Advanced Practice Provider - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (Per Diem) Naples, FL

Nicklaus Children's Hospital•Naples, FL

11h

About The Position

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) is primarily responsible, in association with attending physician(s), for managing high-risk newborns and infants. The NNP provides comprehensive direct patient care to high-risk newborns and infants with life-threatening or high-acuity conditions requiring constant monitoring. Duties include completing history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting radiographic and laboratory tests, diagnosing illness, documenting patient care services in the EMR, and performing procedures within the NNP’s scope of practice and demonstrated competency.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing or Doctorate of Nursing (DNP).
Active, good-standing APRN State of Florida licensure, maintained throughout employment.
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner certification by the National Certification Corporation.
Active, good-standing Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification, maintained throughout employment.
Active, good-standing American Heart Association BLS certification, maintained throughout employment.
Level II Background Check.
Successful completion of credentialing by NCHS Medical Administration.
Two years of NNP experience.
Ability to relate cooperatively and constructively with patients, families, and co-workers.
Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
Ability to problem-solve, formulate a plan of care, and evaluate the patient’s response to care.
Ability to interpret, adapt, and react calmly under stressful conditions.
Ability to work variable shifts, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

NNP experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Diagnose medical and surgical problems of high-risk newborns.
Develop, implement, evaluate, monitor, manage, and modify plans of care that prescribe interventions to attain expected outcomes.
Ensure plans of care provide sufficient breadth and depth to guide the interdisciplinary team in achieving desired health outcomes for patients and families.
Consider safety, effectiveness, and cost when planning and delivering patient care across departments to promote optimal patient outcomes.
Contribute to the development of peers, colleagues, and others by facilitating collaboration and communication to improve patient outcomes and promote growth of the nursing profession.
Ensure the understanding and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient’s developmental level.
Generate, collect, and integrate data from a wide variety of sources to make clinical judgments and decisions about initiating orders, procedures, referrals, and treatments.
Maintain current expertise and skills to support high-quality clinical performance and professional growth.
Model professional verbal and written communication with interdisciplinary team members involved in ongoing patient management.
Participate in patient care, including writing daily progress notes, coordinating clinical care, and discharge planning.
Write orders, monitor or alter drug therapies, and perform other procedures, consistent with education and experience, within established protocols and in a collaborative relationship with physician(s).
Work variable shifts, weekends, and holidays.