Instructor of Clinical Practice – Inpatient Cardiac Hospitalist

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Pediatrics - Cardiology

Job Title:  Instructor of Clinical Practice – Inpatient Cardiac Hospitalist

Position #: 00007827 – Requisition #:38495

Job Summary:

The Heart Institute Inpatient Services are comprised of two units: Cardiac Progressive Care Unit (CPCU) and the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (CICU). These are high volume and often high acuity units that share patients, providers, and vision, but also with their individual characteristics and challenges. These units provide outstanding cardiac care to critically ill and acutely ill children in the Rocky Mountain Region and beyond. What these units share:

•      A commitment to collaboration among the multi-disciplinary staff which includes anesthesiologists, cardiologists, intensivists, surgeons, nurses, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, dieticians, and occupational and physical and speech therapists.

•        A commitment to patient respect, justice, and family inclusion-based care.

•      A robust quality improvement and process improvement platform and safety team.

The inpatient units provide comprehensive care for critically ill children and adults with congenital and acquired heart disease. The units care for pre-term infants, neonates with complex disease, all age children, and the adult congenital population. The units are committed to service excellence and a model of interdisciplinary care.

•       40 total beds in the CPCU and 22-26 beds in the CICU

•       Dedicated pediatric cardiac-specialized nurses.

•       CPCU and CICU attendings and vital core of advanced care providers.

•       Active mechanical assist device program, including ventricular assist devices and ECMO. The Heart Institute is an active member and participant in PAC3 and PC4, multicenter acute care cardiology registries.

•    Opportunities for participation in QI and patient safety work, clinical, translational, and acute care registries.

Under the supervision of an attending cardiologist, the Inpatient Cardiac Hospitalist will provide care for patients admitted to the CICU and the CPCU. These patients are admitted through the CHC emergency department, transfers from outside institutions, direct admissions, or transfers from the CICU. They will also assist in the diagnosis and clinical care of congenital and acquired heart disease in patients from neonates to adults with congenital heart disease, especially postoperative care including management of ventilator support, inotropes, mechanical circulatory support, nutrition, and infection management.

Key Responsibilities:

·         Provides and coordinates clinical care for patients admitted to the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit and the Cardiac Progressive Care Unit.

·         Collaboration with learners and trainees, which includes rotating residents and students as well as categorical pediatric cardiology fellows.

·         Participate in daily nursing led and family-attended bedside rounds with the cardiology acute care hospitalist attending in the CPCU or the Cardiac Intensivist attending in the CICU.

·         Coordination of transfers to the CPCU from the CICU

·         Coordination of discharge planning.

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