Instructor – Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, Colorectal Surgery

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

11d•Onsite

About The Position

The Division of GI, Trauma and Endocrine Surgery in the Department of Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine has a full-time faculty position available at the rank of Instructor for a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA). Under the direction of the full-time faculty or designee. This position provides inpatient and outpatient medical care services at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH). The candidate will be expected to provide independent clinical services for general surgery patients at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCH). These duties will include clinical services for Colorectal surgery patients, inpatient responsibilities such as rounding, writing orders, patient assessment, patient education, care coordination, disease management, and discharge activities. Additional outpatient responsibilities will include clinic care, triage of phone calls, emails or faxes, post-op care, follow-up on home care requests, management of referrals and follow-up on diagnostic lab and radiology tests. Close collaboration with colorectal surgeons, sub-specialty surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, intensivists and hospital staff will be necessary. Professional interaction with referring physicians and staff, emergency medical personnel and primary care providers is essential. The candidate will provide care to patients in the inpatient wards, acute care areas, and outpatient clinics. Given the rotating nature of the resident assignments to services, the NP/PA will be a critical part of service continuity and a link between the inpatient and outpatient environments for patients. The census and acuity of clinical activity varies from service to service and NP/PAs may at times be asked to provide cross coverage clinical care on different services to deal with this issue. One key feature of this position is the need to work in collaboration with surgical house staff.

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited school of nursing with a master’s degree in nursing and/or a graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program.
Current license to practice as an Advanced Practice Nurse and/or Physician Assistant with prescriptive privileges or eligible for licensure.
Meets and maintains specific requirements of the Nursing Credential Review Board (Nurse Practitioner) and the Medical Review Board (Physician Assistant).

Nice To Haves

Two years of experience in general surgery, trauma, or critical care setting preferred.
Experience with colorectal surgery patients is preferred
Experience with ostomy care and ostomy patients is preferred

Responsibilities

Provide independent clinical services for general surgery patients
Clinical services for Colorectal surgery patients
Inpatient responsibilities such as rounding, writing orders, patient assessment, patient education, care coordination, disease management, and discharge activities
Outpatient responsibilities will include clinic care, triage of phone calls, emails or faxes, post-op care, follow-up on home care requests, management of referrals and follow-up on diagnostic lab and radiology tests
Close collaboration with colorectal surgeons, sub-specialty surgeons, emergency medicine physicians, intensivists and hospital staff
Professional interaction with referring physicians and staff, emergency medical personnel and primary care providers
Provide care to patients in the inpatient wards, acute care areas, and outpatient clinics
Provide cross coverage clinical care on different services