Nurse Practitioner-Neonatal

Job Summary

To manage and provide patient medical care in a specialty area and promotes patient health and wellness by assessing, diagnosing, planning, implementing and evaluating appropriate patient care in collaboration with a physician and in accordance with UMMC, state, and federal requirements and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Completes health assessments in a newborn area (patient histories and physical exams).
• Orders, collects, and interprets relevant laboratory and other diagnostic tests.
• Formulates and implements comprehensive patient care plans in a newborn area based on patient assessments.
• Plans include, but are not limited to patient and family education, prescriptions, additional lab and diagnostic testing, and therapies.
• Ensures complete documentation of patient assessments, patient care plans, and care provided.
• Coaches and mentors other newer nurse practitioners.
• Serves on at least one nursing council, hospital, or medical center committee, task force, or project team to improve patient care or work area.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an approved Nurse Practitioner program and hold national certification and Mississippi APRN license or eligible for Mississippi APRN license.
• National certification as a Neonatal NP required.