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Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.
Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.
We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the nation's top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.
As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300 outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.
Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.
That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.
A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.
Level 6 Surgical Inpatient Unit is a 72 bed unit encompassing three different service lines and 14 sub-specialties. With an impressive team comprised of providers, bachelor's prepared nurses, clinical assistants, mental health counselors and inpatient service specialist, Level 6 prides itself on providing excellent quality of care to its patients. Patients, including trauma, solid-organ transplant, burns, general surgery, plastics, urology, colorectal, bariatrics, neurology, neurosurgery, epilepsy monitoring, orthopedics and rehabilitation, receive state of the art interventions and treatments, as well as specialized nursing care. Level 6 nurses are hand-picked to care for primary specialty populations, for which they receive extensive specialized skills and content education and are encouraged to pursue specialty certifications. Due to the variety of patients that can been seen on Level 6, clinical nurses can expect to care for up to 4 acutely ill patients that would normally be seen in a step-down unit. As a result, Level 6 nurses exhibit exceptional time management and delegation skills. Low turnover rates and high employee engagement scores only elude to the incredible teamwork and camaraderie of the clinical team. Level 6 offers an incredible opportunity to care for a variety of patients within a specialty, while fulfilling the desire to critically think, challenge one's skills and make a life-long impression on the life of a patient and their family. Here...it's different. Here...you are different.
The Clinical Practice Specialist is a leader in advancing practice and excellence, both within the nursing or behavioral health profession and within the context of collaboration with interdisciplinary teams, to improve patient outcomes and systems of care. The position improves practice and patient outcomes across the care continuum through implementation of evidence-based care, consultation, research, education and establishing organizational standards.
Clinical Practice Specialist positions can have a focus in either the nursing practice or the behavioral health practice. Expansive role focused on advancing the practice of nursing through application of evidenced based practice, quality improvement, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
Department: Level Six-Surgical
Hours per week: 40, eligible for benefits
Shift: Monday through Friday. Shift hours are mostly days, with swinging hours to accommodate night shift clinical practice and educational needs.
POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.
Evidence Based Practice and Research
Quality Improvement
Systems Leadership
COMPETENCIES
SCOPE AND LEVEL
Guidelines: Advanced full performance professional level work that requires additional knowledge, education, training or experience. Guidelines are generally in the form of stated objectives only with issues and factors largely undefined requiring the employee to exercise creativity and ingenuity in devising criteria, techniques, strategy, and methodologies for approaching assigned functions or projects.
Complexity: Duties performed involve concepts, theories, and concrete factors to be evaluated and weighed requiring a high degree of analytical ability, independent judgment, and decision-making. Acts as a subject matter expert in the field of expertise.
Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.
Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where some degree of discretion and judgment are required in carrying out a major program and/or function of the organization.
Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Work assignment is generally unstructured and employee is responsible for organizing complex, varied, and simultaneous coordination of several functions, programs, or projects in various stages of completion.
Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job
Work Environment
It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.
Salary Information
Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $97,718.13 to $146,577.19Benefits Information
Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.
As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.
Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.
Full Time
Hospital
$56k-74k (estimate)
02/15/2023
05/08/2024
childrenscolorado.org
BROOMFIELD, CO
1,000 - 3,000
1908
NGO/NPO/NFP/Organization/Association
$1B - $3B
Hospital
Children's Hospital Colorado is a non-profit organization that provides cancer treatment and rehabilitation services for patients.