$75k/yr
Location
Main Campus - Pavilion A - 777 Bannock Street, Denver, CO 80204
Job Type
Full-Time
Work Mode
In-Person
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We are recruiting for a motivated Adult Psychiatry Fellow APP (July 2026) to join our team!
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Department
Adult 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 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). NPs are 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 program or an accredited 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 medicine. The fellowship values a diverse workforce.
Denver Health is hiring for this PMHNP position. Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners play a critical role in addressing the growing demand for mental health services across the United States. This employer is actively seeking qualified candidates to join their team.
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Location
Denver, CO
Shift
Work Type
Full time
Pay Range
$75,000/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 Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 18 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison and Safety, a Public Health department, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
We strongly support diversity in the workforce and Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE).
Denver Health is committed to provide equal treatment and equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees. As an EOE, Denver Health does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.
Shift
Work Type
Fixed Term (Fixed Term)
Salary
$75,000.00 - $75,000.00 / yr
Benefits
Our Values
All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made.
Denver Health is an integrated, high-quality academic health care system considered a model for the nation that includes a Level I Trauma Center, a 555-bed acute care medical center, Denver’s 911 emergency medical response system, 10 family health centers, 19 school-based health centers, Rocky Mountain Poison & Drug Safety, a Public Health Institute, an HMO and The Denver Health Foundation.
As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net institution, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided billions in uncompensated care for the uninsured. Denver Health is viewed as an Anchor Institution for the community, focusing on hiring and purchasing locally as applicable, serving as a pillar for community needs, and caring for more than 185,000 individuals and 67,000 children a year.
Located near downtown Denver, Denver Health is just minutes away from many of the cultural and recreational activities Denver has to offer.
Denver Health is an equal opportunity employer (EOE). We value the unique ideas, talents and contributions reflective of the needs of our community.
Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.
