Chief Education Officer

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Job Summary
Denver Health Medical Center has an opportunity for a Chief Education Officer to join our team. The Chief Education Officer serves as the senior leader for Denver Health's Office of Education, providing strategic direction and oversight for clinical education initiatives across Denver Health. The role works closely with the Chief Academic Officer and other leaders to develop the workforce of the future at a premier urban safety net system. This is an opportunity to build on and continue to grow a broad educational portfolio supporting clinical education programs, health professions learners, community outreach education, and workforce development initiatives from pre-health through CME and simulation. Existing programs—including pre-health, undergraduate, graduate, postgraduate, continuing medical education, and simulation training—serve over 2800 learners annually, with strong ties to the Denver community and partnering academic institutions.

This role will recruit and supervise designated educational staff, negotiate educational agreements, pursue and secure funding, evaluate program effectiveness, and serve as the point person for educational leaders across Denver Health. Housed within Academic Affairs, the Office of Education provides outstanding opportunities for education scholarship and research, while also partnering with the Office of Research to engage and support learners conducting research at Denver Health. Successful candidates will be MD or PhD trained. If filled by an MD, this position combines with ongoing Denver Health clinical work in the physician's specialty.
Essential Functions:

• Leads the Office of Education. Develops and supervises staff supporting clinical education programs, health professions learners, community outreach education, and workforce development initiatives from pre-health through CME and simulation.
• Provides enterprise-level strategic leadership for community outreach and workforce development, including designing, implementing, and scaling pathway programs (K–12, pre-health, community college, undergraduate, and post-baccalaureate) that broaden access to health professions careers and strengthen Denver Health’s talent pipeline.
• Oversees and aligns three arms of educational development — (1) GME (with day-to-day GME operations led by the designated GME leader), (2) UME and other health professions learners (including non-MD learners), and (3) community workforce development—ensuring shared strategy, quality standards, outcomes measurement, and efficient resourcing across the portfolio.
• Builds and sustains partnerships with academic institutions, community-based organizations, school districts, workforce agencies, and internal clinical/service lines to co-develop educational initiatives, experiential learning opportunities, and career pathway programming across all health professions.
• Defines goals, metrics, and reporting for pathway programs, outreach education, and workforce development efforts (e.g., recruitment/retention outcomes, learner progression, equity impact, and community benefit), using data to guide continuous improvement and strategic investment.
• Serves as Designated Institutional Official (DIO); chairs the Graduate Medical Education (GME) Committees for Denver Health and Hospital Authority (DHHA) and Denver Community Health Services (DCHS).
• Serves as voting member for the University of Colorado GME and Affiliated Hospital Steering Committees; serves as alternate on the School of Medicine (SOM) Executive Committee.
• Negotiates academic affiliation agreements, working closely with other leaders at Denver Health.
• Facilitates strong relationships with the University of Colorado. Attends quarterly DHHA/SOM Affiliation Leadership Committee meetings.
• Facilitates strong relationships with other partnering academic institutions and the Denver educational community.
• Works closely with Academic Affairs leadership on shared academic initiatives, including facilitating research for learners at Denver Health and educational scholarship. Attends monthly Office of Academic Affairs leadership meetings.
• Monitors legislative and funding trends to position Denver Health for strategic educational growth.
• Manages disciplinary actions and remediation for learners and faculty to ensure policy and accreditation compliance.
• Works with the Chief Academic Officer and the Denver Health Foundation to secure educational funding.
• Advises and mentors Denver Health faculty, staff and learners to create an educational community and support professional development and performance.
• Maintains clinical expertise with a 0.20 FTE clinical commitment for MD candidates or 0.20 funded research time for PhD candidates.

Education:

• Doctorate Degree MD or PhD from an accredited institution. Required

Work Experience:

• 10+ years Minimum of 10 years progressively responsible experience in healthcare education administration, with a demonstrated record of financial management, programmatic leadership, and educational scholarship. Required

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Develop others
• Build relationships
• Communicate effectively
• Create buy-in
• Critical thinking
• Strategic planning
• Create accountability
• Financial management
• Mentorship

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Benefits

At Denver Health, we take care of the people who take care of our community. Our benefits are built to support your life, your family, and your future — with generous paid time off, fully paid parental leave, exceptional retirement contributions, comprehensive health coverage, and nationally recognized well-being programs. We invest in your growth through tuition assistance, career advancement pathways, and professional development — while also offering meaningful financial advantages through loan forgiveness eligibility and employer contributions. When you join Denver Health, you’re joining a mission-driven organization that invests in you.

Here is a small list of our benefit programs:

• Paid time off starting at 28 days per year, inclusive of vacation, personal/sick, and 7 Holidays

• 100% paid parental leave up to 6 weeks

• Immediate eligibility for retirement plans with employer contribution up to 9.5%

• Generous medical, dental, vision plans in addition to employer paid disability and life insurance.

• Comprehensive well-being programs including on-site employee fitness center located on Denver Health main campus and nationally recognized RESTORE Center

• Free RTD EcoPass (public transportation)

• Childcare discount programs & exclusive perks on large brands, travel, and more

• Tuition reimbursement & assistance

• Education, coaching, and professional development opportunities through the Workforce Development Center (WFDC) that support internal career growth and advancement pathways

• Professional clinical advancement program & shared governance

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligible employer+ free student loan coaching and assistance navigating the PSLF program

• National Health Service Corps (NHCS) and Colorado Health Service Corps (CHSC) eligible employer

About Denver Health

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, the Public Health Institute at Denver Health, Denver Health Medical Plan and Denver Health Foundation.

As Colorado’s primary, and essential, safety-net health care system, Denver Health is a mission-driven organization that has provided millions in uncompensated care for the uninsured each 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. All job applicants for safety-sensitive positions must pass a pre-employment drug test, once a conditional offer of employment has been made. Applicants will be considered until the position is filled.