Medical Director, Health & Counseling Center

Medical Director, Health & Counseling Center

The University of Denver seeks a student-centered physician leader to serve as the Medical Director of the Health & Counseling Center within the Division of Student Affairs & Inclusive Excellence. Reporting to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness, this leader will provide strategic and clinical direction for medical services in the Health & Counseling Center (HCC) while also maintaining a substantial direct care presence in service to DU students. The role is designed for a physician executive who will spend 60% of time in direct clinical care and 40% of time in leadership, administration, partnership development, and program advancement.

The University of Denver is a private university in Denver, Colorado, with a long-standing commitment to academic excellence, student development, and whole-person education. The Health & Counseling Center is part of the university's student support infrastructure and serves as the primary on-campus resource for student medical and mental health care, wellness support, and health education.

The University's student affairs approach recognizes that students thrive when health, mental health, belonging, and academic engagement are supported together. Within that environment, the Medical Director will help shape an integrated, student-centered model of care that is clinically strong, operationally sound, collaborative across disciplines, and responsive to the evolving needs of undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.

The University of Denver Health & Counseling Center is an integrated center that provides medical care, counseling support, and health promotion resources for students. DU describes the HCC as students' on-campus resource for quality medical and mental healthcare services, useful information, and other wellness support.

HCC medical services include integrated primary and same-day care, reproductive healthcare (including IUD and contraceptive implant insertion/removal), urgent care, gender-affirming care, eating disorder care, sports medicine, behavioral health collaboration, and telehealth, along with prevention-oriented and student-accessible services designed to support students while they are enrolled at DU. The Center's integrated structure creates an important opportunity for the Medical Director to partner closely with counseling and Student Affairs leaders to strengthen access, continuity, quality, public health preparedness, and the student experience.

The Medical Director, Health & Counseling Center serves as the senior physician leader for student medical services at the University of Denver while also functioning as a highly visible and active clinician within the HCC. The Medical Director is responsible for the clinical quality, safety, accessibility, compliance, and effectiveness of HCC medical services and works in close collaboration with counseling leadership and Student Affairs colleagues to ensure that students receive coordinated, inclusive, and developmentally trauma-informed care.

This role combines direct clinical care with strategic planning, policy development, quality improvement, CLIA-waived lab direction, interdisciplinary partnership, public health response, and administrative oversight. The Medical Director will spend approximately 60% of time delivering direct patient care and approximately 40% of time leading medical operations, advancing quality and access, supporting integrated care, and contributing to a university-wide student well-being strategy.

The Medical Director, Health & Counseling Center reports to the Assistant Vice Chancellor for Health and Wellness within Student Affairs. The role partners closely with HCC leadership and collaborates regularly with campus partners across Student Affairs, disability services, student outreach and support, student conduct, athletics, housing, risk management, and university leadership as appropriate to advance student well-being and assist with campus response efforts.

Denver, Colorado, at the University of Denver campus.

The next Medical Director will have the opportunity to strengthen DU's integrated model of care by remaining deeply engaged in day-to-day clinical work while also helping shape the long-term direction of medical services within the HCC. Important priorities are likely to include continuing timely access to care, assisting with the institution of third-party billing for the HCC, strengthening coordination between medical and counseling services, supporting effective public health readiness, refining data-informed quality improvement, and helping articulate a compelling long-term vision for student health within the broader Health & Wellness portfolio.

This structure is especially well suited to a leader who values both practice and systems work. A successful candidate will be energized by the opportunity to care directly for students, mentor colleagues, improve clinical operations, and partner across Student Affairs to advance student well-being, persistence, and success.

Education and Credentials:

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution.
• Current unrestricted license to practice medicine in Colorado, or eligibility for Colorado licensure by the start of employment, full prescriptive authority, NPI number
• Board certification in family medicine, internal medicine, or another specialty relevant to college health.
• DEA registration and other credentials required for clinical practice and prescribing, as applicable.
• Required 7 years' experience in a primary care setting after residency with at least 3 years leading clinical and/or administrative operations such as quality improvement, patient safety initiatives, and supervising staff.
• Current BLS/ACLS
• Eligible to obtain adequate professional liability insurance coverage

Preferred Experience:

• Significant clinical experience in ambulatory care, student health, adult and adolescent/young adult medicine, community health, or another setting relevant to college and university populations.
• Progressive leadership experience in student health, academic health, integrated care, outpatient medical practice, or complex healthcare delivery settings.
• Experience partnering with behavioral health professionals and working in multidisciplinary or integrated care environments.
• Experience with quality improvement, risk management, accreditation or regulatory compliance, and public health response.
• Experience in higher education, or demonstrated understanding of the mission, culture, and decision-making environment of colleges and universities.
• Experience leading organizational change, service redesign, or strategic change management initiatives in healthcare, higher education, or similarly complex organizations.
• An MBA, MHA, MPH, or other relevant administrative or management degree is valued and may be especially helpful for candidates with strong interest in strategy, operations, and change leadership.

Leadership Attributes:

• A visible commitment to student-centered, inclusive, developmentally and trauma- informed care.
• Sound clinical judgment and credibility to lead physicians and other health professionals while maintaining an active practice.
• The ability to build trust and strong working relationships across counseling, Student Affairs, and university leadership.
• Effective communication skills and the ability to translate medical issues for non-clinical colleagues and campus stakeholders.
• Emotional intelligence, discretion, collaboration, and a bias toward practical problem solving.
• A commitment to continuous improvement, innovation, accountability, and service excellence.

This position primarily works in a primary care setting within the Health & Counseling Center on the University of Denver campus. The role involves regular interaction with students, medical and counseling staff, Student Affairs colleagues, and campus partners. Work includes direct patient care, confidential consultation, meetings, documentation, and leadership responsibilities in a busy student health environment. The position may involve occasional response to urgent student health, public health, or campus safety matters.

This is a full-time position with a regular work schedule aligned with Health & Counseling Center operating hours. Some flexibility may be required for clinical coverage, leadership meetings, urgent student health matters, public health response, or campus needs. The Medical Director also provides consultation support to after-hours medical staff on an as-needed basis. The role is expected to maintain an on-campus presence given the direct clinical care and leadership responsibilities of the position.

For consideration, please submit your application materials by 4:00 p.m. (MST) July 29, 2026. Position to remain open until a candidate is identified.

Candidates must apply online through jobs.du.edu to be considered. Only applications submitted online will be accepted.

The University of Denver is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital, family, or parental status, pregnancy or related conditions, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran. The University of Denver does not discriminate and prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, age, religion, creed, disability, sex (including sex stereotypes, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression), marital family, and parental status, pregnancy, genetic information, military enlistment, or veteran status, and any other class of individuals protected from discrimination under federal, state, or local law, regulation, or ordinance in any of the University's educational programs and activities, and in the employment (including application for employment) and admissions (including application for admission) context, as required by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; the Americans with Disabilities Act; Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973; Title VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964; the Age Discrimination Act of 1975; the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1