NP/PA - Special Care Nursery - WDH

Mass General Brigham•Dover, NH

15d•$59 - $84•Onsite

About The Position

Wentworth-Douglass Hospital is a community hospital located in Dover, New Hampshire, about 70 miles north of Boston and is a part of Mass General Brigham network. WDH Women & Children’s Center currently has over 1700 deliveries per year and offers complete family-focused care, making it the delivery destination for the New Hampshire Seacoast. The centerpiece of the WDH Newborn Program is a 12-bed Level IIB Special Care Nursery, offering care to infants born at 32 weeks of gestation and higher. WDH’s close medical and nursing collaboration with the Mass General Brigham Academic Medical Centers ensures the most advanced approach to infant care. The qualified candidate will be joining a dynamic group of advanced practice practitioners and physicians, led by a neonatologist medical director. Newborn and Pediatric services at WDH are supported by MGH pediatric subspecialties, including pediatric cardiology, pulmonary, endocrinology and gastroenterology.

Requirements

Master's Degree Nursing required
2 years of licensed nurse practitioner experience
Skilled in taking medical histories to assess medical condition and interpret findings.
Ability to maintain quality control standards.
Ability to react calmly and effectively in emergency situations.
Ability to interpret, adapt and apply guidelines and procedures.
Ability to communicate clearly and establish/maintain effective working relationships with patients, medical staff and the public.

Responsibilities

Provide delivery room (DR) coverage at WDH, including attending high risk deliveries upon request, providing neonatal resuscitation, evaluating newborns in the delivery room and newborn nurseries.
Provide all necessary in-house and outpatient prenatal neonatology consultations requested by obstetric staff.
Manage infants in the Newborn Nursery as a primary provider in collaboration with supervising physician, including daily rounding, daily comprehensive assessments, review of patient data, and development of plans for all infants.
Diagnose and manage infants experiencing delayed transition, mild respiratory distress, hypoglycemic infants, late preterm infants, convalescing preterm infants, and infants born to mothers with substance use disorder.
Responsible for daily care, coordinating and planning discharge home, supporting and updating families, and conducting family meetings for infants in the Newborn Nursery.
Manage infants in the Level IIB NICU as a primary provider, including daily rounding with a multidisciplinary team, daily comprehensive assessments, review of patient data, and development of plans for a caseload of infants.
Diagnose and manage infants in the Level IIB NICU who are delivered at 32 weeks or greater, need CPAP or short-term ventilation, late preterm infants, convalescing preterm infants, and ESC infants.
Responsible for daily care, coordinating and planning discharge home, supporting and updating families, and conducting family meetings for infants in the Level IIB NICU.
Assess and manage various patient populations, including those with medical and/or surgical conditions.
Provide diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
Develop appropriate plans of care and conduct ongoing evaluations.
May perform additional duties, such as precepting a small group of learners.