APRN) Pediatric Orthopedic - Adjoint Instructor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Orthopedics at the University of Colorado School of Medicine seeks a part-time, exempt, on-call Clinical Instructor—Physician Assistant/Nurse Practitioner in Pediatric Orthopedics. The position provides care at Children’s Hospital Colorado–Colorado Springs and the CU Briargate Specialty Clinic for Children in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and includes membership in the CU Briargate Center, a multispecialty pediatric clinic and CU School of Medicine cost center. The position is not eligible for benefits or tenure. The provider delivers pediatric orthopedic care across hospital operating rooms, hospital wards, emergency departments, and outpatient clinics. Responsibilities include night and weekend call coverage, urgent telephone triage, consultations, patient assessment and treatment, and support of orthopedic surgeons in the operating room. The role may involve fracture reductions, joint aspirations and injections, and preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care. Occasional casting, splinting, dressing, and emergency lifesaving procedures may also be required. The position is onsite. The posting identifies Colorado Springs clinical locations and separately states that the role is located in Aurora, Colorado.

Requirements

Colorado Certified Physician Assistant, or inclusion on the State of Colorado Advanced Practice Registry as an Advanced Practice Nurse.
Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants or certification by the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
Current CPR certification.
Self-directed.
Detail-oriented.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Submit a letter of interest describing relevant experience and interest in the position, a curriculum vitae or résumé, and five professional references with contact information.

Responsibilities

Provide mid-level night and weekend call coverage for the Pediatric Orthopedic Colorado Springs provider group.
Share telephone, emergency department, and hospital call coverage fairly with physicians; perform telephone triage of urgent patients.
Perform fracture reductions in the emergency department as needed and joint aspirations and injections as needed.
Consult with Children’s Hospital Colorado colleagues and outside providers about orthopedic trauma patient care.
Obtain detailed patient histories, perform physical examinations, assess and treat acute and chronic medical problems, and provide direct patient care to a specified population.
Write prescriptions for physical therapy, occupational therapy, imaging studies, and durable medical equipment as needed.
Complete FMLA and other forms and school notes, with assistance from office staff.
Assist with preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative care; write appropriate orders, including orders for narcotics and other scheduled drugs.
Perform casting, splinting, and dressing when office medical assistants or cast technicians are overloaded; these are not primary duties.
Occasionally perform emergency lifesaving procedures in emergencies such as cardiac arrest, respiratory arrest, or massive hemorrhage.
Notify the attending physician on call, house physician on call, or supervising physician of unusual or unexpected events or problems requiring direct physician consultation.
Follow safety, environmental, and infection-control methods.
Write progress notes in office and hospital charts documenting patient status and treatment procedures, and maintain other required records.
Provide health education to patients and families.
Assist the orthopedic surgeon in the operating room.