University of Colorado Anschutz

Department of Pediatrics | Section of Nutrition

Job Title: Assistant Professor

Position #00850175 – Requisition #40381

Job Summary:

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Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition has an opening for a full-time Assistant Professor. This position will provide clinical care within a pediatric nutrition clinical program at Children's Hospital Colorado and build a research career in a nutrition-related topic.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Assess, evaluate and treat pediatric patients within the Nutrition/GAP clinic, and Lifestyle Medicine program if desired and/or needed

• Ordering of labs, x-rays and other relevant tests.

• Using results to make an informed decision on treatment plan.

• Provide ongoing treatment for families, including working with multidisciplinary team to provide care.

• Care coordination with Primary Care providers, as well as with multidisciplinary team members (dietitians, psychologist, medical providers)

• Complete charting in timely manner, according to standards established for Children's Hospital Colorado providers.

• Contribute to development of new clinical programs involving the Section of Nutrition

• Phone follow up with patients and other care providers, regarding results, treatment plan, etc.

• Providing service at Children's Hospital Colorado Main Campus and Network of Care facilities across the metro area.

Academic, Educational, and Administrative Duties

• Provide support to the leadership team with operations/programming

• Initiate and support quality improvement projects/processes

• Provide pediatric nutrition related talks to Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, and other entities on AMC (both undergraduate and graduate students), community, physicians, and/or specialty clinics as requested Research Expected to apply for external funding sources

Research

• Expected to apply for external funding sources

• Work to establish an independent program of extramurally funded research. The  expectation for Assistant Professor faculty is a minimum of