Advanced Practice Provider - Headache - Open Rank-Instructor, Sr. Instructor

University of Colorado; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, CO, seeks an Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner, PA, or CNS) to join the Headache Section. This outpatient role provides direct care to patients with chronic migraine and other headache disorders, including complex cases and procedures such as nerve blocks and Botox.

The APP will work in a multidisciplinary team across neurology, hospital, and affiliates, participating in education, quality improvement, and shared

Qualifications

• Clinical assessment of headache disorders.
• Effective patient communication and counseling.
• Collaborative team-based care in neurology.

Responsibilities

• Screen, evaluate, diagnose, manage medications, and provide disease counseling.
• Outpatient care of headache patients including preventive and abortive treatment options.
• Perform headache-related procedures within scope (e.g., Botox, nerve blocks).
• Collaborate with neurologists, nurses, and staff to optimize patient outcomes.
• Contribute to education and mentorship of APP students and residents.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Patient communication

Team collaboration

Procedural skills

Tools

Botox injections

Nerve blocks

Trigger point injections

Job description

University of Colorado Anschutz Department: Neurology Job Title: Advanced Practice Provider - Headache - Open Rank-Instructor or Sr. Instructor Position #00853270: - Requisition #41390:

Job Summary:

The Department of Neurology has an ongoing need for Advanced Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, or Clinical Nurse Specialist) with strong values and unique skills for our Headache Section. This is an outpatient position, providing direct care to our patients with chronic migraine, and other primary and secondary patients, including those associated with low or high cerebrospinal fluid pressure. The APP engages closely with colleagues across the Department of Neurology, University of Colorado Hospital, and other satellite locations. This position will provide both acute and chronic direct outpatient care for neurologic patients, including performing office procedures like nerve blocks and Botox injections. Successful candidates will have a proven record of accomplishment in supporting the needs of patients, developing differential diagnoses, and prescribing treatments in collaboration with other specialties. We are seeking individuals who are collaborative, communicative, proactive, caring, detail-oriented, reliable, organized, able to think critically, focused on quality, and dedicated to personal growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Screen, evaluate, diagnose, manage medications, and provide disease counseling.
• Acute and chronic outpatient care of patients with headache disorders including preventive and abortive treatment options.
• Serves as first contact for clinician level patient communications
• Engages in collaborative team-based care to make informed decisions for patient care.
• Support and engage in continual learning and development among nursing staff, advance practice providers, pharmacy staff, medical students, and neurology residents, and headache fellows.
• Periodic educational presentation of lectures to patients and others
• Provide comprehensive evaluation, diagnosis, and longitudinal management of patients with a range of primary and secondary headache disorders, including migraine, cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias, tension-type headache, medication-overuse headache, and other headache syndromes.
• Obtain detailed headache histories, perform focused neurologic examinations, and develop individualized evidence-based diagnostic and treatment plans.
• Manage acute and preventive headache therapies, including pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment approaches.
• Counsel patients regarding lifestyle factors and behavioral strategies that may influence headache frequency and severity, including sleep, exercise, nutrition, hydration, stress management, and medication use.
• Perform headache-related procedures within scope of practice and credentialing, which may include onabotulinumtoxinA injections, peripheral nerve blocks, trigger point injections.
• Monitor treatment response, adverse effects, and disease progression and adjust treatment plans accordingly.
• Evaluate and appropriately triage patients with potential secondary headache disorders.
• Collaborate closely with headache neurologists, physicians, nurses, medical assistants, and other members of the multidisciplinary headache team.
• Participate in shared decision-making and provide education regarding headache diagnoses, treatment options, prognosis, and expectations to patients.
• Contribute to the education and mentorship of APP students, medical students, residents, fellows, and other learners as appropriate.
• Participate in clinical quality improvement, program development, and initiatives to improve access, efficiency, patient experience, and quality of headache care.
• Maintain accurate and timely clinical documentation and communicate effectively with patients and referring providers.
• Participate in departmental and institutional activities that support the clinical, educational, and academic missions of the Headache Medicine program.

Work Location:

Onsite - this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO.

Why Join Us:

The position is located at the Anschutz Medical Campus. Hours will vary depending on clinical schedules and department/hospital needs (some weekends and holidays) - will be determined at time of offer. The University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus is a public education, clinical and research facility serving 4,500 students, and a world-class medical destination at the forefront of life-changing science, medicine and healthcare. CU Anschutz offers more than 42 highly rated degree programs through 6 schools and colleges, supported by $704 million in research awards in fiscal year 2023, creating an overall economic impact to the state of Colorado of $11.5 billion. We are the single largest health professions education provider in Colorado, awarding nearly 1,450 degrees annually. Powered by our award-winning faculty, renowned research