APRN) Pediatric Hospital Medicine - Open Rank- Clinical Practice

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

9d•$111,000 - $119,000•Onsite

About The Position

The University of Colorado Anschutz Department of Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine, is hiring an Advanced Practice Provider (physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or APRN) for a full-time 0.5–1.0 FTE/cFTE position. The role provides care at Children's Hospital Colorado's Colorado Springs Campus on the general medical pediatric inpatient service and at local community newborn well nurseries at Memorial Central, Memorial North, and Common Spirit St. Francis. The schedule includes day and nocturnist shifts, weekends, and holidays. The position provides inpatient care to pediatric patients across ages and levels of developmental, nutritional, and physiological status, as well as care for well newborns. The APP works independently within a multidisciplinary team, manages illness and discharge planning, monitors patient progress, and escalates care when needed. Procedural responsibilities include lumbar punctures, circumcisions, and frenotomies; initial procedural privileges can be obtained after employment if not already held. In the nocturnist role, the APP co-manages the Colorado Springs general medical inpatient team with an attending physician, handles admissions and transfers, stabilizes decompensating patients, and covers the nursery pager for all sites, including overnight evaluation at Memorial North as needed. The Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine provides round-the-clock hospitalist services across Children's Colorado campuses and partner hospitals. Its work includes family-centered care, communication with referring community providers, education of trainees, and scholarship related to inpatient pediatric care. Faculty also participate in research and administrative work.

Requirements

Physician Assistant candidates: graduate from an APAP-approved physician assistant training program and hold certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.
Physician Assistant candidates: obtain a Colorado license before the start date.
Physician Assistant candidates: hold BLS and PALS certification before the start date; obtain NRP, which may be completed after starting.
Instructor-level Physician Assistant candidates: have 0–4 years of experience in general pediatrics or hospital medicine.
Senior Instructor-level Physician Assistant candidates: have at least 5 years of experience in general pediatrics or hospital medicine.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner candidates: graduate from an accredited BSN program and hold APN licensure and a master's degree from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner candidates: hold BLS and PALS certification before the start date; obtain NRP, which may be completed after starting.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner candidates: hold Pediatric Nursing Certification Board certification or comparable certification, and Acute Care Nurse Practitioner certification.
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner candidates: qualify for and obtain Colorado prescriptive authority within one year of beginning the position.
Instructor-level Pediatric Nurse Practitioner candidates: have 0–4 years of experience in general pediatrics or hospital medicine.
Senior Instructor-level Pediatric Nurse Practitioner candidates: have at least 5 years of experience in general pediatrics or hospital medicine.
Colorado license, BLS, and PALS are required before the start date; NRP is required within six months of hire.
Successfully pass a drug test through Children's Hospital Colorado and a national criminal background check.
Comply with onboarding requirements of the community hospitals, Children's Hospital Colorado Network of Care locations, the main CHCO campus in Aurora, and the CHCO Colorado Springs campus.
Knowledge of common pediatric and adolescent inpatient conditions.
Strong customer service, communication, organizational, prioritization, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
Expertise and training in history-taking, physical examinations, and determining treatment plans.

Nice To Haves

Three to five years of experience in pediatrics.
Current Colorado state prescriptive authority.
Inpatient experience.

Responsibilities

Care for pediatric inpatients of all ages and developmental, nutritional, and physiological statuses.
Provide independent care within a multidisciplinary team for a range of pediatric inpatient conditions, from admission through discharge.
Coordinate discharge planning with case managers, social workers, nurses, and other medical personnel.
Monitor illness progression and escalate care for decompensating patients.
Maintain lumbar puncture procedural skills and privileges; initial privileging may be obtained after employment.
Care for well newborns at three local community hospitals from admission through discharge.
Maintain circumcision and frenotomy procedural skills and privileges; initial privileging may be obtained after employment.
As a nocturnist, co-manage the Colorado Springs general medical inpatient team with an MD/DO attending, including admissions, transfers, and stabilization of decompensating patients.
Cover the nursery pager for all sites and evaluate patients at the Memorial North nursery overnight as needed.