Nurse Practitioner - Lancaster General Women and Babies Hospital

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia•Lancaster, CA

5d•$117,900 - $156,300

About The Position

Join the CHOP and Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health team as a Nurse Practitioner at Women & Babies Hospital in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Provide specialized care in a Level IIIB NICU alongside CHOP neonatologists and experienced hospital clinicians, caring for premature infants and newborns with complex medical needs. The role delivers neonatal care in a community hospital setting with access to CHOP’s expertise and resources. Care includes respiratory and feeding support, coordination of specialty evaluations and advanced testing, and partnership with families to provide individualized care. The position requires flexibility to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays, with shifts typically ranging from 12 to 24 hours. The Nurse Practitioner assesses complex acute, critical, and chronic conditions; plans and carries out therapeutic interventions; manages and documents care based on patient response; supports transitions between care settings; educates patients, families, and care teams; participates in research and education; and promotes patient safety and professional development. A master's degree in nursing and required state nursing and advanced practice credentials, prescriptive authority, and specialty certification are specified. Employees with patient-facing responsibilities or who work in patient care buildings must receive an annual influenza vaccine as a condition of employment.

Requirements

Master's degree in nursing.
Ability to work in an inter-professional team setting with multiple responsibilities.
Ability to use computers and electronic medical records effectively.
Meet the specific requirements in the Scope of Practice Document and Clinical Responsibilities Checklist.
Basic computer skills, including use of a mouse, keyboard, printer, and USB ports.
Basic use of Microsoft Office, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and Skype.
Ability to browse the web, search the intranet, access documents, and use shared network file space.
Basic use of patient-facing technology, such as IV pumps, point-of-care devices, and CR monitors.
Ability to navigate and use clinical communication systems.
Ability to determine clinical information needs and use appropriate technology to access needed information effectively and efficiently.
Ability to critically evaluate information and its sources, incorporate it appropriately into clinical practice, and evaluate outcomes of its use.
Ability to navigate the electronic health record and locate and review patient data in clinical information systems.
Ability to use clinical decision support tools and follow policies and procedures concerning confidentiality, security, and privacy of clinical information systems.
Ability to collect clinical data using quality improvement tools.
Required RN license in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware upon hire.
Required CRNP/APN license in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware upon hire.
Required prescriptive authority in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, or Delaware within 3 months.
Required specialty certification matching the scope of practice for the practice area, upon hire.
Ability to work days, nights, weekends, and holidays; shifts typically range from 12 to 24 hours.
Annual influenza vaccination is required for employees working in patient care buildings or with patient-facing responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Assess complex acute, critical, and chronically ill patients for urgent and emergent conditions, evaluate physiologic stability, and formulate a plan of care.
Perform therapeutic interventions to stabilize acute and critical health problems, as authorized through the scope of practice and credentialing or privileging process.
Analyze the indications, contraindications, complication risks, and cost-benefits of therapeutic interventions.
Manage, evaluate, modify, and document the plan of care according to patient response to therapy, with a focus on optimizing outcomes.
Incorporate health promotion, health protection, and injury prevention into care plans for patients with complex acute, critical, and chronic illness.
Facilitate patient transitions between and within health care settings.
Educate patients and families, nursing staff, and provider teams; consult with multidisciplinary health care team members.
Participate in scholarly activities, including research and education, and maintain competencies and professional development.
Support the professional development of others by acting as a preceptor and mentor to nurses, nurse practitioners, students, and other health care providers.
Promote patient safety by raising safety concerns, changing practices to enhance safety, reporting errors or potential errors, and sharing accountability for safe practice.
Provide respiratory and feeding support and coordinate specialty evaluations and advanced testing for newborns in the NICU.
Partner with families to support individualized care for newborns.