Department: Department of Family MedicineJob Title: Family Physician, Medical Director at Boulder Open Rank- Sr. Instructor, Assistant, Associate, ProfessorJob Summary:The Department of Family Medicine provides primary health care, educates medical and psychology students and graduates, conducts research and engages with communities. This position will provide therapeutic evaluation and treatment of patients with psychological disorders at Family Medicine clinic(s) coordinating with multi-disciplinary clinicians to provide team-based care in a patient-centered medical home setting committed to providing equitable care to a varied population.
The Department of Family Medicine's Medical Director provides clinical leadership to the ambulatory hospital-based UCHealth Family Medicine - Boulder. The Medical Director of Boulder Family Medicine partners with the UCHealth Practice Manager at Boulder, the UCHealth Director of Primary Care Operations, and the Department of Family Medicine Associate Clinical Affairs Team in the delivery of high-quality clinical care, productive clinical operations, and a positive work environment for faculty and staff. The Boulder Family Medicine Medical Director provides direct leadership and supervision to clinical faculty at the practice.
In addition, the Medical Director serves as the de facto on-site physician leader for the broader Boulder multi-specialty ambulatory clinic. This reflects the day-to-day role of the Boulder Family Medicine Medical Director in fostering communication, collaboration, and problem-solving among co-located clinical teams. The Medical Director partners with specialty clinicians, specialty department and service-line leaders, clinic administration, and Family Medicine leadership to support a collegial, integrated, patient-centered clinical environment.
This site-level role is collaborative, facilitative, and advisory rather than a formal School of Medicine or departmental leadership authority over specialty practices. The Medical Director does not directly supervise, evaluate, credential, schedule, or manage specialty clinicians; those responsibilities remain with the appropriate specialty departments, service lines, and formal leadership structures.
The clinician (MD or DO) in this position will function as a family medicine physician in a family medicine clinic, providing high-quality medical care and supervising fellows, residents, and students as needed.
Key Responsibilities:
This position is a full-time, 1.0 FTE position: 0.30 FTE support for Medical Director duties, including a stipend, and 0.70 cFTE clinical work maintaining a continuity panel of patients at UCHealth Family Medicine - Boulder. This position will participate in the call and holiday rotations for the clinic in which they maintain their continuity panel.
The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:
Clinical Care- Provide full-scope direct patient care in an ambulatory clinical setting.
- Participate as needed in chart review and clinical coding compliance activities.
- Assist in supervision of Advanced Practice Providers at the clinic.
- Supervise medical students, residents, fellows, and other healthcare learners.
- Assist in administrative and clinical quality-improvement functions.
Teaching and Mentoring- Provide education to fellows, residents, and medical students during their ambulatory rotation.
- Support a clinical environment that advances the educational mission of the Department of Family Medicine.
- Collaborate with specialty colleagues, as appropriate, to enhance educational opportunities and access to specialty expertise for Family Medicine faculty and learners.
Administrative/Professional Development- Maintain eligibility for School of Medicine Faculty.
- Keep abreast of the latest developments in the field, both academically and through applied skill.
- Attend and present at conferences, meetings, and trainings to maintain certification and enhance professional skills; participate in faculty-development activities.
Leadership- Serve as the physician leader for UCHealth Family Medicine - Boulder.
- Provide leadership, vision, direction, and support to clinic administrative leadership.
- Serve as the dyad partner with the Practice Manager.
- Serve as the clinical leader for quality initiatives, including but not limited to CPC+, Medicaid UPL, and other value-based programs.
- Identify and leverage opportunities for operational efficiencies and consistencies.
- Along with the Practice Manager, co-lead the clinic's routine provider meetings and staff meetings.
- Collaborate with the UCHealth Director of Primary Care Operations and the Department of Family Medicine Clinical Affairs designated team members.
- Develop and support positive working relationships with faculty.
- Advocate for Family Medicine faculty, staff, and patients.
- Serve as the de facto on-site physician leader and clinical liaison for the Boulder multi-specialty ambulatory clinic.
- Foster a collegial, respectful, and collaborative culture among Family Medicine clinicians, specialty clinicians, and interprofessional staff at the Boulder clinic.
- Promote accessible and professional physician-to-physician communication between Family Medicine clinicians and co-located specialists, including informal clinical consultation or curbside collaboration when clinically appropriate and consistent with organizational standards.
- Help identify and address barriers to effective interdisciplinary communication, referral coordination, access to specialty expertise, and shared problem-solving.
- Help identify appropriate pathways for escalation and connect site-level concerns with the accountable specialty, operational, departmental, or service-line leaders.
- Represent the clinical needs and perspective of the Boulder site in discussions with organizational leaders regarding ambulatory operations, clinical programs, and specialty services.
