"Advanced Practice Provider - Nurse Practitioner or Physician's Assistant - Department of Family Medicine Flex APP - Sr. Instructor - CU Medicine Family Medicine - Float"

Job Summary

In the context of a clinical care team and Patient Centered Medical Home practices, provide float coverage at the UCHealth/Department of Family Medicine North Metro clinic locations to include the Anschutz Medical Campus, Boulder and Westminster. This position will provide full-spectrum ambulatory care including, but not limited to, chronic disease management, acute and "urgent" care, and wellness and preventative care for adult and pediatric patients both in person and via virtual visits. The Advanced Practice Provider (APP) evaluates, assesses, diagnoses, prescribes and educates patients regarding their particular illness or chronic disease. The position provides high quality primary care to all patients, evaluate and treat acute and chronic problems for the patient population, complete histories, thorough assessments and physical examinations on all patients with accurate and complete documentation reflected in medical records and collaborates and communicates with other departments and colleagues, such as the pharmacy to ensure optimal patient care.

TOTAL FTE COMMITMENT: 1.00 cFTE (32 hours of appointable clinic hours per week and 8 hours per week of clinical administrative time (paperwork, documentation, required meetings, required trainings, etc.) for 45 weeks/year.

Examples of Work Performed

The duties and responsibilities of the position include, but are not limited to:

• New tasks appear continuously throughout the day, plan to check in-box continually during clinic hours and over the lunch hour.
• Refill medications, review chart in detail, check PDMP for controlled substances. Task to front desk if patient needs to schedule an appointment.
• Review any "flagged" labs and notify patient of results.
• Answer MHC messages either with a message that their PCP is away and will answer when back or take care of the message completely; protocols to be developed.
• Place referrals if appropriate.
• Attempt to close the loop in as many tasks as possible.

A. Clinical/Direct Patient Care

In person, acute care/same day access appointments and patient education based on clinic location staffing needs; no patient empanelment.

• Provide quality, accessible, cost-effective primary care for patients served by University of Colorado Hospitals and other DFM sites as designated.
• Provide direct patient care for acute care patients who require/request same-day appointments.
• Collaborate as appropriate with medical staff in the care of complex patients.
• Interact with other health professionals to create guidelines and coordinate patient care.
• Collaborate with other team members in chronic disease management and patient care management.
• Will not participate in afterhours call pool.
• Provide quality care for other populations as assigned.
• Support and collaborate with medical, nursing and office staff.

B. Other Duties

As part of being a faculty member in an academic environment, participate in educational and research activities as opportunities present themselves and/or other duties as assigned by clinical leadership.

Work Location: Onsite - this role is expected to work onsite and is located at multiple locations in the Denver, Colorado metro area.

Why Join Us

The University of Colorado Department of Family Medicine (DFM) seeks a creative and capable individual to lead strategic communications for a national leader in academic medicine. Recently ranked #7 Best Family Medicine Programs by U.S. News, DFM seeks a communications professional who is a storyteller at heart. Someone with a broad range of skills and a desire to put them to work to demonstrate the impact of cutting-edge family medicine care, research, and innovation.

The Department of Family Medicine (DFM) mission is "To heal, teach, discover, and connect. Together." by educating, nurturing, fostering, and enhancing those in family medicine and the communities we live in and serve. The Department of Family Medicine has five key aims, each with specific goals:

• Patient Care - Providing outstanding Family Medicine to every patient.
• Research - Create and disseminate new knowledge.
• Training - Train a future integrated, Family Medicine workforce.
• Community Engagement - Achieve health equity with community engagement and advocacy.
• Our People - Nurture a thriving, diverse, and equitable DFM culture.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Senior Instructor Minimum Qualifications

• Masters/Doctor of Nursing practice degree.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado.
• Licensed/registered as a Family Nurse Practitioner with the State of Colorado.
• Completion of required 1,000 hours (provisional prescription authority/mentorship) or other minimum as defined by State of Colorado in order to obtain full prescriptive authority and DEA registration.
• Medicare/Medicaid credentials.
• National certification by ANCC or AANP as family nurse practitioner.
• Minimum 3+ years (full time) of FNP experience working in a Patient Centered Medical Home/Ambulatory Family Medicine practice and taking care of pediatric patients, must be comfortable charting in Epic.

Preferred Qualifications

• Minimum 3+ years (full time) of FNP experience working in a Patient Centered Medical Home/Ambulatory Family Medicine practice
• Experience working with Epic or another EHR.
• Demonstrates cultural humility and commitment to minimizing implicit bias in clinical care

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

To be successful in this position, candidates will need the following:

• Ability to prioritize and respond to emergencies in a calm manner.
• Ability to verbalize information/directions clearly and concisely.
• Ability to administer patient medications properly.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information
• Conflict resolution skills.
• Proficient with patient documentation and charting in an electronic medical records system; preferably Epic.
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.
• Ability to analyze, prioritize, and resolve patient and office problems.
• Ability to participate effectively as a member of a team.
• Ability to simultaneously perform multiple tasks.
• Knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the age of the patients served; the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient's requirements relative to their age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the office's policies and procedures.

How to Apply

For full consideration, please submit the following document(s):

1. A letter of interest describing relevant job experiences as they relate to listed job qualifications and interest in the position
2. Curriculum vitae / Resume
3. Five professional references including name, address, phone number (mobile number if appropriate), and email address

Applications are accepted electronically ONLY at www.cu.edu/cu-careers.

Questions should be directed to: Lydia Lyon Lydia.lyon@cuanschutz.edu

Anticipated Pay Range

HIRING RANGE:

Senior Instructor

$101,450 - $147,522

The salary of the finalist(s) selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to, internal equity, experience, education, specialty and training.