Nurse Practitioner

Texas Tech University • El Paso, TX

10d • Onsite

About The Position

Provides inpatient hospital care to neonates, including health surveillance, assessment, and intervention to diagnose and treat illness or disease (acute or chronic, physical, psychosocial, or behavioral). The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner collaborates with a supervising physician to assess and diagnose patients, formulate treatment plans, prescribe medication, order and interpret laboratory tests, provide patient education, prepare medical records, and refer patients as needed. Responsibilities include attending high-risk deliveries, providing initial resuscitation for neonates, performing physical examinations, and antenatal counseling. The role also involves performing a complete neonatal physical examination and assessment, distinguishing between normal and abnormal findings, eliciting, recording, and interpreting health histories, writing admission, discharge, and medication orders (with co-signatures), performing diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and formulating and implementing care plans. Consultation with attending or Resident Physicians is required before major procedures or plans. The position may involve attending Labor & Delivery for consults, vaginal deliveries, and C-sections. The Nurse Practitioner must remain current with all licensure, certifications, and mandatory compliances and trainings, and adhere to institutional policies and values. Bilingual competence in English and Spanish is desired.

Requirements

• Current NRP and BLS certification through the American Heart Association or American Red Cross.
• Current RN license in the State of Texas or ability to transfer license to Texas.
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner in the appropriate nursing specialty from an approved certification program as recognized by the Texas State Board of Nurse Examiners.
• Recognition by the Texas Board of Nurse Examiners as an Advance Practitioner.
• Graduated from an approved accredited nursing program.

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual competence in English and Spanish.
• Two years of pediatric care experience.

Responsibilities

• Provides inpatient hospital care to neonates.
• Performs health surveillance, assessment, and intervention to diagnose and treat illness or disease.
• Collaborates with the supervising physician to provide patient assessment and diagnosis.
• Formulates treatment plans.
• Prescribes medication.
• Orders laboratory tests and interprets test results.
• Provides patient education.
• Prepares medical records.
• Refers patients for indicated services and care.
• Attends high-risk deliveries.
• Provides initial resuscitation interventions for neonates of all ages.
• Performs a complete neonatal physical examination and assessment.
• Distinguishes between normal and abnormal findings.
• Elicits, records, and interprets a complete health history.
• Writes admissions, discharges, and medication orders with co-signatures.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures as necessary.
• Formulates care plan based on physical exam or other data and implements plan.
• Consults with attending or Resident Physicians prior to initiation of major procedure or plan.
• May be responsible for attending Labor & Delivery for consults, vaginal deliveries and C-sections.
• Remains current with all licensure, certifications and mandatory compliances and trainings.
• Adheres to all policies, procedures and practices.
• Personally demonstrates, displays, and acts in accordance with institutional values.
• Actively promotes and encourages staff across the institution.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Compensation is commensurate upon the qualifications of the individual selected and budgetary guidelines of the hiring department, as well as, the institutional pay plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed