in the ambulatory environment.
Manage practice operations, operational efficiency, business development, and delivery of outstanding faculty, patient and referring provider service.
Establish accountability with providers regarding UCH policies and procedures, operational standards, and quality and service excellence initiatives.
Ensure access that is appropriate to the needs of the patient and referring provider.
Develop physician scheduling templates.
Direct the efficient management of provider schedules to maximize resources, access and patient satisfaction.
Communicate to and educate providers including but not limited to existing and modified UCH clinical policies and procedures, provider responsibilities and other information provided at clinical leadership meetings.
Develop and operationalize growth strategies and priorities for their specialty.
Develop, implement and monitor clinical standards of care and work with practice director and relevant staff to develop policies and procedures for optimal operations.
Partner with the practice director and relevant staff in developing and instituting evidence-based best practice, implementing patient quality and safety initiatives and in evaluating for best patient outcomes and in ensuring regulatory compliance.
Partner with Nursing and other Clinical leadership in the development of educational tools and in training of staff to optimize patient care and outcomes.
Participate in and champion continuous quality improvement initiatives.
Partner with the practice director and relevant staff to review patient satisfaction scores for the applicable sites, and develop and implement strategies for improvement.
Partner with Health Information Management to ensure timely completion of medical records by providers and ensuring prompt communication with primary care, referring and other treating physicians/providers.
Partner with the Clinical Application Systems Department regarding optimization of EPIC.
Respond promptly to complaints and to requests for information from UCH teams, patients and referring providers.
Serve as the point person for 2-way communication between CHCO management and the providers regarding clinical operations.
Communicate initiatives, standards and operational decisions to the providers within their specialty.
Identify issues within clinical operations to enhance provider and faculty retention and work towards resolution of issues that may impede ambulatory operations.
Embrace the UCH Standards of Behavior and other Policies and hold clinic providers accountable for both those and the additional behaviors/expectations stated below.
Attend UCH clinical leadership meetings and other strategic and operational meetings, as requested.
Provide direct supervision for Advanced Practice Providers (APPs) in the Hand Clinic.
Complete annual reviews via PRiSM, clinical work supervision and addressing disciplinary actions if necessary.
Provide input into the performance of the direct patient care staff and administrative staff.
Provide secondary input into the performance of their partner business manager.
Educate and hold clinic providers accountable for adherence to UCH practice, operational and behavioral standards.