Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Pulmonology/Critical Care

UC Health • Fort Collins, CO

113d • $100,589 - $143,770

About The Position

At UCHealth, our mission is simple - to improve lives. That starts with you. We improve lives through fresh ideas, innovative approaches, and an unwavering commitment to world-class care. UCHealth Medical Group and the UCHealth Pulmonology/Critical Care Department in Northern, CO, are ready to welcome a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to their team. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, interested in working full-time, and focused on excellent patient care. At UCHealth, we believe each person is extraordinary, and together, we make extraordinary possible. Our ideal candidate will have a passion for providing personalized, evidence-based patient care at the highest level. We are looking for someone who is a good team player, has great communication skills, is eager to learn, a hard worker, and has a passion for the pulmonary/critical care patient population.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Physician Assistant Studies or Master's degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Colorado or unrestricted Nurse Practitioner license issued by the State Board of Nursing.
• Physician Assistant Certification (PA-C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) or Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or AANPCB.
• Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of practice.
• Eligible to provide services reimbursable services and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
• Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration's (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.
• Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.
• Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

Nice To Haves

• Adult/Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNPC-AG) or a Physician Assistant with acute care experience.
• Critical care experience (RN ICU experience, completion of critical care fellowship, or previous work experience in an ICU).
• Pulmonary experience.

Responsibilities

• Inpatient care is primarily located at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO, and UCHealth Greeley Hospital in Greeley, CO.
• Includes management of pulmonary floor, step-down, and ICU patients in collaboration with pulmonology/critical care physicians.
• Performs rounding, new consults, admissions, and discharges.
• Performs history and physicals, orders and interprets tests, and orders treatments.
• Coordinates with other health care professionals.
• Performs advanced procedures.
• Initial orientation will focus on hospital management of pulmonary and critical care patients.
• Training will be altered based on the APPs experience.
• The pulmonary/critical care APP role and responsibilities are subject to grow and change in the future.
• Epic EMR is utilized system-wide.

Benefits

• The pay range for this full-time position is $100,589 - $143,770 annually.
• Relocation support may be offered.
• Paid malpractice.
• Generous continuing medical education (CME) allowance.
• 403(b) with employer matching contribution; 457(b) voluntary option if eligible.
• Exceptional health and welfare benefits including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, disability coverage including coverage for eligible dependents.
• Wellness benefits.
• Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts, identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave, leaves of absence.
• Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Industry: Hospitals
• Education Level: Master's degree
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees