Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - PT Nocturnist - CT Surgery - Colorado Springs, CO

About the role

The UCHealth Cardiothoracic Surgery program in Colorado Springs, CO is seeking a part-time Nocturnist Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for providing personalized, evidence-based patient care at the highest level.

Responsibilities

• Rounding and management of overnight CVICU/floor patients.
• Participate in multi-disciplinary care planning and quality assurance initiatives.
• Provides direct care, counseling, history and physical examinations, and teaching to the adult cardiac surgical patient population in the inpatient, operative, and procedural setting.
• Orders, interprets, and evaluates appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develops appropriate plans of care and follow-up based on the outcomes of diagnostic, laboratory, and physical examination findings.
• Orders medications and writes prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provides high quality and timely documentation.
• Performs bedside procedures as are appropriate to the patient population.
• Discusses patient data with other physicians and professionals as appropriate in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrates expert clinical judgment skills to function in an independent role.
• Completes continuing medical education as per state regulations and national registry requirements to maintain and enhance skills and clinical competence.

Qualifications

• Required 3+ years of Cardiac or Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU and floor patient management.
• Excellent communication skills, works well in a team environment, and is able to work autonomously and collaboratively in a high-acuity setting.

Benefits

• Pay range: $57,500 - $75,382 + 10% overnight differential annually.
• Relocation bonus of up to $10,000, if eligible.
• Annual Quality Value Incentive Plan (QVIP) of up to $10,000.
• Paid malpractice.
• Continuing medical education (CME) of up to $3,500 and up to 5 days annually.
• 403(b) with employer matching contribution; 457(b) voluntary option if eligible.
• Exceptional health and welfare benefits including medical, vision, dental, life insurance, and disability coverage including coverage for eligible dependents.
• UCHealth provides employer-paid short-term disability (STD) coverage as a supplement to Colorado FAMLI, offering up to 66.67% of your base pay.
• UCHealth provides employer-paid long-term disability (LTD) coverage, which equals 50% of your base pay, up to $17,500 per month. Additionally, you have the option to buy-up LTD coverage to 60% or 66.67%.
• Wellness benefits.
• Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs.
• Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence.
• Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% tuition, books, and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees.
• Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year.