Employment Opportunities

The Department of Otolaryngology ​- Head & Neck Surgery's mission is to provide outstanding, cutting-edge clinical care, research, and state-of-the-art training. The Department is affiliated with six hospitals: University of Colorado Hospital, Highlands Ranch Hospital, Children's Hospital Colorado, the Veteran's Administration Medical Center, Denver Health, and National Jewish.

Any openings with the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery will be listed on this page.

 

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We are hiring! Please see below for our current employment opportunities:

 

Finance & Accounting Program Manager (CU Anschutz Medical Campus) Apply to requisition 38258

The Finance & Accounting Program Manager will oversee financial operations for the Department of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, managing a complex $50 million annual budget spanning multiple funding sources including CU Medicine, University of Colorado, Foundation, and Hospital partners. This role is responsible for daily finance activities including reconciliations, procurement approvals, and accounting workflows, using systems such as PeopleSoft, A2E, Excel, and COGNOS to ensure compliance and operational excellence.

In addition to financial oversight, the Program Manager leads the development of reports and complex financial models that guide strategic decisions and support departmental growth across patient care, research, and education. As a key member of the department’s administrative leadership team, this role mentors and empowers staff, drives continuous improvement, and transforms complex financial data into strategic insights that enable data-driven decision-making and sustainable growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Budgeting & Financial Management: Leads the development and execution of a departmental budget exceeding $50 million annually, utilizing multiple financial systems to ensure fiscal accountability and alignment with institutional goals.

• Finance & Accounting Operations: Oversees daily financial activities, including journal entries, payroll transfers, funding distributions, and reconciliations. Manages purchasing and procurement processes (PCard, purchase orders, payment vouchers), ensures compliance with fiscal policies, and serves as Approving Official. Manages the full contract lifecycle, including execution, invoice reconciliation, and payment oversight, maintaining accuracy and compliance with University and CU Medicine standards.

• Financial Reporting & Analysis: Prepares and delivers monthly, quarterly, and ad hoc financial reports and dashboards, including budget-to-actual tracking, revenue cycle performance, and provider-level profit and loss statements. Analyzes trends in revenue, expenses, and key performance indicators to generate actionable insights for departmental leadership. Supports strategic initiatives by developing financial models that inform contract negotiations, funds flow, faculty recruitment, and incentive calculations.

• Leadership & Operational Excellence: Guides and develops finance and administrative staff through structured training, mentorship, and skill-building initiatives, promoting a team culture centered on learning and excellence. Leads educational efforts to ensure faculty and staff understand financial systems and policy requirements. Proactively drives improvements to financial processes, reporting, and day-to-day operations to support departmental efficiency and effectiveness.

Research Services Clinical Sciences Professional Apply to requisition 37738

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery is seeking a Research Services Clinical Sciences Professional. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Assist with and oversee the day-to-day operations of clinical trials and research studies
• Serves as the Primary Coordinator on multiple trials/studies
• Participate in subject recruitment efforts, including communicating with patients expressing an interest and all pre-screening/screening activities
• Perform informed consent process or ensures that the informed consent process has occurred, is properly documented, and that informed consent documents are filed as required
• Interact with participants to gather study data and/or specimens
• Schedule participant participation in research clinical trials, coordinating availability of necessary space, and clinical research support (e.g., physician, nurse practitioner, laboratory, radiology, pharmacy)Obtain study participants’ medical history and current medication information, reviews research protocol inclusion/exclusion criteria, and confirms eligibility of participant to participate in the clinical trial
• Responsible for overseeing the secure handling, distribution, and tracking of gift cards, ensuring compliance with institutional policies and accurate record-keeping

Data Management

• Create/maintain research databases in REDCap, Excel, Sponsor’s Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system, and OnCore
• Collect, code, and analyze data obtained from research in an accurate and timely manner

Regulatory

• Assist faculty with writing research protocols
• Write informed consents/assents, IRB applications, and related documents in compliance with IRB requirements, and to manage the full approval process.
• Maintain detailed records of studies to ensure compliance with requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), study protocols, department, hospital/clinical standard operating procedures and other regulatory guidelines
• Strong organizational and communication skills are essential, as the CRC collaborates closely with PIs, the Clinical Research Supervisor, clinical and research staff across multiple projects.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with employees at all levels throughout the institution

Duties Continued - (Intermediate level only):

• Independently master study materials, including but not limited to protocols, informed consent forms, and all other essential study documents for assigned studies
• Independently perform study related processes, procedures, and assessments as defined in study protocol and in compliance with regulating bodies
• Assist Team Leads, Supervisors and/or management with creation and implementation of processes and procedures and quality improvement initiatives
• Assist and train junior team members

Additional Examples of work Performed (all levels):

• Engage in community activities to help advertise the study widely
• Manage the study webpages and social media pages

Vice Chair of Research - Open Rank: Associate Professor - Professor (CU Anschutz Medical Campus) Apply to requisition 37397

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine’s mission is to provide outstanding, cutting-edge clinical care, research, and state-of-the-art training. The Department is seeking a Vice Chair of Research to further the department’s research mission, promoting programmatic and interdisciplinary initiatives in basic, clinical, translational, and health services research. As the dedicated leader of department research, the Vice Chair of Research will have a close working relationship with the Chair of Otolaryngology, CU Medicine, University of Colorado Health (UCHealth), Children’s Hospital of Colorado (CHCO), our affiliates (DH, VA), faculty members across the entire department and other stakeholders across campus.  

