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

About the Position

Part‑time Nocturnist Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Cardiothoracic Surgery, Colorado Springs, CO.

• Rounding and management of overnight CVICU/floor patients.
• Participate in multi‑disciplinary care planning and quality assurance initiatives.
• Provide direct care, counseling, history and physical examinations, and teaching to adult cardiac surgical patients in inpatient, operative, and procedural settings.
• Order, interpret, and evaluate appropriate laboratory and diagnostic tests.
• Develop plans of care and follow‑up based on diagnostic, laboratory, and physical findings.
• Order medications and write prescriptions according to organizational and regulatory policies and procedures.
• Consistently provide high‑quality and timely documentation.
• Perform bedside procedures appropriate to the patient population.
• Assist in the operating room and perform endovascular vein harvesting.
• Discuss patient data with other physicians and professionals in a multidisciplinary setting.
• Demonstrate expert clinical judgment to function in an independent role.
• Complete continuing medical education per state regulations and national registry requirements.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as required by the department/division.

• 3+ years of Cardiac or Cardiothoracic Surgery ICU and floor patient management.
• Excellent communication skills; works well in a team environment and can work autonomously.
• Overnight 2/10 schedule (8:30 pm‑6:30 am) with in‑house call management.
• CVICU covered by dual‑trained anesthesiologist/cardiac intensivist, 7 days/week, 24/7 (not in‑house in the evenings).

• Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies.
• Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in Colorado.
• Physician Assistant Certification (PA‑C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.
• Unrestricted DEA permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in practice.
• Eligible to provide services, reimbursable services, and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
• Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from HHS/OIG or GSA lists.
• Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.
• Prescriptive authority as appropriate, per medical staff service privileging process.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

• Full or provisional prescriptive authority eligibility is required; provider must apply for prescriptive authority as a condition of employment.
• Master’s degree in Nursing and graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program.
• Nurse Practitioner Certification issued by the ANCC or AANPCB required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment.
• Unrestricted N‑P license issued by the State Board of Nursing in the state of practice or compact privileges under the multi‑state Nurse Licensure Compact agreement.
• Unrestricted medical staff membership, with appropriate practice privileges.
• Full prescriptive authority.
• Unrestricted DEA permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in practice.
• Eligible to provide services, reimbursable services, and maintain provider status with Medicare and Medicaid.
• Eligible to provide services with no sanctions or exclusion from HHS/OIG or GSA lists.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification issued by the American Heart Association or the American Red Cross.

• Pay range: $57,500 – $75,382 + 10% overnight differential annually, dependent on applicant’s experience.
• Relocation bonus up to $10,000.
• Annual Quality Value Incentive Plan (QVIP) up to $10,000.
• Paid malpractice.
• Continuing medical education (CME) up to $3,500 and up to 5 days annually.
• 403(b) with employer matching; 457(b) voluntary option if eligible.
• Health and welfare benefits: medical, vision, dental, life insurance, disability coverage (including dependents).
• Eligible for federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program; free assistance navigating PSLF.
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