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Job Summary

Denver Health, a leading Level One Trauma Center and Orthopedic Center of Excellence, is seeking a full-time board-certified/board-eligible physiatrist for the Chief of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R). position offers a unique opportunity to work in a dynamic and multidisciplinary environment while contributing to cutting-edge trauma and rehabilitation services. This individual will thrive in a team environment, relate effectively with colleagues and patients, and possess strong teaching skills and research interests.

Chief Responsibilities: Oversee clinical, educational, and research activities. Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to advance patient care and promote the mission of the hospital. Serve as a key liaison between the PM&R department and hospital administration, ensuring alignment with institutional goals.

Clinical Responsibilities: Provide general inpatient Physical Medicine and Rehabiliation consult services along with general and specialty rehabilitation clinics and electrodiagnostic outpatient clinics.

Teaching Responsibilities: Participation in the education of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation residents, medical students, and allied health care professionals. Provide mentorship and training to medical residents, fellows, and other healthcare professionals in EMG techniques and neuromuscular rehabilitation.

Research Responsibilities: Active pursuit and participation in research activities as well as mentoring residents and other faculty in research endeavors.

Essential Functions:

• Diagnose patients, record symptoms, recommend appropriate treatment regimens, and monitor the progress or not of treatment. (20%)
• Cooperate and liaise with medical personnel such as surgeons, neurologists, and primary care experts to review a patient?s details and information. (10%)
• Determine the role of physical therapy in the treatment plan. (5%)
• Direct patients on the appropriate techniques to adopt for exercises. (5%)
• Use injections to nullify pain, bring relief, and reinstate functionality. (5%)
• Provide nutrition and health advice or counseling to patients undergoing treatment. (5%)
• Draft and create a physical exercise plan for each patient. (5%)
• Prescribe and handle the patient?s medication and treatment. (5%)
• Prescribe complementary therapies such as medical acupuncture. (5%)
• Monitor and assist medical personnel and counselors to provide psychosocial support to patients. (5%)
• Coordinate and supervise other medical practitioners to optimize patient care. (5%)
• Administer treatment, therapy, and care to restore functionality among patients of all ages. (5%)
• Provide referrals to specialist clinics, rehabilitation centers, and therapy centers. (5%)
• Act transparently with caregivers, patients, and patients? families and discuss recovery plans and needs moving forward. (5%)
• Provide therapeutic intervention to patients by wrapping joints and limbs and fitting braces to support the patient. (5%)
• Inoculate, inject, and insert cortisol into injured parts, ligaments, muscles, and joints to minimize swelling. (5%)

Education:

• Doctorate Degree Medical degree from an accredited institution.
  Required

Licenses:

• MD-Physician - State Medical Board Required and
• BLS-Basic Life Support (BLS/CPR) - AHA - American Heart Association Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures and techniques.
• Thorough knowledge of pharmacological agents used in patient treatment.
• Able to effectively manage and direct medical staff support activities while providing quality medical care.
• Able to receive detailed information through oral communications; express or exchange ideas by verbal communications.
• Excellent written and verbal communications, listening, and social skills.
• Able to interact effectively with people of varied educational, socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds, skill levels and value systems.
• Performs in a tactful and professional manner.
• A wide degree of creativity and latitude is expected.
• Relies on experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals.
• Computer skills required.

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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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