Position Number: 80920

Nature of Work
Full time position in the Section of Pediatric Hospital Medicine. Clinical responsibilities would primarily take place at Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO) Colorado Springs campus. Some clinical time may also be in the Children’s Hospital of Colorado Network of Care and in the well-baby nurseries and NICU’s at community hospitals.

Professional Field
Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Supervision Received
Dr. Jennifer Reese, Section Head
Dr. D. David Scudamore, Director of Clinical Operations
Dr. Tracey Clark, Director of Hospitalist Medicine, Children’s Hospital Colorado - Colorado Springs

Supervision Exercised
Residents, interns, advanced practice providers, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and medical students

Examples of Work Performed

• Proctoring, supervising or teaching students, residents or trainees in a clinical setting.
• Care of pediatric patients admitted to general pediatric wards or observation units at the Children’s Hospital Colorado – Colorado Springs and its Network of Care.
• Care of well newborns and newborns admitted to Level 2 NICU.
• Routine newborn circumcision, lumbar puncture, procedural sedation.
• Clinical coverage for a 1.0cFTE hospitalist position is 166 day-time shifts. The shift differential at night is 1.75. Shifts will be served on day service with nocturnist, minimum two per month, and swing shifts required throughout the year. There will be some reasonable seasonal variation in the number of hours worked per week and the actual hours of necessary coverage.
• Providers are required to take up to three Jeopardy shifts on average each month. If called in on Jeopardy, full credit will be given as a shift worked and moonlighting pay will be given, or it will be deducted from your yearly clinal requirement. Your clinical hours will include major and minor holidays.
• Due to the multiple facilities within the CHCO NOC at which Hospitalist services are provided, you may be required to provide care at a site other than the usual site of practice. Notification of the need to provide care at an alternative site will be made as soon as possible. Orientation to a new site of practice will be provided by the site medical director or their designee.
• Become certified for Procedural Sedation per CHCO guidelines.
• You are required to complete EPIC training to achieve proficiency in charting with the EMR. You will also comply with all CHCO and CU Medicine rules regarding timely and accurate documentation in the EPIC EMR.
• Practitioner is expected to comply with annual PRISM evaluation process.
• You will be expected to spend several days each month tending to non-clinical duties such as teaching, quality improvement/research and administrative obligations. Administrative responsibilities may include input into hospital and clinic systems, committee work and projects aimed at improving the hospital medicine service and clinical mission.

Minimum Requirements

• Instructor
  • BC/BE in General Pediatrics or Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Completion of pediatric residency training and/or a minimum of 0-3 years of experience in general pediatrics or hospital medicine
• Senior Instructor
  • BC/BE in General Pediatrics or Pediatric Hospital Medicine
  • Completion of pediatric residency training and/or a minimum of 3-5 years of experience in general pediatrics or hospital medicine

Condition of Employment:

• Must successfully pass a drug test through Children’s Hospital Colorado
• Must be willing and able to pass a national criminal background check

This position an essential position.
*Essential positions require the person to be present even during times of campus closure due to weather and other events and/or during night and weekend shifts.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• The applicant should be able to work well both independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to be well-organized and efficient in their work and be able to prioritize patient and system needs appropriately.
• The applicant should be highly committed to quality improvement, family centered care, and evidence-based practice.
• Proven administrative and leadership abilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Hospital Medicine
• Experience in newborn care and NICU
• Sustained clinical experience in pediatric hospital medicine
• Demonstrated leadership and accomplishments in complex organizational environments
• Documented vision and success in building clinical programs
• Excellent communication skills to interface with learners, faculty, health care teams, administrators, community organizations and donors.