Med-Peds Clinician Educator (Assistant or Associate Professor)

Job Summary:

The med-peds physician will provide comprehensive care to both adult and pediatric patients across a wide spectrum of health conditions ensuring continuity of care from infancy through adulthood. The ideal candidate will be well-versed in managing a variety of medical issues fostering long-term relationships with patients and families and offering patient-centered care with opportunities for precepting 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. This position will be housed on Anschutz campus within Childrens Hospital Colorado Adult Special Care Clinic. The positions primary appointment will be with General Internal Medicine (.5 FTE) with a secondary appointment with Pediatrics (.5 FTE).

The Adult Special Care Clinic is seeking a physician (MD/DO) to provide primary care to adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical needs. The Adult Special Care Clinic is an established and growing primary care home housed at Childrens Hospital where we provide primary care and support healthy transitions to adult specialty and inpatient care. Our patient population is limited to people 18 years of age and older with intellectual or developmental disabilities whose medical complexity requires coordination with multiple specialists and home care agencies. The clinician-educator will build and care for their own patient panel ensuring patients receive excellent and individualized primary care in addition to coordinating communication and transition between both pediatric and adult addition to caring for our core population our providers are also expected to provide urgent and primary care for medically complex pediatric patients of all ages in need in partnership with the pediatric Special Care Clinic although ASCC providers do not carry a pediatric patient panel.

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.

Key Responsibilities:

• Providing primary care including urgent visits to medically complex adult patients in the outpatient setting. This includes physically seeing patients in clinic as well as assisting with phone triage of patients at other times.

• Partnering with our adult colleagues to provide primary care including urgent visits to a limited number of medically complex pediatric patients in the outpatient setting.

• Phone triage responsibility will include participating in a regular rotation of covering Provider of the Day which will either be assigned during clinical or administrative time depending on need. Daytime urgent visits outside of scheduled clinic sessions will sometimes be required in order to provide effective primary care.

• As a .05 cFTE the clinical expectation is 4 clinic sessions/week in addition to 1 admin sessions/week. Each clinic session is four hours in length. This equates to 184 sessions/year. Program leadership holds the right to determine when the admin sessions can be taken based on clinic need.

• Participation in nighttime/weekend call rotation (shared with adult clinic) to manage patient/family phone calls outside of business hours.

• Coordinating care with a diverse care team that includes adult subspecialists and community providers.

• Working closely with our interdisciplinary team including nurse and MA case management family navigators clinic nurses dieticians and social work to ensure that community services are available to patients.

• Engaging with inpatient care teams at University of Colorado Hospital to ensure smooth inpatient-outpatient transitions of care. This may depending on interest include visiting the patient in the hospital or telephone/electronic communication/coordination with inpatient care team.

• Precepting learners (potentially FNP medical students and residents in pediatrics medicine/pediatrics internal medicine and family medicine) with special interest in caring for medically complex patients.

• Participating in ongoing quality improvement efforts to improve system-wide care for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Work Location:

Onsite This role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora CO.

Why Join Us:

The Division of General Internal Medicine (GIM) established at the University of Coloradoin 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 ourthree-part mission of patient care medical education and researchseriously. 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.

Why work for the University

We haveAMAZINGbenefits and offerexceptional amounts of holiday vacation and sick leave! 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
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 10/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.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants must meet minimum qualifications at the time of hire.

This is an open rank position and could be categorized as Assistant Professor or Associate Professor based on experience and qualifications as indicated below:

Faculty rank is dependent upon years of experience fellowships completed board certification and candidates preference on committing to a tenure track.

Tenured Track

Assistant Professor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Med-Peds
• Valid CO medical license
• DEA Certification (or eligibility)
• 0-7 years of primary care experience

*Associate Professor:

• MD or DO degree
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Med-Peds
• Valid CO medical license
• DEA Certification (or eligibility)
• 8 or more years of primary care experience

*School of Medicine faculty appointed to the level of Associate 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 members title (e.g. Visiting Associate Professor) until the dossier has been approved by these committees.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Demonstrated interest and experience in caring for adults with developmental disabilities.

• Proficiency in electronic medical records (EMR) systems preferably Epic.

• Experience or interest in education research and faculty development.

• Interest or experience in academic medicine teaching or mentoring medical students

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• ASCC is a unique clinic at Childrens Hospital Colorado. The applicant should be flexible and able to adapt to the development of a new clinical enterprise.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues and families.

• Ability to work independently and as a member of a team

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with clinic and School of Medicine faculty and staff.

• Strong commitment to providing compassionate patient-centered care.

• Ability to work effectively on multiple tasks and maintain a well-organized work environment.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

• Skilled in training and developing staff.

• Ability to meet clinic-specific competencies and expectations.

• Demonstrated commitment and leadership ability to advance diversity and inclusion.

How to Apply:

For full consideration please submit the following document(s):

1. A letter of interest describing relevant job experiences as they relate to listed job qualifications and interest in the position

2. Curriculum vitae / Resume

3. Three to five professional references including name address phone number (mobile number if appropriate) and email address

Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at should be directed to: Patricia Colella GIM HR

Screening of Applications Begins:

Immediately and continues until position is filled. For best consideration apply by May 12026.

Anticipated Pay Range:

The starting salary range (or hiring range) for the .5 FTE Internal Medicine appointment is listed below. Parenthetically the additional .50 FTE Dept of Pediatrics salary range is also provided.

MD or DO:

Assistant Professor:$100000 $107000 ($88590 - 92232)

Associate Professor:$109500 - $117000 ($)

The above salary range (or hiring range) represents the Universitys good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. This position may be eligible for overtime compensation depending on the level.

Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Colorado provides generous leave health plans and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.

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The University of Colorado (CU) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and complies with all applicable federal state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment. We are committed to creating a workplace where all individuals are treated with respect and dignity and we encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.

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