Careers in Quality

The University of Colorado School of Medicine seeks a physician of unique vision, enthusiasm, and experience as Chief of the Division of Pulmonary Sciences and Critical Care Medicine. The ideal candidate for the leadership role is an academic physician with expertise in applying new knowledge to the practice of clinical medicine and a track record of scholarship. The Chief will be a nationally respected academic pulmonologist with demonstrated clinical, translational, and/or basic research accomplishments. Because the next Chief will be the leader of a large academic and clinical enterprise, a candidate’s experience in leading effective programs is critically important. The Chief must exhibit the qualities required to be a successful and compassionate leader in a complex, matrixed environment, including working collaboratively across various organizations and effectively promoting the Division with community providers and leaders, donors, and hospital executives.

The Division Chief will be responsible for full program development and oversight, including the Division’s clinical, educational, and research program activities. Mentoring junior faculty and fellows, support of quality improvement initiatives, integrating pulmonary sciences and critical care medicine services among the hospitals, clinical growth, and continued development of clinical, translational and basic research related to pulmonology and critical care medicine are notable priorities.

The Division Chief will have the responsibility to:

• Ensure the highest quality and national visibility of the Division’s patient care, education research, other scholarly/academic activities, and community outreach programs.
• Promote the Departmental priorities of interdisciplinary program development, physician-scientist career development, workforce diversity, and integrated program development with its affiliates.
• Assure the mentorship of trainees and faculty with the goals of career development and progression toward promotion.
• Recruit, retain, and academically develop faculty in the Division in an equitable and inclusive manner.
• Administer the Division in a fiscally responsible manner within university policies, with guidance from the Division Executive Committee.
• Personally participate in regularly scheduled meetings of the Department of Medicine’s Division Heads and other ad hoc Departmental meetings.
• Work positively and collaboratively with the University of Colorado Hospital, other affiliated hospitals, the School of Medicine, and the Anschutz Medical campus leadership to foster the growth and development of the multiple missions of the Division.
• Support, develop, and provide leadership for pulmonary sciences and critical care medicine initiatives and innovation within the department, school, and the healthcare system.
• Demonstrate a willingness to mentor and develop diverse students, fellows, junior faculty and colleagues.
• The new division head will have the opportunity to develop and implement new programs that address the research and clinical skills required for career success but will also help in the implementation of approaches to mitigate burnout, a critical problem in academic medicine.
• The new head will continue the division’s tradition of diversity and inclusion by supporting and/or expanding the already existing initiatives in the division.
• Develop performance metrics for faculty.
• Support community providers through education and consultation.