Instructor MD/MD – PICU Hospitalist

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•$170,000 - $175,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Section of Critical Care within the Department of Pediatrics seeks a newly graduated resident or fellow to fill a PICU Hospitalist position which provides management and coordination of care for patients admitted to the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at Children's Hospital Colorado. The PICU Hospitalist works collaboratively with other members of the PICU team to ensure safe and timely provision of critical care services to patients in the unit. This is a one-year position and will require a mix of days, evenings and night shifts. If desired, an extension of the position for an additional year can be discussed.

Requirements

MD or DO Degree
Completion of accredited residency and/or fellowship in Pediatrics or combined Medicine-Pediatrics at the University of Colorado
Board certified or eligible in pediatrics
Must successfully pass a drug test through Children’s Hospital Colorado
Must be willing and able to pass a national criminal background check

Nice To Haves

Experience managing or caring for critical care and intermediate patients in a tertiary care center
Desire to pursue career in Pediatric Critical Care or related field
Experience participating in QI initiatives
Experience working with and collaborating with APPs
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to handle stressful situations with professional composure.
Skill in prioritizing patient and system needs appropriately.
Knowledge and skill in customer service delivery.
Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team.
Well organized and efficient in their work.
Knowledge of quality improvement, family centered care, and evidence-based practice.

Responsibilities

Provides/coordinates clinical practice for patients admitted to the Pediatric Critical Care service or for whom the Pediatric Critical Care service is consulting, 24 hours a day, through the collaborative practice agreement and under the supervision of the attending physician.
Function to ensure that care team plans are implemented in a timely manner. This may involve working with fellows, rotating residents, APPs, and other trainees, providing education within the scope of the PICU Hospitalist’s experience.
Serve as a first contact, front line provider and will respond to bedside team inquiries, enter orders, communicate with consultants, update patients/families, and escalate concerns to the physician attending as appropriate.
Provides evidence-based clinical care to pediatric patients in the PICU.
Gathers pertinent information systematically and skillfully from all sources (history, diagnostic tests, and comprehensive physical examinations, behavioral and developmental assessments) and incorporates findings into a plan to direct patient management
Round daily on patients in the PICU based upon a rotating schedule and collaborate with the attending physician, other attending physicians from referral services, and with the healthcare team to assess, diagnose, plan, set priorities and realistic outcomes, and evaluate the effectiveness and cost efficiency of patient care.
Evaluate patient physiological and behavioral responses to interventions for revision of management plans
Document daily all relevant data including but not limited to results of diagnostic tests, laboratory results, patients’ condition, response to therapies/interventions, and follow-up interventions
Differentiates normal and abnormal variations for all body systems
Accurately interprets diagnostic tests
Develops problem lists with associated differential diagnosis
Communicates with the family regarding the changing health care needs of their child
Assesses family adaptation, coping skills and the need for crisis or other interventions
Establishes appropriate priorities of care
Utilizing available resources (PharmD, formulary, consulting services) plans and implements appropriate pharmacologic therapies
Accurately and appropriately performs routine diagnostic and therapeutic techniques according to established protocol and current pediatric critical care standards.
Initiates and performs measures necessary to resuscitate and stabilize a compromised pediatric patient according to current critical care and AHA standards.
Initiates referrals based on patient/family needs
Communicates verbally all pertinent patient information to the on call attending physician, nursing staff, and other relevant healthcare providers.
Role models competence in advanced critical care skills.
Utilizes prescriptive privileges for identified patient population.
Keeps knowledge base current by reading professional literature, attending educational programs, and reviewing changes in health legislation and relevant professional research.
Develops, implements, and promotes educational and support resources, following institutional processes
Utilizes evidence-based data and provide leadership to improve outcomes
Utilizes evidence-based decision-making in all clinical practice.
Incorporates clinical research finding in the development and implementation of standards of care.
Supports IRB approved clinical research/trials through a variety of activities including but not limited to: obtaining consent, ordering diagnostic tests, recording laboratory and diagnostic results, administering therapeutic interventions, and reporting patient outcomes including toxicities or adverse events.
Participates in interdisciplinary quality improvement and/or research activities.
Participates in documenting outcome measures.
Identifies potential areas for research.
Participates in the hospital’s Rapid Response Team (RRT) activations