Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Pediatrics, Section of General Pediatrics

Job Title: Assistant Professor of Clinical Practice

Position #:00662880 – Requisition #:40830

Job Summary:

This description is a summary only and is describing the general level of work being performed, it is not intended to be all-inclusive. The duties of this position may change from time to time and/or based on business need. We reserve the right to add or delete duties and responsibilities at the discretion of the supervisor and/or hiring authority.

This is an Assistant Professor level position, involving clinical work in an outpatient setting which includes teaching responsibilities for clinical trainees. This position primarily works daytime hours, Monday - Friday.

Provider must be willing to cover evening hours when needed. Patient documentation will be completed during administrative time. Child Health clinic serves as a medical home for over 10,000 low-income children. The faculty member will serve as a primary care provider for a specified panel of patients. They will be responsible for managing their well visits, follow up visits, care coordination, chronic illness management, and treatment of minor and acute illness.

Key Responsibilities:

• As a "Pod 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.
• They will serve as doctor of the day where they would be available to answer questions from triage nurses, sign medication refills and field other patient requests.
• Cover after hours call approximately 4 weeks per year from their home and participate in the evening clinic rotation with other CHC faculty members.

·         Additionally, the faculty member will be expected to contribute to the education of the trainees. Duties include the following: teaching and supervising the patient care of students and fellows, leading didactic educational sessions, providing feedback to trainees on their performance.

Work Location:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO

Why Join Us:

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