Nurse Practitioner | Neonatal | PRN

About the role

The position involves providing appropriate medical care to patients, assessing their physical, psychological, and social needs, and developing a care plan. This includes diagnosing and treating patients according to medical staff-approved protocols and collaborating with physicians.

Responsibilities

• Assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients according to medical staff approved protocol and acceptable standards of practice.
• Providing medical services and health education to patients and family members.
• Contributing to the health education of individuals and groups, applying appropriate methods to increase each person's motivation to take responsibility for their own health care.
• Consulting and collaborating with physicians to assess, diagnose, and treat patients.
• Performing necessary diagnostic and therapeutic procedures according to written, approved protocols and appropriate licensing and administrative authorities.
• Interpreting information gathered during the diagnostic process and consulting with the physician as appropriate regarding abnormal health assessment findings to establish an appropriate plan of care.
• Making appropriate referrals for patients.
• Providing quality care for patients, demonstrating appropriate health, safety, and aseptic practices.
• Recognizing and reacting appropriately to environmental safety factors related to patient care.
• Effectively providing patient instruction related to the environment of care and safety standards.
• Contributing to the development and attainment of physician practice goals.
• Practicing according to written, approved protocols and appropriate licensing and administrative authorities.
• Understanding, applying, and supporting practice policies, procedures, goals, and standards.
• Maintaining patient records and accurate information.

Requirements

The individual must be able to work the hours specified and have visual acuity adequate to perform position duties, the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds. They must also have a certified neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) license from the National Certification Corporation (NCC), a registered nurse (RN) license from the Board of Nursing, and a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) license from the Board of Nursing. Two to three years of Level III NICU experience is preferred.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily. This includes having visual acuity adequate to perform position duties and the ability to communicate effectively with others, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds. These requirements and those listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and abilities required to perform the essential job functions. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions, as long as the accommodations do not cause undue hardship to the employer.

Skills

The individual must be able to work the hours specified, have visual acuity adequate to perform position duties, the ability to communicate effectively, hear, understand, and distinguish speech and other sounds, and have a certified neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) license from the National Certification Corporation (NCC), a registered nurse (RN) license from the Board of Nursing, and a certified nurse practitioner (CNP) license from the Board of Nursing. Two to three years of Level III NICU experience is preferred.

Benefits

Details about benefits are not specified in the job posting.

Pay

Details about pay are not specified in the job posting.

Schedule

The work shift is rotating days/evenings/nights/weekends/holidays.