Advanced Practice Provider (APP)/(PA/NP/APRN)/Psychiatry/Emergency/Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Psychiatry

Job Title: Advanced Practice Provider (APP)/(PA/NP/APRN)/Psychiatry/Emergency/Instructor, Sr. Instructor, Assistant Professor

Position #00846637 – Requisition #39600

Job Summary:

The CDU2 APP (.5 to 1.0 FTE) will provide direct patient care in the Emergency Department. This position involves evaluating and treating behavioral emergencies and substance intoxication and withdrawal in the emergency department alongside a team of behavioral health evaluators, nurses, emergency medicine physicians, APPs, residents, and medical students.  This position will be hired at between 20 and 40 hours per week (.5 to 1.0 FTE), depending on need at time of hire.

The APP is responsible for collaborating with other emergency department faculty, staff and other CDU2 psychiatrists and APPs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Participate in attending rotation in ED/CDU2 service with flexible hours including weekends and overnights (7p-7a).

• The CDU2 APP must  be comfortable managing comorbid medical conditions via collaboration with the main emergency department attendings.

• Determining the appropriate treatment of patients, monitoring them as needed, and determining disposition.

• This position requires familiarity with the use of , emergency medications, seclusion/restraint procedures, pharmacology for acute agitation, risk assessment, and treatment of substance intoxication and withdrawal.

• Participate in performance improvement activities; quality improvement and patient safety activities; assists in maintaining compliance with Joint Commission  accreditation and other internal and external regulatory standards including the code of conduct.

• Maintains eligibility for SOM faculty appointments.

• Help with interdisciplinary trainee education in both clinical and didactic settings.

• Perform initial diagnostic interviews, develop, and follow through with a treatment plan, and maintain appropriate documentation through the electronic medical record-Epic.

• Identify when patients may move on from our treatment service as they complete care, transition back to primary care, or need specialty or long- term services located in the community.

• Actively contributes to academic advancement of his/her/their discipline.

Work Location:

Onsite – this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, Colorado at the University of Colorado Hospital, Clinical Decision Unit 2. (CDU2).

Why Join Us:

The University of Colorado Anschutz is a public education, clinical and research facility serving 4,500 students, and a world-class medical destination at the forefront of life-changing science, medicine, and healthcare. CU Anschutz offers more than 42 highly rated degree programs through 6 schools and colleges and receives over $705 million in research awards each year. We are the single largest health professions education provider in Colorado, awarding 1,450 degrees annually. Powered by our award-winning faculty, renowned researchers and a reputation for academic excellence, the CU Anschutz Medical Campu