Neonatal Physician Assistant

Job Overview

The Physician Assistant (PA) specializes in family‑centered care for infants and toddlers up to age 2, covering all aspects from primary to critical care. Collaborating with healthcare teams, they provide comprehensive services such as history‑taking, physical examinations, diagnosis, treatment of acute and chronic conditions, and management of illnesses. This includes ordering and interpreting lab tests and imaging studies, prescribing medications and durable medical equipment, and facilitating necessary referrals.

The PA emphasizes health promotion, disease prevention, and educates patients and families. They play a leadership role within interdisciplinary teams, promoting effective communication, mutual respect, and collaborative decision‑making to ensure high‑quality patient care.

• Location – Children's Hospital Colorado Level IV NICU in Aurora, CO
• Position Status – 40 hours per week, eligible for benefits
• Shift – 6 am – 6 pm or 6 pm – 6 am; possibility of some 24‑hour shifts if desired to ensure coverage 7 days per week
• Salary – Pay is dependent on applicant’s relevant experience. Annual salary range: $ to $

• Family Centered Care
  • Consistently integrates age specific and culturally diverse concepts into patient care, considering the patient’s chronological age and developmental functioning while advocating for the wishes, capabilities, and resources of the family/caregiver.
  • Provides patient/family/caregiver with diagnostic and laboratory results as well as actual/potential benefits, limitations, and adverse effects of proposed therapies.
• Teamwork & Collaboration
  • Provides leadership in care management to achieve optimal quality, cost‑effective care.
  • Documents and communicates with healthcare team members to achieve an integrated delivery of pediatric care services.
  • Makes appropriate referrals and discusses recommendations with patient/family/caregiver.
• Quality Improvement
  • Participates in quality improvement activities or research to improve the care delivery process and patient care outcomes; uses and communicates results to initiate change in practice.
• Safety
  • Is mindful and judicious in monitoring safety, utilizing departmental policies and procedures, utilizing evidence‑based practice, and demonstrating critical thinking for patient care management.
  • Maintains clinical competency (ability to independently manage and perform at a high level, and takes personal responsibility for obtaining competency as needed).
  • Orders, prescribes, and/or performs appropriate treatments, therapies, and procedures based on current knowledge, research, and practice. Monitors and evaluates effects of interventions and orders.
• Informatics
  • Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making.
  • Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance appraisal and peer review, resulting in changes in practice and role performance.
  • Contributes to the professional development of peers and colleagues to improve neonatal health care and to foster the profession’s growth; integrates ethical considerations and research findings into practice.
  • Serves as a leader, influencing healthcare/APN practice and policy.

• Degrees
  • Bachelor’s Degree and Master of Physician Assistant studies (MPA) or Master of Science in Physician Assistant studies (MS-PA)
• Experience
  • Two years of combined experience in neonatal fellowship or as a PA in a neonatal setting
• Licenses & Certifications
  • Board Certification as a PA
  • BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association with at least six (6) months left before expiration required upon hire
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certificate
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Colorado Physician’s Assistant License (PA)
  • Prescriptive Authority License

As a Children’s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package including base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company‑provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403(b) employer match, a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools,…