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OBHS Substance Pro-Fee

The following positions within Inpatient Adolescent Psychiatry, Inpatient Adult Psychiatry, Psychiatric Emergency Services, CARES, and Outpatient Behavioral Health Services are offering the opportunity to enroll in a new program offering a cash incentive to recognize your work treating patients with substance use disorders. This program is sponsored through the ACCESS (Advancing Careers, Competencies, and Equity in Substance Treatment Services) grant. Employees must be >0.6 FTE to be eligible. 50% of the bonus will be received 90 days after signing the program contract.

· Registered Nurses (RNs) may earn up to $7,500 by December 2024
· Behavioral Health Technicians (BHTs) may earn up to $3,500 by December 2024
· Care Navigators may earn up to $3,500 by December 2024

Job Summary

Diagnose and provide nonsurgical treatment for a wide range of diseases and injuries of internal organ systems. Provide care mainly for adults and adolescents primarily in an outpatient setting.

Essential Functions:

• Analyze records, reports, test results, or examination information to diagnose medical condition of patient. (10%)
• Treat internal disorders, such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, or problems of the lung, brain, kidney, or gastrointestinal tract. (10%)
• Prescribe or administer medication, therapy, and other specialized medical care to treat or prevent illness, disease, or injury. (10%)
• Manage and treat common health problems, such as infections, influenza or pneumonia, as well as serious, chronic, and complex illnesses, in adolescents, adults, and the elderly. (10%)
• Provide and manage long-term, comprehensive medical care, including diagnosis and nonsurgical treatment of diseases, for adult patients in an office or hospital. (10%)
• Explain procedures and discuss test results or prescribed treatments with patients. (10%)
• Advise patients and community members concerning diet, activity, hygiene, and disease prevention. (10%)
• Make diagnoses when different illnesses occur together or in situations where the diagnosis may be obscure. (10%)
• Refer patient to medical specialist or other practitioner when necessary. (10%)
• Collect medical history, monitor patients' conditions and progress, provide consulting services to other providers as needed, and advise other providers of patient's risk status. (10%)

Education:

• Doctorate Degree Graduate of an accredited medical school Required

Work Experience:

Licenses:

• MD-Physician - State Medical Board Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Shift

Days (United States of America)

Work Type

PRN/Intermittent

Salary

$206,300.00 - $245,700.00 / yr (Pay range listed is for 1.0 full-time equivalent (FTE). See Work Type for actual FTE)

Benefits

• Social security replacement retirement plan with employer contribution of 3%

• On-site employee fitness center and wellness classes

• Community resource navigation support

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

• Education & development opportunities including career pathways and coaching

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.

Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.

Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.

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