Emergency Medicine Physician (PRN)

Teaching and Training

Instruct students seeking clinical experience at Denver Health and provide education for post graduate medical trainees.

Essential Functions

• Deliver Emergency Care to Patients:
  • Stabilize patients in critical condition.
  • Evaluate patients' vital signs & lab data to determine emergency intervention needs and priority of treatment.
  • Conduct primary patient assessments that include information from prior medical care.
  • Analyze records, examination information, or test results to diagnose medical conditions.
  • Select, request, perform, or interpret diagnostic procedures, e.g., lab tests, electrocardiograms, etc..
  • Select and prescribe medications to address patient needs.
• Develop a Plan of Care for Patients:
  • Discuss patients' treatment plans with physicians and other medical professionals.
  • Encourage increased patient understanding and involvement in care.
  • Communicate likely outcomes of medical diseases or traumatic conditions to patients or their representatives.
  • Consult with hospitalists and other professionals, such as social workers, regarding patients' hospital admission, continued observation, transition of care, or discharge.
  • Identify factors that may affect patient management, such as age, gender, barriers to communication, and underlying disease.
• Compliance:
  • Establish and communicate protocols to meet contractual, regulatory and accreditation requirements.
• Staff Management:
  • Oversee the activities of staff which includes but is not limited to sourcing, hiring, and training new team members, creating and managing schedules, evaluating performance, and providing coaching to engage and motivate team members, identifying and applying career advancement opportunities for team members, and helping to resolve employee issues and disputes, mentorship and guidance.

Education

Doctorate Degree Required

Licenses

MD-Physician - State Medical Board Required

Shift

Varies (United States of America)

Work Type

PRN/Intermittent

Pay

$286,200.00 - $346,400.00 / yr (Pay range listed is for 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE). See Work Type for actual FTE)

Benefits

At Denver Health, we take care of the people who take care of our community. Our benefits are built to support your life, your family, and your future — with exceptional retirement contributions, and nationally recognized well-being programs. We invest in your growth through tuition assistance, career advancement pathways, and professional development — while also offering meaningful financial advantages through loan forgiveness eligibility and employer contributions.

About Denver Health

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic healthcare system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver Health Medical Plan and Denver Health Foundation. As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net healthcare system, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided millions in uncompensated care for the uninsured each year. Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.