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Posted: 01-Nov-24
Location: Aurora, Colorado
Type: Full Time
Salary: $326,000-$350,000
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Internal Number: 001
Physician (Intensivist Nocturnist) – Aurora, CO
This Critical Care Medicine (CCM)-Intensivist/Nocturnist will be assigned to our Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center in Aurora, CO. As a CCM Intensivist/Nocturnist, you will play a crucial role in providing specialized care to critically ill medical and surgical patients in our 12-18 bed closed Intensive Care Unit and Step-Down Unit. The position involves working collaboratively with a team of advanced practice providers and critical care nurses to deliver high-quality, evidence-based care. The patient population served is mainly medical critical care, but includes cardiac, thoracic, vascular, otolaryngologic, and other surgical patients.
You will be responsible for managing complex medical conditions and emergencies, including but not limited to ventilator management, procedures (intubations, dialysis lines, central veinous lines, arterial lines, and chest tubes), admissions, cross-cover, and responding to rapid responses and codes. Selected candidates may qualify for a faculty appointment at the University of Colorado (CU), Anschutz, and will have opportunities to be involved with teaching CCM fellows in our accredited fellowship program along with medical students, medicine residents, and other learners and providers. The selected candidate will report to the Chief of Pulmonary/Critical Care. As a caregiver and clinician educator, you should have outstanding Internal Medicine & Critical Care skills. A passion for teaching with previous post-training academic experience and a history of publication in peer-reviewed CCM journals is preferred.
The ideal candidate must be a highly effective communicator, comfortable interacting with all levels of the organization, and able to successfully partner with facility leadership and other services. They should have a passion for maintaining the highest quality standards and developing a team for growth.
Work Schedule: Full-time, Mon-Sun12hr shifts (6:00 pm-6:30 am) every 2-3 weeks, no home-call
Recruitment or Relocation Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Not Authorized
Education Debt Reduction Program (Student Loan Repayment): Position Eligible
Candidates must be: 1) US Citizen or PRA, 2) Residency trained in Internal Medicine, Anesthesia or Emergency Medicine, 3) Fellowship trained in Critical Care Medicine, and 4) Have a full, unrestricted medical license in any State
Preferred Experience: Board Certified in Critical Care Medicine; Board Certified in Pulmonary Disease a plus; VA experience also a plus; academic experience
Facility Information:
The Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center is a welcomed step forward in meeting the increased health care needs of today's Veteran population. This facility replaced the Denver facility of 670,000 square feet with a new state of the art campus of approximately 1.2 million square feet on 31 acres, providing many new services to Veterans. The Aurora, Colorado location is ideally located on the southeast corner of the former Fitzsimons Army Base just off Interstate 225, immediately west of RTD's light rail station and neighboring Children's Hospital and the University of Colorado Anschutz Health Care Campus. Leading edge technology is designed into every aspect of the new campus, bringing Veterans high quality health care well into the 21st century. Guiding principles for the new campus include patient safety, improving the Veteran's health care experience, promoting the family's role in care delivery, and protecting our environment through green design. The VA Eastern Colorado Healthcare System's specialized personal care epitomizes excellence in health care, delivered through a unique combination of medical center-based and local community-focused medicine, that brings innovative and leading-edge care to Veterans throughout the region.
Community Information:
Aurora, with a population of 374,114 people, is the third largest community in Colorado, and located on the southeast side of Denver. Aurora is less than an hour away from the Rocky Mountains, so you’ll have ample opportunity to hike, ski, snowboard and explore on the weekends. You don’t have to leave town to take advantage of Colorado’s mild weather either, Aurora is home to six public golf courses, plenty of lakes for fishing and standup paddle-boarding and miles of trails for horseback riding, hiking and biking. Plus, the city is just far enough away from the mountains to give you some incredible views and sunsets that will inspire you to stop what you’re doing and snap a photo. Aurora also puts you just a short drive away from Denver International Airport, where you can connect to nearly 200 destinations with non-stop flights (including 30 international locales), which makes it the perfect home base for retirees, business travelers and families who love to vacation. Welcome to Aurora … One of America’s Best Places to Live!
Benefits Information:
- The VA supports healthy work-life-family balance by offering a robust menu of employee benefits and features
- The expected range of annual salary is $326,000 to $350,000 and includes biennial longevity pay increases
- Physician staff may be considered for an annual performance pay bonus up to $15,000.00 or 7.5% (whichever is less)
- Annual Paid time off includes 26 days’ of vacation with pay, 13 days sick leave, 11 federal holidays observed and CME
- Health-Dental-Vision-Life Insurance with premiums partially offset or paid by the government with retirement portability
- Retirement Plans includes Federal Employee Retirement System (DB) and Thrift Savings Plan (DC) with 5% matching
About the VA:
The Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, offers Veterans the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the United States. We operate more than 1,400 clinical sites of care, including 153 medical centers, 909 ambulatory and community-based outpatient clinics, 135 nursing homes 232 Veterans centers, 47 readjustment counseling centers, and 108 comprehensive home care programs, across all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. Territories.