NICU-Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant-Full-Time-Hartford

About the role

Independently completes thorough evaluations of term and premature newborns primarily in the NICU Level IV tertiary care referral center. Develops and implements informed management plans encompassing complicated and atypical diagnoses, with the ability to modify plans as necessary. Anticipates and triages urgent and emergent issues. Collaborates care and facilitates communication with the supervising physician and the inter-professional team. Coordinates recommendations to optimize patient care and foster collaborative practice.

Responsibilities

• Medical knowledge and procedures: A breadth of medical knowledge sufficient to independently develop a differential diagnosis and management plan for a range of presentations – through uncommon or atypical presentations and/or where clinical evidence is not straightforward. Ability to evaluate patient outcomes and implement new procedures and policies, as needed. Fully competent in performing the core procedures of the department.
• Communication: Exemplary written and verbal communication skills with the ability to modify communication strategy/method for the audience and circumstance. Highly organized in the presentation of essential information. Ability to tactfully and proactively address concerns and propose solutions.
• Interpersonal: Ability to maintain composure in complex and stressful situations and in the midst of ambiguity or uncertainty. Skilled at effectively and proactively engaging patients/families in developing a care plan. Ability to facilitate and coordinate care across all levels of professionals and specialties.
• Professionalism, Organizational view: Understands and demonstrates in one’s decision-making and interrelationships a sensitivity to the considerations of the broader team.

Qualifications

• Minimum education (degree/type of degree): Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner: Graduate degree in nursing accredited by one of the national certifying bodies in nursing. (Or, on or before December 31, 2004, completion of an advanced nurse practitioner program recognized by a national certifying body for certification as a nurse practitioner.) Or… Physician Assistant: Graduation from a physician assistant program accredited, at the time of graduation, by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).
• Minimum experience (minimum years & type of experience): At least 5 years of neonatal APP experience.
• License and/or Certification Required: At time of hire and maintenance at time of appointment or privilege approval: Provider licensing:Current Neonatal Nurse Practitioner licensure in the State of Connecticut. OR…Certified by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, Inc. (NCCPA). Current Physician Assistant licensure in the State of Connecticut.
• NRP certification required within 3 months of hire.
• Depending on privileges for role, federal DEA and CT controlled substance registration may be required. Please reference the document: “APP: Certifications by Specialty.”