Neurosurgery Functional APP - Open Rank-Instructor or Sr. Instructor

University of Colorado • Aurora, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (CU-SOM) has a fulltime (1 FTE) clinical faculty position available for an Advanced Practice Provider. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) will be a clinical faculty member of the CU-SOM, entering at the level of Instructor or Senior Instructor.
The core components of this position are the pre-surgical considerations, out-patient post-operative care and evaluations, and deep brain stimulation programming. This primarily includes patients with advanced movement disorders including Parkinson’s disease, dystonia, and essential tremor. Surgical treatments for these patients include deep brain stimulation, high intensity focused ultrasound, and experimental stem cell transplantation. The Advanced Practice Provider will provide outpatient care via a mix of independent clinics and clinics alongside a physician provider. The Advanced Practice Provider will also participate in multi-disciplinary treatment planning and coordination of care with stereotactic functional neurosurgery, movement disorders neurology, neuropsychology, neuroradiology, neuropalliative care, neurophysiology and other specialties as needed.

Requirements

• Nurse practitioner or Physician Assistant training. (NP-C or PA-C)
• Current active license to practice in the state of Colorado as an Advanced Practice Nurse or Physician Assistant. Prescriptive authority is required.
• Currently credentialed as an APN or PA by the appropriate national certifying body.

Nice To Haves

• 2 years of experience in inpatient or outpatient care
• Experience in surgical subspecialty
• Ability to communicate effectively, both in writing and verbally
• Proven ability to care for high acuity, high complexity patients
• Desire to assist with neurosurgical procedures
• Ability to work individually and as a team to support team-based medical care in an APP/Physician/Resident Physician model

Responsibilities

• Assess patient’s medical status via chart review, imaging review, history taking and physical exam.
• Order and interpret diagnostic testing and develop management strategies using evidence-based medicine.
• Facilitate referrals to other care providers.
• Prescribe appropriate pharmacological agents.
• Provide patient education and advocacy.
• Consult with supervising neurosurgeon and neurologist
• Follow patients in outpatient clinic.
• Evaluate new referrals for urgency, completeness, and appropriateness for neurosurgery.
• Order and monitor pre-operative testing.
• Participation in Advanced Therapies Movement Disorders (ATMD) Multi-Disciplinary Care Conference
• Perform clinical assessments and standardized rating scales.
• Perform deep brain stimulation programming under the supervision of movement disorders

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
• Paid Time Off: Accruals over the year (based on percentage of time)
• Vacation Days: 22/year (maximum accrual 352 hours)
• Sick Days: 15/year (unlimited maximum accrual)
• Holiday Days: 11/year
• 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: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed