A Fulfilling Career in Pediatrics Starts Here

If you’re a healthcare professional working in adult settings who has always dreamed of transitioning into pediatrics, we have a place for you at Children’s Colorado. Here, we welcome qualified clinical team members with or without pediatric experience. For some positions, we even provide opportunities for hands-on training to help you feel confident caring for kids.

It takes a special kind of person to care for sick kids — someone who is caring, curious and dedicated to helping kids stay healthy. With a career in pediatrics, you can make a lasting impact on children and their families and help ensure that they have a bright and healthy future.

As a pediatric nurse, respiratory therapist, radiology technologist or other clinical provider, you are a trusted member of every patient’s care team. You can tap into your creativity to help ease children’s fears and caregivers’ concerns during a procedure or hospital stay, while also providing comprehensive and lifesaving care when they need it.

From the moment you walk through our doors, you’ll notice that this place is special. From little red wagons in our atrium to the artwork on our walls and the amenities we offer, our hospitals were designed to enhance healing and make every visit or extended stay more comfortable. This attention to detail extends to our team members, who play a vital role in our mission to improve child healthcare. 

With four pediatric hospitals, more than 10 specialty care centers and over 1,300 outreach clinics, we proudly see and treat more children than any hospital in the region. Our work has consistently earned us a spot among the best children’s hospitals in the nation, but it’s our team of extraordinary people who make our achievements possible. When you build your career in pediatrics at Children’s Colorado, you’re joining a multidisciplinary team that provides patients and families with the highest level of care and service. 

Children’s Colorado offers on-the-job training for experienced and new graduate nurses to kickstart their careers in pediatric healthcare.

Transition to Practice Programs for Registered Nurses

If you are an experienced registered nurse who is looking to transition into a career in pediatrics, you’ve come to the right place. Our Transition to Practice programs for nursing offer specialized, hands-on training and continuing education to support you as you pursue the next step in your journey.  

With programs tailored to specific clinical areas, nurses of all skill levels and experience will find a path that suits their interests and expertise:  

• Transition to Practice Program (TTP) for Adult to Pediatric Nursing
• New to NICU RN Transition to Practice Program  
• Ambulatory Pediatric Transition to Practice Program 

Learn more about our programs

New Graduate Nurse Residency Program

Our pediatric nurse residency program provides hands-on training for recent graduates to build their skills and start their careers in pediatric nursing. This program is cohort-based and open to nurses who’ve graduated from an accredited nursing program within the past 12 months before the program’s start date.

Learn more about this program

Respiratory therapists at Children’s Colorado are integral members of our multidisciplinary team. Whether you’re a new graduate of a respiratory therapy program or an experienced RT working in adult healthcare settings, Children’s Hospital Colorado's Pediatric Respiratory Therapy Fellowship provides the training you need to advance your career as a pediatric respiratory therapist.

Watch the video below to learn more about our Pediatric Respiratory Therapy Fellowship from a program leader and participants.

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