University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, Child & Adolescent Division

Job Title: Advanced Practice Provider (APP)/(PA/NP/APRN)/Psychiatry/Child & Adolescent Division/Instructor - Senior Instructor

Position #00839800 – Requisition #37698

Job Summary:

The Child and Adolescent PMHNP must demonstrate clinical experience and excellence with children and adolescents with psychiatric diagnoses, developmental differences, and the ability to manage different levels of acuity, including patients in different levels of care. (traditional inpatient, outpatient, and partial hospitalizations including the Neuropsychiatric Special Care (NSC) program (inpatient and partial hospitalization -day treatment).

Key Responsibilities:

• Ability to apply and implement evidence-based approaches to care including using evidence-based guidelines for prescriptions and monitoring medications in the pediatric population.

• Able to perform initial psychiatric diagnostic interviews with a biopsychosocial focus, develop and follow through with treatment plans, and maintain timely and focused documentation through the electronic medical record.

• Providing preceptor experiences for APRN students with the appropriate experience and certification from the University of Colorado-Anschutz College of Nursing.

• Work as a member of a multidisciplinary setting consisting of physicians, psychologists, behavioral health clinicians, nursing, board certified behavioral analysts, behavioral health specialists, nursing, and trainees.

• Carry a case load on the NSC inpatient unit and the NSC partial hospitalization program.

Work Location: Onsite - this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO.

Why Join Us:

The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a world-class medical destination at the forefront of transformative science, medicine, education and patient care. The campus encompasses the University of Colorado health professional schools, more than 60 centers and institutes, and two nationally ranked independent hospitals - UCHealth University of Colorado Hospital and Children's Hospital Colorado - that treat more than two million adult and pediatric patients each year. Innovative, interconnected and highly collaborative, the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus delivers life-changing treatments, patient care and professional training and conducts world-renowned research fueled by over $650 million in research grants. For more information, visit www.cuanschutz.edu. 

The Department of Psychiatry is one of the largest units in the UCD-SOM and is comprised of 5 Divisions. The CU Department of Psychiatry sets the standard for Education and Training of leaders in psychiatry and mental health care, conducts ground-breaking Research that aims to eradicate suffering due to psychiatric and substance use disorders, provides ready access to state of-the-art mental health preventions and interventions across the continuum of care, and collaborates with the community and other key stakeholders to promote well-being among all Coloradans. We accomplish this vision in a manner that respects, values and