Infectious Disease Physician

Denver Health & Hospital is currently recruiting for a full-time (1.0 FTE) Infectious Disease Physician who will work for the Department of Medicine and Department of Patient Safety and Quality. This position will be split between efforts focused on medical direction and oversight of the antimicrobial stewardship program in the hospital and ambulatory settings as well as inpatient general and orthopedic infectious disease consultative and outpatient clinic work.  Eight weeks of attending on the inpatient consult services is required will be split between orthopedic infectious diseases (5 weeks) and general infectious diseases (3 weeks). The orthopedic infectious disease service is also staffed by an experienced APP and coverage for inpatient orthopedic infectious diseases will be split with the APP. General ID inpatient consultative work is generally completed in 1 week blocks throughout the year. This will include supervision of a fellow from the University of Colorado training program and may also include teaching of medical residents or students. A half-day of outpatient orthopedic infectious disease work is also required.

The successful candidate will be joining a clinical division with spans both the Public Health Institute at Denver Health and the Department of Medicine and includes 11 ID physicians.

With regard to Antimicrobial Stewardship, the successful candidate will lead the stewardship program and be responsible for overall direction of the program, work closely with infectious disease pharmacists to develop and assist in projects that improve the use of antimicrobial agents and diagnostic tests in the hospital and outpatient settings that support Denver Health’s commitment to serving the public health needs for Denver County. The Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology groups have significant overlaps and work in a collaborative fashion. If desired there is opportunity for the successful candidate to assume a larger role in Infection Prevention and Hospital Epidemiology.  The successful candidate will report to the director of patient safety and quality. The candidate will serve as a core physician member of the leadership team of the Department of Patient Safety and Quality.

Minimum Qualifications :

• Licensed to practice medicine in the State of Colorado or eligible for such license.
• Board-certified or board-eligible in Infectious Diseases.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply professional medical principles, procedures, and techniques.
• Ability to implement evidence-based infection prevention / antimicrobial stewardship interventions in hospital and ambulatory care settings.
• Previous work experience or formal training in antimicrobial stewardship or hospital epidemiology and infection prevention.
• Familiarity and experience with common change management and quality improvement principles necessary to influence others, implement sustainable care protocols, and measure impact.
• Familiarity with common epidemiologic methods.
• Thorough knowledge of management of multidrug resistant organisms.
• Interest and experience in academic activities including research preferred.

There are many benefits of practicing at Denver Health, including :

Denver Health is a fully integrated network of 10 community health centers, 17 school-based clinics, and a Level I 525-licensed bed hospital with a mission of providing access to quality preventive, acute, and chronic health care for all citizens of Denver, regardless of ability to pay. Denver Health is affiliated with the University of Colorado School of Medicine, and serves as a training site for medical residents and fellows.

Applicants interested in this position should submit CV and cover letter to :

Aaron Ortiz, Sr. Provider Recruiter

aaron.ortiz@dhha.org