Adolescent Medicine Faculty Position

Description

The Section of Adolescent Medicine, within the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado and Children’s Hospital Colorado, is recruiting an academic clinical faculty member.

About Us:

This position will include clinical opportunities in a dynamic Adolescent Medicine Section with a growing diverse clinical practice for adolescents and young adults, providing almost 20,000 visits per year. We provide primary care and a medical home, including comprehensive integrated behavioral health care services, for our patients as well as consultative care for a wide variety of subspecialty adolescent health problems. Additional programs include a robust family planning program with LARC provision, a regional comprehensive care program for gender-diverse and transgender youth, a multi-disciplinary lifestyle medicine program and a national referral center for eating disorder care. The Section also has an inpatient Adolescent Medicine service and faculty share inpatient and on-call coverage. The position also provides opportunities for medical education and teaching with fellows in our accredited adolescent medicine fellowship program, as well as residents and medical students, in both the outpatient and inpatient settings.

Job duties:

1. Provide direct clinical care to adolescents in the Adolescent Medicine Clinic and the TRUE Center for Gender Diversity.

2. Function as "Faculty Attending" in the Adolescent Medicine Clinic. When Attending, the provider will work in the clinic to provide care for patients on their panel, same day sick visits for other providers, and manage walk-ins and overbook requests.

3. Participate in the shared "on-call" rotation with other faculty members, both in Adolescent Medicine Clinic and the TRUE Center.

4. Protected time will be dedicated to developing academic pursuits based on candidate's interests and Section's needs, e.g. research or education.

Children’s Hospital Colorado is ranked as one of the top children’s hospitals in the nation, serving patient throughout Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region. The Anschutz Medical Campus, which is the home to the University of Colorado Hospital, Children’s Hospital Colorado, and the University of Colorado School of Medicine, features state-of-the-art research laboratories and educational tools that encourage new collaborations and interdisciplinary research teams. The Department of Pediatrics is one of the top academic pediatric departments in the nation, conducting cutting-edge research across the entire breadth of pediatrics and successfully attaining millions of dollars in research grants.The University of Colorado Denver l Anschutz Medical Campus seeks individuals with demonstrated commitment to creating an inclusive learning and working environment. We value the ability to engage effectively with students, faculty and staff of diverse backgrounds. The University of Colorado Denver | Anschutz Medical Campus is a public research university serving more than 18,000 students. We award nearly 4,000 degrees each year, including more graduate and professional degrees than any other Colorado institution. With our solid academic reputation, award-winning faculty and renowned researchers, we offer more than 140 highly rated degree programs through 13 schools and colleges. The university receives over $400 million in research awards each year. In addition to the wide array of health-related programs and facilities offered at CU Anschutz in Aurora, Colo. a significant number of undergraduate and graduate degree programs are taught at CU Denver, our comprehensive campus in the heart of downtown Denver—one of America’s most vibrant urban centers. CU Denver is located steps from the Denver Center for Performing Arts and the LoDo District affording our students, faculty and staff access to a broad array of academic, professional, community, recreational and cultural outlets. A national leader in health care and life sciences, CU Anschutz is the only comprehensive academic health sciences center in Colorado and the largest in the Rocky Mountain region. Located in Aurora, Colo., it is one of the newest education, research and patient care facilities in the world. With six schools and colleges, CU Anschutz trains the health sciences workforce of the future by blending education, research and clinical care all in one place. This strategic collaboration among diverse health care fields allows knowledge to travel directly from the research bench to the patient’s bedside. Read CU Anschutz Quick Facts here. The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus ranks among the top institutions nationally in clinical care, education and research. Its 230-acre campus, designed to enhance collaboration and interprofessional education, hosts the College of Nursing; the Schools of Dental Medicine, Medicine, Pharmacy, and Public Health; the Graduate School; a Health Sciences Library; and two hospitals. Strategically located contiguous to the campus are a biosciences research park and the Veterans Hospital. CU Anschutz offers two undergraduate degrees, 35 graduate degrees, and five first-professional programs. More than 4,000 students learn alongside faculty members who also make meaningful medical discoveries and provide expert clinical care through 1.5 million patient-visits annually. A hub for research and innovation, CU Anschutz receives over $400 million in research awards each year and has filed 1,300 patent applications and formed 53 new companies since 2002.

Requirements

Minimum requirements:

1. MD or DO degree

2. Board Eligible or Certified in Adolescent Medicine.

3. Minimum of two years of experience in clinical adolescent medicine, with excellent reviews (can include fellowship experience).

Preferred qualifications:

1. More than three years of experience in clinical adolescent medicine, with excellent reviews (can include fellowship experience).

2. Two or more years of experience in graduate medical education (can include students, resi

dents, fellows), with excellent reviews.

1. Exemplary track record in seeing a broad array of clinical problems with demonstrated experience in caring for complex adolescent physical and psychosocial problems.

2. Spanish speaking preferred, but not required.

3. Experience in providing gender affirming care.