Adjoint Instructors in the Department of Pediatrics – Section of Emergency Medicine are Hourly Faculty that work at Children's Hospital Colorado (CHCO) and its Network of Care (NOC) in emergency or urgent care settings. They provide medical care to acutely ill and injured infants, children, and adolescents in our 24/7 and afterhours network of emergency/urgent care facilities. In this role, they perform history and physical examinations to define and execute appropriate workup that leads to diagnosis, treatment, and disposition. Work in this setting requires technical and procedural skills and provision of procedural sedation and may require pediatric resuscitation and advanced life support. In addition, Adjoint Faculty are involved with institutional quality and patient safety improvement initiatives and development of clinical care guidelines that aim to provide consistent, quality care throughout our institution, and are core members of the clinical Pediatric teaching staff for Department of Pediatrics in the School of Medicine
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide clinical coverage in a mixed shift model (days, evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays) for a 24/7 Emergency care network. Ability to cover shifts at all sites, including Colorado Springs, is required.
- Clinical responsibilities include Pediatric urgent and emergency care:
o Pediatric observation unit medicine
o Rotating sick-call (Jeopardy) coverage
- Attendance and participation in section wide meetings is required. Attendance at Morbidity and Mortality Conference, CME and local site meetings is recommended, but voluntary
Maintenance of skills required for provision of high quality, patient centered, safe urgent/emergent care of children.
