Description
The Opportunity
Denver Health, in collaboration with the University of Colorado, School of Medicine, is seeking a clinically skilled and experienced leader, educator, manager, and communicator for the position of Chief of Endocrinology to be based at Denver Health Medical Center. The Chief will have oversight of all care delivered by the Division of Endocrinology at Denver Health and will provide overall leadership within the Division. The Chief will be responsible for strategic planning, clinical services, academic and business performance for the Division. They will also oversee trainees rotating on the Endocrinology service at Denver Health/
Position Summary
The Chief for Endocrinology will be a experienced physician preferably qualified to be appointed to the rank of Associate Professor or Professor of Endocrinology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. He/she should have a demonstrated reputation of excellence in clinical care, teaching, collegiality, mentoring and scholarship.
The Chief will be an individual who has a passion for providing outstanding care to the underserved, a desire to improve systems and processes to maximize efficiency, the leadership skills to engage staff at all levels and an enduring commitment to training the next generation of physicians. Active engagement in health services research and independent research funding preferred.
Reporting to the Chair of Medicine, the Chief will have oversight of all care delivered in the Division of Endocrinology at Denver Health in both the outpatient and inpatient setting. The Chief will provide overall strategic leadership of staff, partner with the Administrative Director, Operations Manager and all support staff who serve patients through the Division of Endocrinology, including contracted service providers. He/she will have responsibility for strategic planning, clinical services, professional performance, business performance, regulatory compliance, medical education, physician practice and departmental culture. Advancing a culture of excellence in Endocrinology and related services, the Chief will be dedicated to performance expectations that provide the highest quality patient care and consistency in clinical care standards, driven by patient safety requirements and clinical outcomes monitoring.
Reporting Relationships
In addition to reporting to the Chair, the Chief of Endocrinology will have a matrixed reporting relationship to the Division Chief of Endocrinology at the CU-SOM exclusively for academic roles and responsibilities.
Chief of Endocrinology Direct Reports:
- 5 physicians, 3 APPs
Chief Oversees:
- 2 clinical diabetes educators (reporting to Endocrine APP), 2 endocrine RNs (reporting to practice manager), 2-4 medical assistants (report to practice manager)
Primary Responsibilities
Clinical Expectations
- Enable and expand access to the high quality clinical services provided by the Division to populations that are currently underserved.
- Lead and participate in clinical quality initiatives focused on improving the patient experience, patient safety clinical outcomes, enhancing systems to assure timeliness and efficiency and assuring quality while maintaining fiscal responsibility.
- Promote and oversee development of critical pathways, protocols and practice guidelines that promote quality, cost-effective care for the patient population.
- Ensure that appropriate quality improvement standards/metrics are established, maintained and reported for the Endocrinology Division.
- Lead efforts to optimize operational efficiency, including patient throughput, patient experience, and appropriate resource utilization within the Endocrinology Division
- Ensure the application of best practices, incorporating regulatory requirements at the local, state, and national level; utilize benchmarking and data analysis from applicable sources.
- Provide leadership and disseminate practice standards and accountabilities to non-physician Endocrinology staff, physicians, residents, fellows and medical students.
- Drive innovation in care management and establish efficient operational infrastructure in partnership with support staff and operations to optimize resource allocation and timeliness.
Academic Expectations
- Mentorship of faculty with personalized professional development plans.
- Oversight of the substance, quality, review and evaluation of graduate medical education in the Division. Function as site fellowship director
- Oversight of the quality of medical student education in the Division.
- Responsibility for the substance, quality, review and evaluation of all research programs within the Division.
- Oversight of the faculty in accordance with the expectations of the University of Colorado, School of Medicine.
- Promote scholarly activities by faculty and trainees.
- Actively engaged and highly respected educator.
- Promote and support relevant education for all personnel within the Division.
- Develop and oversee continuing medical education programs for staff at all levels within the Division.
- Maintain and develop professional knowledge and personal competence through participation in professional organizations and conferences.
With over 160 years of service, Denver Health is committed to providing comprehensive healthcare for all Denver residents. Our services include primary care, urgent care, emergency and trauma services, ensuring our patients well-being at every stage of life. Beyond our main campus, our network of ten Federally Qualified Health Centers and nineteen School Based Health Centers extend primary and specialty care into the community. As Colorado's primary safety-net institution, we have provided billions in uncompensated care throughout our 160 year history, embodying our commitment to see all patients regardless of ability to pay.
Interested applicants may submit CV and Cover letter to:
George Clem, Physician Recruiter
Denver Health Medical Center
George.Clem@dhha.org
303-602-2680
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