University of Colorado Anschutz

Department: Pediatrics, Section of Hospital Medicine

Job Title: Advanced Practice Provider (APP) (PA/NP/APRN)

Position #: 00773836 – Requisition #:40687

Job Summary:

Full time (0.5-1.0 FTE/0.5-1.0 cFTE) position in the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. This position will have responsibility at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) Colorado Springs Campus on general medical pediatric inpatient, as well as time in the local community newborn well nursery sites of Memorial Central, Memorial North and Common Spirit St. Francis. This position will include day and nocturnist shifts, including weekends and holidays at these locations.

The Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Children's Hospital Colorado is rapidly expanding, with the recruitment of some of the nation’s best and brightest pediatric hospitalists. As we expand our academic, quality improvement, and educational programs, we continue to provide expert inpatient medical care for children throughout Colorado, and beyond.

Our hospitalists offer 24 hours a day, seven days a week pediatric hospitalist services at all Children's Colorado campuses and our partners with many other hospitals. We aim to provide:

• exemplary family-centered care to our patients and families

• seamless communication to referring community providers

• a focus on educating fellows, residents, medical students, and advance practice provider students in the field of general pediatric hospital medicine

• scholarship in all areas that impact inpatient pediatric care

All of our faculty members bring a strong clinical focus, while many pursue research in education and clinical hospital medicine. Our faculty also serve in administrative capacities for the University, Children's Hospital, and our partner hospitals.

Key Responsibilities:

·         Care for pediatric patients of all age ranges, developmental, nutritional, and physiological status in the inpatient setting. 

·         Works independently within the multidisciplinary team to provide quality inpatient care and disease management for a variety of pediatric inpatient conditions of varying acuity and complexity from admission through discharge, including coordination of discharge planning with case managers, social work, nurses, and other medical personnel.

·         Monitoring of illness progression ad escalation of care for decompensating patients.

·         LP procedural skills and privilege maintenance (initial procedural privileging can be obtain