Instructor, Instructor of Clinical Practice, PEM – Colorado Springs

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

13d•$225,000 - $245,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Instructor is clinical faculty at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and provides care in Children's Hospital Colorado's Network of Care, including emergency departments in Colorado. The role treats acutely ill and injured pediatric patients from birth through age 26, conducting histories and physical examinations, determining appropriate workups, and developing diagnoses, treatment plans, and dispositions. The position carries a 1.0 cFTE clinical effort, with 1,376 hours of coverage expected. Hours and obligations are negotiable with the Section Head. Coverage includes Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz and Network of Care locations, pediatric emergency care, Pediatric Observation Unit medicine, and jeopardy shifts. The practitioner must maintain active medical staff privileges at other Children’s Hospital Colorado Network of Care facilities providing emergency or urgent care, except where mutually excluded. The role includes clinical teaching and supervision, participation in Section and operational meetings, quality improvement and clinical-care-guideline development, and ongoing maintenance of skills for safe, high-quality urgent and emergency pediatric care. Annual training requirements include Acute Care Education sessions, code simulations, PALS certification, relevant CME, and other required technical seminars. The position is onsite in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Requirements

Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree.
Board certification and eligibility in Pediatric Emergency Medicine or Emergency Medicine.
Active certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
Active Colorado medical license.
Active Colorado State DEA license.
Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced acute-care environment for 8–12 hours at a time.
Ability to work a mix of day, evening, overnight, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to promote teamwork among nurses, technicians, learners, and colleagues.
Must successfully pass a 10-panel drug test through Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Must be willing and able to pass a national criminal and sex-offender background check.

Nice To Haves

Two or more years of experience in a pediatric acute-care environment.
Experience teaching medical students and residents.
Completion of fellowship training in Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
Experience with pediatric patients, ideally including pediatric emergency, critical care, or urgent-care exposure.
POCUS training.

Responsibilities

Provide urgent and emergency medical care to acutely ill and injured pediatric patients from birth through age 26.
Take patient histories, perform physical examinations, determine appropriate workups, and develop diagnoses, treatment plans, and dispositions.
Provide clinical coverage for pediatric emergency care, Pediatric Observation Unit medicine, and jeopardy shifts across Children's Hospital Colorado Anschutz and Network of Care locations.
Maintain active medical staff privileges at applicable Children’s Hospital Colorado Network of Care facilities providing emergency or urgent care.
Attend at least 75% of the Section of Emergency Medicine’s monthly joint section and operational update meetings, and participate in required monthly Section meetings.
Teach medical students, family practice residents, and pediatric residents.
Provide clinical supervision and onboarding support for Advanced Practice Providers.
Participate in quality improvement and development of clinical care guidelines.
Maintain skills for high-quality, patient-centered, safe urgent and emergency pediatric care through required education, simulation, certification, CME, and seminars.
Maintain PALS certification and complete required annual code simulations.
Participate in the recommended annual operating-room experience with anesthesiology to maintain airway skills.