Hospital

• Brand new Lutheran Hospital Campus opening August 2024
• Open for 100+ years
• All specialties available including thriving stroke care and cardiovascular care
• Numerous specialized programs including Human Motion Institute (Orthopedic), Comprehensive Cancer Center, Senior Service Line, Women and Family Center
• Strong, collaborative hospital program
• Level 2 Trauma Center 
• Epic EMR 

Emergency Department

• ED Volume: 60,000
• 25% admission rate with broad pathology
• Newly renovated department with 54 private rooms and 3 major resuscitation bays
• All diagnostics modalities available 24/7/365
• Radiology available 24/7
• System-wide use of Epic EMR
• Robust call panel
• Level 2 Trauma Center 

Observation

• OBS Volume: 4,000
• OBS Beds: 16

Benefits

Financial Benefits

• Equity ownership for all full-time physicians
• Industry-leading 10% company funded 401(k)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision and Rx coverage
• Short- and long-term disability (own occupation)
• Annual CME/BEA (Business Expense Account)
• Medical Malpractice with tail and litigation support
• Pioneering Paid Military Leave
• Groundbreaking 100% Paid Parental Leave
• Student loan refinancing as low as 2.99%

Intangible Benefits

• Location flexibility and career stability of a national group
• National Clinical Governance Board (NCGB) of internally elected clinicians
• Clinical Management Tools (CMTs)
• Center for Emergency Medical Education (CEME)
• 24/7/365 live physician support
• USACS Orientation and Assemblies
• Professional Development Programs including:
• Scholars (Leadership Training)
• Efficiency Academy
• Engagement & Experience Academy
• Internal USACS traveling physicians

Community

Wheat Ridge is located in central Colorado, less than 15 minutes from Downtown Denver. The City operates under a Council-Manager form of government with an elected mayor and two Council members from each of the four districts.

There is one high school, two middle schools, seven public elementary schools, and six private schools that are part of the Jefferson County R-1 school system, which has some of the highest equivalency test scores in the nation for grades 1-12.

With more than 300 blue-sky days per year, more than San Diego or Miami Beach, Wheat Ridge has something for everyone, there are 24 parks, 274 acres of open space, four lakes and more than seven miles of nationally recognized trail along Clear Creek, not to mention the 70,000 square foot Recreation Center and an Active Adult Center.