Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant – PRN Pulmonary and Critical Care
Listed on 2026-06-21
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Nursing
Nurse Practitioner, Advanced Practice Nurse/APRN, Pulmonary Care, ICU Nurse
Description
At UCHealth, our mission is simple – to improve lives. That starts with you. We improve lives through fresh ideas, innovative approaches, and an unwavering commitment to world‑class care.
UCHealth Medical Group and the UCHealth Pulmonary and Critical Care team in Northern CO, are ready to welcome a Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner to their team. The ideal candidate will be enthusiastic, interested in working PRN, and focused on excellent patient care. At UCHealth, we believe each person is extraordinary, and together, we make extraordinary possible.
Our ideal candidate will have a passion for providing personalized, evidence‑based patient care at the highest level. We are looking for someone who is a good team player, has great communication skills, is eager to learn, a hard worker, and has a passion for the pulmonary/critical care patient population.
Responsibilities:
- Inpatient care is primarily located at Medical Center of the Rockies in Loveland, CO, UCHealth Greeley Hospital in Greeley, CO, and Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins, CO.
- Includes management of pulmonary floor, step‑down, and ICU patients in collaboration with pulmonology/critical care physicians.
- Performs rounding, new consults, admissions, and discharges.
- Northern Colorado is a growing area, and UCHealth is growing to meet the demands of our community. Thus, the pulmonary/critical care APP role and responsibilities are subject to grow and change in the future.
- Epic EMR is utilized system‑wide.
Preferred:
- Adult/Geriatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNPC-AG) or a Physician Assistant with acute care experience.
- Critical care experience (RN ICU experience, completion of critical care fellowship, or previous work experience in an ICU).
- Pulmonary experience.
Below are a few good reasons to join our Pulmonology team in Northern Colorado:
- Variety – cover at multiple hospitals and see both pulmonary and critical care patients.
- Our team is a collaborative and cohesive group that thrives on providing the best care in the region.
- Our health system is the leader in health care in our region, and is patient‑focused.
We know how fast the world of healthcare is changing, and we push ourselves to stay ahead of the curve. The UCHealth Medical Group is physician‑led and employs nearly 2,000 physicians and advanced practice providers who aim to anticipate and address patients’ every health need. We call on providers in every career stage and specialty to lead and provide direction for the future of healthcare ly today.
This position will be open for a minimum of 3 days and will remain open until a top candidate is identified.
We are unable to support visa candidates for this position.
Requirements for Physician Assistants
- Master’s Degree in Physician Assistant Studies
- Unrestricted license to practice as a Physician Assistant in the State of Colorado.
- Physician Assistant Certification (PA-C) issued by the National Commission for Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is required for hire and must be maintained throughout employment
- Unrestricted Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) permit to prescribe all medications commonly prescribed in the course of 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 either the Health and Human Services/Office of Inspectors General (HHS/OIG) or the General Services Administration’s (GSA) List of Parties Excluded from Federal Programs.
- 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.
Requirements for Nurse Practitioners
- 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 American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or Nurse Practitioner…
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