- Model and promote respectful interdisciplinary relationships that enhance patient care, clinician experience, and the educational environment for Family Medicine faculty and learners.
Operations- Establish guiding principles for call schedules, vacation schedules, and related practice operations.
- Attend monthly Practice Operations Management Committee (POMC) meetings.
- Attend the bi-weekly UCH Primary Care Communication Huddles.
- Review and address escalated patient, provider, and staff complaints.
- Ensure provider compliance with University School of Medicine and CU Medicine policies and procedures.
- Ensure provider compliance with UCHealth-driven and CU Medicine-driven initiatives, including training as needed.
- In collaboration with clinic administration partners, assess space and staff utilization; develop, implement, and evaluate solutions as needed.
- Collaborate with School of Medicine and DFM education leaders to ensure mutually beneficial integration of educational needs and clinic operations.
- Partner with specialty department and service-line leaders, clinic administration, and Family Medicine leadership regarding site-level issues affecting multiple specialties, including shared-space considerations, clinical workflows, communication pathways, patient access, and referral processes.
- Provide input to clinic and health-system leadership regarding the specialty mix, specialty access, service availability, and clinical programs needed at the Boulder clinic to meet community needs and support comprehensive Family Medicine practice.
- Incorporate input from Family Medicine faculty, patient care needs, referral patterns, access challenges, and site capacity when providing recommendations about specialty presence or development at the Boulder location.
- Support continuous improvement in primary-specialty care coordination, including appropriate referral pathways, timely access to specialty expertise, and patient experience across the clinic.
- Participate in relevant site-level and cross-departmental meetings to represent Family Medicine and the clinical needs of the Boulder multi-specialty clinic.
Quality- Develop, implement, and evaluate the strategy for quality improvement.
- Participate in the monthly Office of Value Based Performance (OVBP) meeting.
- Identify and support site-level quality-improvement opportunities that involve coordination between Family Medicine and co-located specialty practices.
- Facilitate appropriate escalation of multi-specialty clinical operations, quality, safety, access, or patient-experience concerns to accountable specialty or operational leaders.
Human Resources- Work with the DFM HR and Clinical Affairs Team to recruit new faculty.
- Lead the OPPE process.
- Provide new faculty orientation and mentorship in conjunction with Department HR, the SOM, CU Medicine, and Epic.
- Develop plans for and assure compliance with Advanced Practice Provider supervision.
- Provide supervision for Family Medicine faculty in clinic, including feedback and/or participation in Performance Improvement Plans in collaboration with DFM on issues that have escalated.
- Conduct annual reviews of Family Medicine faculty in conjunction with department processes.
Financial- Support DFM goals for productivity, hours, and revenue.
- Assure stewardship of additional clinic funding, including RAE and CPC+.
- Review the clinic's financial status in coordination with UCHealth and DFM.
- Provide clinical and site-level input, as requested, regarding operational and strategic decisions that affect the multi-specialty Boulder clinic.
MeetingsThe incumbent will be responsible for attending several routine meetings, including but not limited to:
- Bi-weekly UCH Primary Care Communication Huddles.
- DFM Medical Director meetings, monthly.
- Practice Operations Management Committee meetings, weekly/monthly.
- CU Medicine Office of Value Based Performance meetings, monthly.
- DFM monthly department meetings.
- Relevant Boulder site-level and cross-specialty operational or strategic meetings, as needed to fulfill multi-specialty site-leadership responsibilities.
Work Location:Onsite - this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Boulder, Colorado.
How to Apply:For full consideration, please submit the following document(s):
1. A letter of interest describing relevant job experiences as they relate to listed job qualifications and interest in the position
2. Curriculum vitae / Resume
3. Five professional references including name, address, phone number (mobile number if appropriate), and email addre
Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at www.cu.edu/cu-careers.
Questions should be directed to: Lydia Lyon Lydia.lyon@cuanschutz.edu
Screening of Applications Begins:Immediately and continues until 12/15/26.
Anticipated Pay Range:The starting salary range (or hiring range) for this position has been established as
HIRING RANGE:Senior Instructor: $195,000 to $242,000, plus the possibility of incentives based on clinical FTE.
Assistant Professor: $195,000 to $242,000, plus the possibility of incentives based on clinical FTE.
Associate Professor: $201,000 to $248,000, plus the possibility of incentives based on clinical FTE.
Professor:$207,000 to $254,000, plus the possibility of incentives based on clinical FTE.
The Medical Director position comes with a stipend of $15,000 in addition to the base salary.
The above salary range (or hiring range) represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation unless it is non-exempt.
Your total compensation goes beyond the number on your paycheck. The University of Colorado provides generous leave, health plans and retirement contributions that add to your bottom line.
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