Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) - TMC

Summary

In collaboration with a physician, provides comprehensive assessment of patient’s health status, evaluates assessment data, and makes treatment decisions.

Essential Functions

• Initiates patient admissions and collects health, illness psychosocial, and family history from patients; provides initial care of emergencies.
• Performs physical examinations, and orders appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Records patient’s health information, performs periodic health evaluations, and establishes/records care plans; evaluates care plans, monitors and records progress, and makes modifications accordingly.
• Determines normal and abnormal findings on patient history, physical examination, diagnostic tests; initiates referral and consultation when appropriate.
• Consults and collaborates with members of the health care team in the assessment and management of health care problems; functions as a liaison between physicians, nursing, technologists and area support staff.
• Prescribes, regulates, and adjusts medications including over the counter medications and treatments.
• Provides teaching and counseling aimed at prevention of illness and modification of risk factors to health, and maintenance of high-level wellness; instructs and supervises students and hospital personnel in methods and theories of diagnostic testing.
• Assumes responsibility for the on-going therapeutic management of stable long-term health problems in the chronically ill.
• Completes patient discharge summary.
• Affords support to our Level IIIB NICU Practice.
• Attends High-Risk Deliveries, shares responsibilities with Neonatologists, and transports not required; NPs place PICC lines as part of an NNP/RN/MD team that places lines.
• Collaborates with Neonatologists as partners and considers them a valuable part of the team.
• Works in a collaborative culture where Neonatologists as partners with the NNPs and consider them a valuable part of the team.
• Full-time position covers 12-hour days/nights, or 24-hour shifts in 41-bed Level-III NICU with 600 admissions annually and an average daily census of 35 and an average length of stay of 20 days.
• Attends High-Risk Deliveries, shares responsibilities with Neonatologists, and transports not required; NPs place PICC lines as part of an NNP/RN/MD team that places lines.
• Dedicated team of Neonatologists and Advanced Practice Providers are focused on delivering state-of-the-art, innovative neonatal care where quality improvement and evidence-based practice are at the forefront.
• Collaborative culture where Neonatologists as partners with the NNPs and consider them a valuable part of the team.
• TMC is a busy delivery service with approximately 5,700 annual deliveries. There is dedicated downtime for 24 hour shifts that are shared with a Neonatologist that are always in-house.
• Excellent environment and experienced supportive nursing staff.
• Flexible schedule and great pay!

  Minimum Qualifications

  • Education: Master’s degree in Nursing or related area, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.
  • Experience: Five (5) years of related experience, preferably in an acute care setting.
  • Licensure or Certification: National certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or must be National Certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner eligible, must become credentialed at TMC through the Professional Staffing Office prior to appointment.
  • Must have and maintain a current Arizona state license as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner including prescriptive authority.
  • Must obtain and maintain a current Federal Drug Enforcement Agency License for prescribing controlled substances.
  • Additional certifications may be required based on delineation of privileges as outlined by Medical Staff.

  Knowledge, Skills And Abilities

  • Knowledge of nursing care and assessment best practices.
  • Knowledge of regulations and policies as it relates to patient evaluation, care and information.
  • Skill in evaluating comprehensive health assessments and evaluating results to ensure the most appropriate treatment option.
  • Skill in providing the best practice patient care.
  • Skill in reading, analyzing, and interpreting professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
  • Skill in writing reports, correspondence, and procedure protocols.
  • Skill in effectively presenting information and responding to inquiries or complaints from patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.
  • Skill in solving practical problems and dealing with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.
  • Skill in identifying positive or negative variances from expected outcomes.
  • Skill in interpreting a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

  Physical Demands And Work Environment

  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear.
  • The employee frequently is required to stand and walk.
  • The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
  • While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to potentially toxic fluids, chemicals, or tissues.
  • The employee may occasionally be exposed to fumes or airborne particles and risk of radiation.
  • The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.