Manager Neonatal Advanced Practice, Community Sites

Children's Hospital Colorado; Aurora (IL); On-site; USD 155,000 - 233,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado seeks a Manager, Neonatal Advanced Practice to provide systemwide leadership for NICU APPs across multiple sites, including Aurora, Fort Collins, and other communities. The role focuses on operational alignment, policy application, and clinical standardization to improve outcomes.

You will supervise APP Leads, drive performance and resource optimization, and champion quality, safety, and regulatory initiatives across all care sites.

Qualifications

• RN license and APRN license with prescriptive authority
• Master's degree in NNP or equivalent
• 3 years APP clinical experience; 1 year leadership
• NRP/BLS certifications and related credentials

Responsibilities

• Provides systemwide operational leadership to ensure aligned implementation of policies and clinical standards across departments and partner sites.
• Oversees Neonatal APP Leads and APP teams to deliver high-quality care.
• Drives measurable clinical and quality outcomes using data and evidence-based practices.
• Advances organizational initiatives aligning with systemwide goals at department and partner sites.
• Optimizes staffing and resources across sites to ensure cost-effective operations.
• Leads APP development and performance management with coaching of leaders.
• Champions quality, safety, and regulatory compliance across sites.
• Strengthens cross-site coordination and collaboration with stakeholders.
• Develops and maintains evidence-based policies and guidelines for compliance and clinical integrity.
• Identifies and resolves complex operational challenges to support patient care and staff experience.

Skills

Leadership experience

Clinical leadership

Data-driven improvement

Policy development

Education

BSN and Master’s Degree NNP

Bachelor’s Degree and MPS or MS-PA

Job description

Job Overview

The Manager, Neonatal Advanced Practice (APP) provides systemwide leadership across the department and partner sites, ensuring operational alignment and consistent application of policies, procedures, and clinical standards. This role directs and supports Neonatal APP Leads and the APP team to deliver high-quality care and achieve measurable clinical outcomes. The Manager advances organizational initiatives at the department and partner site level while driving consistency in service delivery and strengthening cross-site coordination. The role provides leadership in APP development, performance management, operational oversight, and resource optimization to achieve goals in a cost effective and sustainable manner. Champions systemwide and partner site quality, safety, and regulatory initiatives, ensuring accountability to established standards and driving measurable clinical and quality outcomes.

• In addition to this role, the Manager, APP, will also fulfill their respective APP job description for all clinical time.
• Location This position supports Level II and III NICUs in our community sites:
  • Fort Collins, Steamboat Springs, Loveland, Greeley, Longs Peak, Boulder, Aurora, Highlands Ranch
• .8 FTE administrative, .2 FTE clinical
• Shift Primarily days, Monday-Friday Night and weekend coverage expected as needed for clinical duties and coverage
• Salary Information Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $155,332.79 to $232,999.19
• Eligible Incentives Relocation benefit for eligible candidates moving 100 miles or greater

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides systemwide operational leadership to ensure aligned and consistent implementation of policies, procedures, and clinical standards across departments and partner sites.
• Oversees and supports Neonatal APP Leads and APP teams, ensuring effective operations and delivery of high-quality, developmentally appropriate neonatal care.
• Drives measurable clinical and quality outcomes, using data and evidence-based practices to improve performance, consistency, and service delivery across all sites.
• Advances organizational and departmental initiatives, ensuring alignment with systemwide goals and operational priorities at both department and partner site levels.
• Optimizes staffing and resource deployment across sites, ensuring cost-effective, sustainable operations that meet patient, departmental, and partner site needs.
• Leads APP development and performance management, in partnership with Director, establishing expectations, coaching leaders, and ensuring accountability for clinical excellence and professional growth.
• Champions quality, safety, and regulatory compliance, ensuring adherence to established standards and leading efforts to improve outcomes across all care sites.
• Strengthens cross-site coordination and collaboration, fostering relationships with key stakeholders to support unified practices, shared goals, and cohesive service model.
• Leads the development and maintenance of evidence-based policies, procedures, and practice guidelines, interpreting regulatory and organizational standards to ensure compliance and clinical integrity.
• Identifies and resolves complex operational challenges, ensuring timely, strategic decisions that support patient care, staff experience, and organizational effectiveness.

Minimum Qualifications

• Degrees
  • BSN and Master’s Degree NNP, or
  • Bachelor’s Degree and MPS or MS-PA.
• Experience
  • Three years of clinical experience in an APP role. At least one year of APP experience in a Level II NICU preferred.
  • One year of leadership experience in supervision, leading clinical practice projects, serving as a lead or charge, and/or precepting.
• Certifications
  • BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association;
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certificate;
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) required if working at a CHCO facility.
• Licensure(s)
  • Registered Nurse License (RN); Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) License; Prescriptive Authority License and Board Certification as NNP., or
  • Colorado PA License; Prescriptive Authority License and Board Certification as a PA.

Benefits 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.

EEO Statement

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. The position is expected to stay open until the posted close date. Colorado Residents: In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of attendance at or graduation from an educational institution. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.