Inpatient Orthopedic Advanced Practice Provider

As our Orthopedics Advanced Practice Provider at St. Anthony North Hospital, you will serve as a multifaceted clinical leader, blending patient care with administrative responsibilities. 

Every day you will balance essential inpatient rounding with a dynamic set of responsibilities that extend beyond the bedside. In this role, you will lead classroom teaching sessions, manage complex schedule coordination, and serve on hospital committees.. You will be free from any surgical responsibilities and work with all orthopedic groups at St. Anthony North Hospital. Your schedule is a flexible Monday – Friday arrangement with no call requirements, allowing you to manage your diverse portfolio of duties while maintaining an exceptional work-life balance in a supportive, professional environment.

To be successful in this role, you will possess a high degree of clinical competence and the ability to work entirely autonomously within a fast-paced in-patient setting. If you have unique talents to offer and a deep commitment to a greater cause, you will thrive in our team-oriented culture where leaders are deeply invested in your success and provide the resources you need to flourish.

• Performs clinical examinations as necessary for inpatients. 
• Writes orders and prescriptions.
• Identifies problem list based on approved protocols, current evidence-based standards of care, and scope of practice.
• Interprets and evaluates test results.
• Assesses patient's physical, psychosocial, cultural, and spiritual needs.
• Manages the discharge of patients with appropriate disposition, follow-up planning, adjunctive therapy management, and education.

Required:

Nurse Practitioner:

• Master’s degree in nursing as Nurse Practitioner
  Registered Nurse Practitioner Licensure for; and listed on the Colorado Advanced Practice Nurse (APN) Registry required. Board certified as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse, in applicable population foci and/or subspecialty required.
• RN License required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required 
• ACLS from the American Heart Association required
• Have Prescriptive Authority (RXN) or have Provisional Prescriptive Authority (RXN-P), if applicable for role with associated articulated plan

Physician Assistant:

• Masters graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program required
• PA Certification by N.C.C.P.A. and current mid-level provider license by the state of Colorado required
• BLS from the American Heart Association required
• ACLS from the American Heart Association may be required 

Preferred:

• Two or more years prior experience in Orthopedic Surgery/Orthopedics

For more than 50 years, St. Anthony North Hospital has delivered optimal health care to the communities of Westminster, Erie, Brighton, Broomfield, Northglenn and Thornton. Highlights of our campus include 60,000 square feet of integrated primary and specialty care physician clinics, ambulatory surgery center, birthing center with private birthing suites, Level III Trauma Center with 24/7 emergency services, over 150 inpatient beds and an outpatient diagnostics center with lab and imaging services. In 2023, we received our prestigious Magnet designation! We are so proud of our nursing staff for this achievement, which is awarded to less than 6 percent of hospitals in the United States. Built on the pillars of convenience, wellness and person-centered care, we offer inpatient and outpatient care at one site, with an emphasis on preventive health, wellness and health education.

Depending on the position offered, CommonSpirit Health offers a generous benefit package, including but not limited to medical, prescription drug, dental, vision plans, life insurance, paid time off (full-time benefit eligible team members may receive a minimum of 14 paid time off days, including holidays annually), tuition reimbursement, retirement plan benefit(s) including, but not limited to, 401(k), 403(b), and other defined benefits offerings, as may be amended from time to time. For more information, please visit our Total Rewards.

Unless directed by a Collective Bargaining Agreement, applications for this position will be considered on a rolling basis. CommonSpirit Health cannot anticipate the date by which a successful candidate may be identified.