The ideal candidate will hold the degree of MD (with board certification in an otolaryngology subspecialty) or a PhD in laboratory-based bench research, or both. They should have an outstanding record of achievement and national prominence in basic/translational/clinic research. The ideal candidate must also possess leadership experience running research programs in a comparable academic department or healthcare setting. The candidate is expected to be a scientist with a solid track record of extramural funding. 

Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Partner with Department leadership to develop the research mission, strategic plan, tactics for achieving the goals of the strategic plan, and metrics for measuring success. Ensure that department goals are in alignment with goals of the School of Medicine.
• Partner with the Vice Chair of Faculty Affairs and the Vice Chair of Education to develop a mentorship program and opportunities for development of research-focused faculty. These efforts will include developing and refining novel early and mid-career support programs, bridge funding programs, exploring PSTP program and other efforts to ensure recruitment, retention and success for clinician scientists, laboratory scientists, and other researchers within the Department.
• Partner with the Vice Chair of Education in the implementation and management of Research Related Training grants to include a T32 and R25.
• Advise on the recruitment of research fellows, staff, and faculty with the Chair
• Mentor residents, research fellows, and/or graduate students.
• Oversee and advise on departmental research efforts with an emphasis on forming and encouraging scientific collaborations, with the goal of increasing publications and funded research. Interface with other departments desiring to conduct studies regarding collaboration on new and existing projects, building and enhancing collaborative relationships across the enterprise.
• Support the Resident Program by actively engaging and supporting resident’s research efforts including active involvement in the annual Resident Research Day.
• Participate actively in departmental committees including Executive Committee, Faculty Search Committees, and Residency Search and Review Committees.
• In conjunction with the Research (Administrative) Program Director, track total number of research projects and clinical trials that are being conducted and work with members of the Department of Otolaryngology faculty to increase these activities on an ongoing basis.
• Partner with leaders in informatics and innovations within the SOM and the campus to expand the role these critical fields play in otolaryngology research.
• Partner closely with Department and SOM Quality Improvement efforts to integrate research in quality improvement and patient safety to advance medicine and improve patient outcomes.
• Enhance the communication of research activities and findings in the Department
• Lead an annual departmental research retreat to continually evaluate and evolve Department research strategy and tactics
  
  
  

Open Rank Professor - Pediatric Otolaryngologist - MD (Colorado Springs) Apply to requisition 36946

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery is seeking a full-time pediatric otolaryngologist for its pediatric practice at Children's Hospital Colorado, located in Colorado Springs, Colorado.  This position will also be responsible for leadership and coordination of the cleft lip and palate program as the Cleft Medical Director for Colorado Springs. This position will work directly with the cleft team leadership at the Metro Denver Children’s Hospital of Colorado as well.

Key Responsibilities:

• Clinical/OR service in the field of Pediatric Otolaryngology, with the primary location for this position being Children’s Hospital Colorado/Briargate Outpatient Facility in Colorado Springs.
• Lead the cleft lip and palate team in Colorado Springs, fostering collaboration among various specialists including surgeons, speech therapists, psychologists, and nutritionists. They will also partner with the Cleft Lip/Palate team at the Metro Denver campus, headed by Pediatric Otolaryngologist Christopher Discolo, MD.
• Faculty expectation for regular academic/scholarship/research activities toward academic promotion 

 

Open Rank Professor - Pediatric Otolaryngologist – MD  (CU Anschutz Medical Campus) Apply to requisition 32294

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery is seeking a board-eligible or board-qualified pediatric otolaryngologist to join the full-time faculty. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Clinical service in the field of Pediatric Otolaryngology, with the primary location for this position being Children’s Hospital Colorado located at Anschutz Medical Campus as well as surrounding network of care sites.- Teaching and mentoring of fellows, residents, medical students, and other related trainees.
• Teaching and mentoring of fellows, residents, medical students, and other related trainees.
• Faculty expectation for regular academic/scholarship/research activities toward academic promotion 

Instructor – Pediatric Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner (Colorado Springs) Apply to requisition 37935

The Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery is seeking a full-time Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner for its pediatric practice at the Children’s Hospital of Colorado in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The qualified candidate will be appointed to the rank of Instructor within the department. As an active member of the pediatric team, the candidate will work closely with experienced pediatric otolaryngologists in both the outpatient and inpatient setting to support a busy practice focusing on the management of complex pediatric otolaryngology patients.


Key Responsibilities:

• The physician assistant/nurse practitioner will work under the supervision of the faculty otolaryngologist to provide both inpatient and outpatient care.
• The physician assistant/nurse practitioner will be expected to support all facets of the outpatient clinical service to include the following: manage new and return patient visits, provide pre-operative and post-operative education and care, and coordination of care with providers within and outside the practice setting. This will take place in concert with RN and MA staff already in place.
• The candidate will be trained to perform both office-based and hospital-based procedures such as fiberoptic laryngoscopy, nasal endoscopy, management of tracheostomy tubes, simple biopsies, nasal cautery, microscopic ear examination and cleaning/debridement.
• The scope of inpatient duties includes performing morning patient rounds, completing discharge summaries, performing in-patient and out-patient consults, and assisting on surgical cases. He/she will be expected to be involved in patient education as well as obtaining surgical consents. Communication with PCPs and other CHCO physicians by phone is also expected.
• The candidate will become proficient in the electronic medical record (EMR) system used by the hospital.
• Assist in the education of nurses and medical assistants in the field of otolaryngology.
• Provide administrative support and thorough follow-up to ensure orderly, effective, and superior patient care. This may include the development and implementation of educational materials or protocols for staff and patients.
• While not required at this time, overnight call, evening, weekend, and holiday work/call may be required in the future.