Internal Medicine Physician and Clinic Medical Director (Open Rank)

About the Role

The Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine seeks a clinician-educator interested in a career as a clinician, practicing and teaching general internal medicine in a patient-centered medical home. This role will also serve as the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic Medical Director.

The .30 - .60 FTE physician will provide care for patients at the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic, with opportunities for precepting residents and students. Faculty share responsibilities for night, weekend, and vacation coverage with other members of the group practice and will participate in decisions regarding the practice operation. The final FTE allocated to the clinician-educator role may range from .30 - .60 FTE. The clinician-educator will have opportunity for academic promotion judged on criteria of demonstrated excellence as a clinician/educator/scholar. Clinician-educators are encouraged to collaborate with other faculty in clinical research projects.

Additionally, the physician will serve as the Anschutz Internal Medicine Clinic Medical Director. This .40 FTE role operates as the clinic leader, providing vision, direction, and support to the clinic operations.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, continuous care for adult patients, focusing on diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and long-term management of acute and chronic conditions, including patient communication and education, and referrals to specialists.
• Provide consultation to GIM Associate Division Head for Clinical Affairs regarding quality initiatives to include but not limited to NCQA, CPC+, and other value-based programs.
• Collaborate with Clinic Residency Director to ensure mutually beneficial integration of educational needs and clinic operations.
• Participate in interviewing and selecting new faculty.
• Provide clinic-specific new faculty orientation.
• Provide supervision for faculty in clinic, offering feedback or participating in Performance Improvement Plans (PIP) in collaboration with Department/Division as needed.
• Provide consultation for division goals for productivity, hours, and revenue.
• Lead the development of clinic plan for additional funding, e.g., CPC+ or UPL.
• Serve as a GIM Primary Care representative to Division, Department, School, CU Medicine, and UCHealth System meetings as a technical advisor, content matter expert, advocate, or system-thinker.
• Represent individual clinic, all GIM Primary Care clinics, and/or the collective needs of the Division at various meetings.
• Attend several routine meetings monthly.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire. Faculty Rank is dependent upon years of experience, fellowships completed, board certification, and candidate’s preference on committing to a tenure track.

• Instructor:
  • MD or DO degree
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
  • Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
  • Professional history of leadership
• Senior Instructor:
  • MD or DO degree
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
  • Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
  • Three (3) or more years of professional experience as an internal medicine clinician
  • Professional history of leadership
• Assistant Professor:
  • MD or DO degree
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
  • Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
  • Professional history of leadership
• Associate Professor:
  • MD or DO degree
  • Board Certified or Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
  • Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
  • Seven (7) or more years of professional experience as an internal medicine clinician-educator
  • Rank of Associate Professor, or equivalent, already attained at a prior academic institution
  • Professional history of leadership
• Professor:
  • MD or DO degree
  • Board Certified/Board Eligible in Internal Medicine
  • Current State of Colorado Medical License by the employment start date
  • Fourteen (14) or more years of professional experience as an internal medicine clinician-educator
  • Rank of Professor, or equivalent, already attained at a prior academic institution
  • Professional history of leadership

School of Medicine faculty appointed to the level of Associate Professor or Professor are subject to review and approval of the School of Medicine Faculty Promotions Committee and the Executive Committee. The term "visiting" will be used in the faculty member's title until the dossier has been approved by these committees.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current DEA by employment start date
• 0-7 years’ experience as an MD or DO
• Fellowship experience will be considered under years’ experience
• Experience as a primary care medical director

Work Location

Onsite - This role is expected to work onsite and is located in the Denver Metro area.

Why Join Us

The Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM), established at the University of Colorado in 1977, was one of the first GIM divisions established within the United States. Building on a rich history and tradition, our GIM Division has undergone significant change and evolution to maintain our goal of being a national leader in patient care, medical education, and health services research. We take our three-part mission of patient care, medical education, and research seriously. Each of our affiliated institutions has its own unique medical care programs. These programs, when taken together, provide a wide breadth and depth of clinical experiences that allows our trainees to experience virtually all aspects of inpatient and ambulatory medical care.

Benefits

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

There are many additional perks & programs with the CU Advantage.

Pay

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for the physician role as a 1.0 FTE has been established as:

• Instructor: $200,000 - $214,000
• Senior Instructor: $216,000 - $232,000
• Assistant Professor: $200,000 – $214,000
• Associate Professor: $219,000 - $234,000
• Professor: $231,000 – $247,000

Based on the current incentive plan, your total yearly compensation for a full-time 1.0 FTE position will be $240,000 per year for your first two years, which is pro-rated based on actual FTE. You can increase your compensation by optimizing billing and by working additional clinical hours. The current average compensation for 32 patient-facing hours a week of clinical effort is $267,000 per year, and the maximal compensation at 36 clinical hours a week is estimated at $320,000. Any salary changes will be limited to the salary setting periods, which is July 1.

In addition to .40 FTE protected time for the Clinic Medical Director role, the incumbent receives an annual administrative stipend of $17,500, which is paid out monthly. A secondary monthly stipend is provided to cover any clinical compensation loss associated with the 0.40 FTE reduction in clinical time.