Instructor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

28d•$106,000 - $115,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Neurology has an ongoing need for Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners or Physician Assistants) with strong values and unique skills for several of our specialties. This position will provide both acute and chronic direct care to Neurologic patients with our Neuro-Immunology section. This is an outpatient position, providing direct patient care to our patients with neuro-immunologic disease and engages closely with colleagues across the Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Hospital (UCH), and other satellite locations. Successful candidates will have a proven record of accomplishment in supporting the needs of patients, developing differential diagnoses, and prescribing treatments in collaboration with leading specialty providers. We are seeking individuals who are collaborative, communicative, proactive, caring, detail-oriented, organized, able to think critically, focused on quality, and dedicated to personal growth. Our providers, which consist of physicians, fellows, and APPs, see patients with multiple sclerosis, neuromyelits optica spectrum disorder, and other autoimmune and neuroinflammatory conditions, such as autoimmune encephalitis, stiff person syndrome and neurosarcoidosis primarily in an outpatient setting. The successful applicant will see and manage patients in conjunction with their physician partners, using both in-person and telehealth meetings. They will also help manage activities outside patient encounters including monitoring safety labs for various immune therapies, review of MRI scans, and managing inbox activity of patient requests in the electronic medical record application, Epic. They also will help manage baclofen pump adjustments and refills.

Requirements

Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant Degree
License to practice in Colorado or ability to obtain a license to practice in Colorado
Experience and desire to work with patients with chronic, and sometimes severe illness

Nice To Haves

Significant experience working with neurological patients and/or experience in management of chronic diseases in a subspecialty environment
Background in neuroscience
Experience working in a primary care medicine setting
Experience completing documentation and performing tasks routinely assigned in hospital settings using hospital record systems (e.g., Epic and Oncore)
Knowledge of University of Colorado Health Hospitals

Responsibilities

Screen, evaluate, diagnose, manage medications, and provide disease counseling
Acute and chronic outpatient care of patients with neurological disease including symptomatic therapy, disease-modifying therapy, and health maintenance care
Serves as first contact for clinician level patient communications
Engage in collaborative team-based care to make informed decisions for patient care
Support and engage in continual learning and development among nursing staff, physician assistants, pharmacy staff, medical students, and neurology residents
Periodic educational presentation of lectures to patients and others