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Job Summary

Provide addiction care at Denver Health Hospital as a consulting physician, working alongside a multidisciplinary group of physicians and social workers. Diagnose and treat children and adults, including patients with complex co-occurring medical and psychiatric disorders. Provide expert assessment and management while also teaching medical students, residents and fellows. Opportunity to be involved in scholarly addiction work. Consulting services provided for patients on medical and surgical floors, intensive care units, obstetrics and gynecology unit, pediatric unit, adult psychiatric unit, and adolescent psychiatric unit. The majority of patients will be on an adult medical or surgical service (90%), and 10% will be on a psychiatric unit (adult or adolescent), obstetric or pediatric unit.

Essential Functions:

• Obtains relevant medical histories, makes appropriate diagnoses, implements, and directs effective addiction treatment.  including during high-risk and/or life-threatening conditions including during pregnancy and peri-partum periods. Consults with medical providers in the care of patients with addiction and psychiatric disorders. (70%)
• Teaches medical students and advanced trainees from other health disciplines including in nationally accredited training programs. (20-%)
• Scholarly addiction research and/ or Quality Improvement projects (10%)

Education:

• Doctorate Degree Graduate of an accredited medical school. Required

Work Experience:

• Prior experience working with substance use disorder patient populations.

Licenses:

• MD or DO-Physician - State Medical Board Required and
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required
• Board Certified in Addiction Medicine or Addiction Psychiatry

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• 1. Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures and techniques. ?
• 2. Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment.
• 3. Able to effectively manage and direct medical staff support activities while providing quality medical care.
• 4. Able to receive detailed information through oral communications; express or exchange ideas by verbal communications.
• 5. Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills.

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Benefits

• Outstanding benefits including up to 27 paid days off per year, immediate retirement plan employer contribution up to 9.5%, and generous medical plans

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program 

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

Our Values

• Respect

• Belonging

• Accountability

• Transparency

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.

Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care 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, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado?s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.

Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.

We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).

Denver Health values the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community. For more about our commitment to diversity visit: https://www.denverhealth.org/for-professionals/careers/diversity-and-inclusion

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

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About Denver Health

Take your career to the next level at Denver Health, where we offer a robust benefits package and endless opportunities for growth. Denver Health is a nationally-ranked, locally-trusted, premier healthcare institution located in the heart of Denver, Colorado.Twenty-five percent of all Denver residents, or approximately 150,000 individuals, receive their health care here. We are known as an integrated health care system that encompasses multidisciplinary academic specialties, a community health system, a level I adult trauma center, pediatric emergency and urgent care center home to Denver Public Health and many of the nation's leaders in medicine.Denver Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer At Denver Health we pride ourselves on our commitment to diversity. Equal opportunity is a fundamental principle of Denver Health. As an equal opportunity employer, Denver Health is committed to recruit, hire, promote and administer all human resource actions in a non-discriminatory manner. Denver Health is committed to providing equal opportunities in all business practices and to all persons regardless of age, race, color, national origin, genetic information, religion, sex, pregnancy, disab...ility, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, marital status or veteran status (collectively “protected status”). Denver Health strives to maintain a work environment that is free from unlawful harassment and discrimination and will not tolerate any such conduct by employees or directed at employees within the scope of their employment. Read the full Human Resources Employee Principles and Practices policy.

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