Physician (Sleep Medicine)

Job Title

Incumbent will work as an independent physician provider in the Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Section within the Medicine Service line.

Job Description

The incumbent will provide medical care in the spectrum of their field of board eligible/board certified expertise in all aspects of patient care including outpatient care, and if desired, inpatient care. The Rocky Mountain Regional Medical Center is a major teaching affiliate of the University of Colorado School of Medicine and an interest in teaching trainees in sleep medicine is strongly preferred. The incumbent will be a member of Pulmonary/Critical Care Section/Medical Service and will participate in patient care, teaching, research, quality improvement, and administrative activities of the Division, as assigned.

The incumbent will be responsible for, but not limited to the following duties:

• Provide expert consultation and treatment to patients in areas of personal expertise in the outpatient sleep and/or pulmonary clinics. If interested, opportunities on pulmonary consults as well as the Intensive Care Unit may also be available.
• Triage and evaluate consultations for inpatient and outpatient pulmonary and sleep specialty.
• Obtain medical histories, conduct physical examinations, order, and evaluate appropriate laboratory testing, and plan and prescribe treatment for patients.
• Interpret sleep studies including Polysomnography, home sleep tests, PAP titrations, MSLT, and other sleep testing
• Participate in teaching the in-training sleep fellows and staff the Trainee clinic.
• Coordinate medical management and care within their discipline with Primary Care providers and other Medical/Surgical services and personnel in a multidisciplinary health care delivery system.
• If inpatient service is desired, the incumbent will provide on-call services for the section as assigned. Shares after hour call responsibilities with section physicians in rotation
• Participate in monitoring the quality, safety, and appropriateness of patient care, both at the Section and facility level.
• Perform administrative tasks as assigned, including, but not limited to peer reviews, Ongoing Professional Practice Evaluations (OPPE), special projects that help fulfill and/or enhance the mission of the Department of Veterans Affairs as assigned by the Chief of Medicine/Chief of Staff/ELT
• Participate in the educational programs for section personnel as well as the medical staff.
• Be in regular attendance of required team meeting

Qualified/eligible to receive a University of Colorado - Anschutz faculty appointment in the Department of Medicine in order to work with trainees

Benefits

Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)

1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting

Monday- Friday, 8:00am- 4:30pm