The Department of Neurology at the University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical Campus is seeking to recruit a dynamic leader to expand the clinical and research programs within our Epilepsy Section. Appointment for the Epilepsy Section Director will be at the level of Associate or Full Professor depending on qualifications.
The Epilepsy Section Director position presents an enormous opportunity to help grow the epilepsy program, create a culture of excellence, and help further enhance its national recognition and presence. We are seeking individuals who are collaborative, communicative, caring, detail-oriented, organized, proactive, able to think critically, focused on quality, dedicated to personal growth, and highly motivated.
Job Responsibilities
The duties in this faculty position will include clinical, teaching, research, and service responsibilities. The overall determination of research and clinical activities and allocation of time and effort will be subject to the determination of the Department Chair.
Clinical duties may include responsibilities at the faculty-level for outpatient clinics, continuous EEG monitoring, and attending in the EMUs. While on service, obligations will include supervision of medical students, residents, and some fellows, supervision of patient procedures, and teaching of the house-staff as well as students.
Teaching activities including attending neurology services, leading teaching conferences and training medical students, residents, and fellows.
It is anticipated that the candidate will have an active research interest that can include clinical research or basic research related to the field of epilepsy and will be able to help the section expand its research activities both through their own work and in mentoring and fostering the development of other section members.
Administrative responsibilities will include data entry into hospital systems, development of critical pathways, committee work and projects aimed at improving the specialty and department mission. It is assumed the bulk of this non-clinical time will be spent working toward the production of scholarship activities. Attendance at meetings and educational events of the department and specialty programs is expected. Other duties may be assigned as need arises.
The duties of the Epilepsy Section Director/Section Chief include:
- Serving as the Epilepsy Section Director /Section Chief for the Epilepsy Section in the Department of Neurology includes the ability to make executive, administrative, and operational decisions for the Epilepsy Section
- Interacting extensively with the Department Chair and Senior Leadership at UCHealth to assess needs for section and plan activities that relate to future growth
- Serving as a mentor to all epilepsy faculty, with an emphasis on our junior faculty and acts as a positive role model and leader within the section and department
- Developing and executing strategies and processes that will drive the strategic plan and vision of the section and ensure the goals, standards, and objectives are in alignment with the strategic plan
- Recruiting and growing the epilepsy section in Metro Denver and throughout the Rocky Mountain region
