Manager Neonatal Advanced Practice, Community Sites

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

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Total Rewards package

Job summary

Children's Hospital Colorado seeks a Manager, Neonatal Advanced Practice (APP) to provide systemwide leadership across the department and partner sites, ensuring policy alignment and high-quality neonatal care.

The role directs APP Leads, advances quality initiatives, and strengthens cross-site coordination, with responsibilities spanning staffing, development, and regulatory compliance. Colorado-based, with relocation incentives for eligible candidates.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in NN or NP program required.
• Leadership experience in supervision and clinical projects.
• Three years of APP clinical experience; 1 year in Level II NICU preferred.
• Certifications: BLS/CPR, NRP; PALS if CHCO facility.
• Licenses: RN, APRN with prescriptive authority or PA with licensure.

Responsibilities

• Provide systemwide operational leadership for policies, procedures, and clinical standards across sites.
• Oversee Neonatal APP Leads and teams to deliver high-quality care.
• Drive measurable clinical/quality outcomes using data and evidence-based practices.
• Advance organizational initiatives and align with systemwide goals and priorities.
• Optimize staffing and resources to ensure cost-effective, sustainable operations.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical expertise

Data-driven decisions

Education

BSN + MSN/NNP

Bachelor's + MPS/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. Please submit your application as soon as possible as the posting is subject to close at any time once a sufficient pool of qualified applicants is obtained. 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.