We are recruiting for a Adult Psychiatry Fellow APP (October 2024) to join our team!

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DepartmentAdult Psychiatrists

With over 700 employees, Behavioral Health Services (BHS) at Denver Health is a large and rapidly expanding department that provides psychiatric care for patients in community, emergency, inpatient, justice, medical, mobile, and outpatient settings. As a non-profit committed to meeting community needs and promoting health equity, Denver Health offers psychiatrists a practice full of meaning and purpose. All physicians at Denver Health have an academic appointment at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. As such, Denver Health is an excellent place to work for physicians with an interest in clinical education.

Job Description

Job Summary The Denver Health APP Post-graduate Fellowship in Behavioral Health will provide an intense, well-rounded, 12 months of clinical and didactic training to facilitate a successful career as a behavioral health APP. Fellows will engage in core training in behavioral health to achieve the fellowship's mission to develop APPs with expertise in the clinical care of patients with psychiatric and substance use disorders. Upon completion of this program, APP fellows will have the knowledge and skills necessary to make them successful practitioners of behavioral health in a variety of clinical settings, and PAs will be prepared to apply for the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Psychiatry Certificate of Added Qualification (CAQ). NPsare required to be board certified by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) as a PMHNP.Curriculum Experience & Objectives Inter-professional faculty designed an evidence-based curriculum for APPs who successfully completed an accredited physician assistant programor anaccredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program. Behavioral health APP fellows will rotate through four core training areas, for three months in each rotation; -Inpatient psychiatry (including Adult and Child/Adolescent Inpatient, Psych Consultation-Liaison (C-L) and Addiction C-L services) -Psychiatric Emergency Services -Corrections -Outpatient Behavioral Health In addition to rotational experience, APP fellows will engage in weekly seminars, case conferences, faculty meetings, and grand rounds. They will participate in journal club meetings in coordination with the didactic schedule and will have one half-day per week dedicated to developing an academic project related to advocacy, community engagement, quality improvement, or scholarly work. Requirements & Eligibility Criteria for admission include demonstration of empathy, compassion, and excellence in medic

Admission Requirements

Important Dates * Application deadlines are four months prior to the start date. Please Submit:

Application Documents * Current Curriculum Vitae * Three professional letters of recommendation * Personal Statement

Physician Assistant Eligibility/ Requirements: Graduation from an approved Physician Assistant Training Program approved by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC- PA) Official transcript from the PA program Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistant (PANCE) Colorado license will be required prior to start date DEA license must be obtained within 90 days of starting the program

Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Eligibility/Requirements: Graduation from anaccredited Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program that isaccredited by a nationally recognized organization, such as the Commission on Co legiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and/or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN). Official transcript from the NP program. PMHNP Certification from theAmerican Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). Colorado license will be required prior to start date DEA license must be obtained within 90 days of starting the program

Location Denver, CO

Shift

Work Type Full time

Pay Range $64,000/yr.

All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Denver Healthis an integrated, high-quality academic health care system