Advanced Practice Provider, Child and Adolescent Instructor Fellow

University of Colorado • Aurora, CO

76d • $58,595 - $78,126

About The Position

University of Colorado’s APP Fellowship in Child in Adolescent Psychiatry is an optional, post-licensure training program for new graduate PMHNPs interested in advanced training in the subspecialty of child and adolescent psychiatry. The Fellowship is 9 months in duration and will occur at the Pediatric Mental Health Institute (PMHI) at Children’s Hospital Colorado in Aurora, CO. APP Fellows rotate through six departments within PMHI gaining exposure to patients across a broad range of ages and diagnoses. One month of elective allows APP Fellows to return to a department within PMHI of their choosing while integrating additional clinical experiences outside of PMHI. Learning collaboratively with the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Physician Fellows, APP Fellows will have one half day per week of didactics from experts in child and adolescent psychiatry. Didactic topics include but are not limited to: advanced pharmacotherapy, pharmacogenomics, and neuroscience. PMHI APP fellows will have the opportunity to teach and mentor PMHNP students and develop preceptor skills. PMHI APP fellows will complete a capstone experience, initiating or supporting quality/process improvement project within PMHI.

Requirements

• Graduated from a PMHNP Program accredited by the CCNE, ACEN, or NLN CNEA.
• At applicant’s start date, APRN applicants must possess a Colorado RN license and ANCC Board Certification as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP). Prescriptive authority is required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience practicing independently in a mental health setting.
• History of working with milieu staff.
• Preferred prior experience in a Child and Adolescent Psychiatric setting (may include experience as a RN prior to APRN training).

Responsibilities

• Ability to apply and implement evidence-based approaches to care including using evidence-based guidelines for prescriptions and monitoring medications in the pediatric population.
• Able to perform initial psychiatric diagnostic interviews, develop and follow through with treatment plans, and maintain timely and focused documentation through the electronic medical record.
• Maintain a supervised case load of patients in the various inpatient and outpatient programs during designated rotations.
• Providing preceptor experiences for APRN students with the appropriate experience and certification from the University of Colorado-Anschutz College of Nursing.
• Member of a multidisciplinary setting consisting of physicians, family therapists, psychologists, and trainees.

Benefits

• Medical: Multiple plan options.
• Dental: Multiple plan options.
• Additional Insurance: Disability, Life, Vision.
• Retirement 401(a) Plan: Employer contributes 10%25 of your gross pay.
• 10 Days of vacation and sick time.
• Tuition Benefit: Employees have access to this benefit on all CU campuses.
• ECO Pass: Reduced rate RTD Bus and light rail service.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: Master's degree