Are you a natural born leader looking to make an impact? Join the University of Colorado as a Senior Physician

The Colorado Mental Health Hospital at Fort Logan (CMHHFL, or Fort Logan) is a 138-bed adult inpatient psychiatric facility located in Denver, CO. It is one of the State’s two mental health hospitals that serve an underrepresented patient population with serious mental health disorders.

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As a Staff Physician, your role involves working alongside Fort Logan’s team of medical physicians to manage the medical problems of the hospital’s psychiatric inpatients while collaborating with the attending psychiatrist and multidisciplinary treatment team. You will provide medical care to hospital patients and also provide clinical guidance and support to programs in the Medical Services work unit. The ideal candidate is an experienced primary care physician (family medicine, internal medicine, or closely-related specialty) who is looking for a change from the typical corporate medical practice setting and interested in serving a vulnerable patient population. This is a direct care role and not research-based position.The Department of Psychiatry welcomes applicants who are international medical graduates and who require J1 visa waivers.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Provides medical assessment, diagnosis, and treatment
• Completes pre-admission screening and performs various health assessments
• Provides site coverage for general patient care needs and code-blue emergency response
• Works with members of the psychiatry treatment team to engage the patient in the treatment of their medical illnesses. Collaborates with other staff and outside consultants in the evaluation and treatment of patients.
• Assists with On-Duty physician training, orientation, quality reviews, and general communication during sign-out
• Provides after-hours on-call support to the on-site On-Duty physician in rotation with other physicians as assigned
• Supports work unit initiatives and programs such as employee health, infection control, and pandemic response
• Serves on various committees, workgroups and projects. Educates and mentor's staff.

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About University of Colorado Denver -AMC, Department of Psychiatry

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education, and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research fueled by over $650 million in research grants. For more information, visit www.cuanschutz.edu.

The Department of Psychiatry is one of the largest units in the UCD-SOM and is comprised of 5 Divisions. The CU Department of Psychiatry sets the standard for Education and Training of leaders in psychiatry and mental health care, conducts ground-breaking Research that aims to eradicate suffering due to psychiatric and substance use disorders, provides ready access to state of-the-art mental health preventions and interventions across the continuum of care, and collaborates with the community and other key stakeholders to promote well-being among all Coloradans. We accomplish this vision in a manner that respects, values and advocates for the dignity and worth of each individual and family.