Advanced Practice Provider, Neonatology

Dartmouth Health; Nashua (NH); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Dartmouth Health in Nashua, NH is looking for a full-time Advanced Practice Provider to join their pediatric team. The provider will support the neonatal hospitalist team at St. Joseph Hospital, responsible for well-babies and attending high-risk deliveries.

The ideal candidate will have experience in pediatrics, providing patient care in either inpatient or outpatient settings. Opportunities for further training are provided, enhancing skills for stabilizing acutely ill infants. This role offers a supportive environment with strong collaborative practices.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited APRN or PA academic program.
• National specialty certification as an Acute Care ANP, Acute Care PNP, NNP, FNP, or Primary Care PNP.
• Experience in either inpatient or outpatient pediatric care.

Responsibilities

• Provide primary care for well-babies.
• Attend high-risk deliveries and lead neonatal resuscitations.
• Stabilize sick infants awaiting transfer.

Skills

Experience with pediatrics

High-risk delivery attendance

Neonatal resuscitation

Education

Graduate of an accredited APRN or PA program

National specialty certification (ANP, PNP, NNP, FNP)

Job description

The Department of Pediatrics at Dartmouth Health Children’s is seeking a full time Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join our team of Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Neonatologists. We are looking for pediatric providers to join our neonatal hospitalist team at St. Joseph Hospital in Nashua, NH. The team is open to an FNP with newborn experience or a primary care PNP for this role.

The Birth Center of Nashua at St. Joseph Hospital provides labor and delivery services as well as Level I nursery care for around 600 families annually, and is designated as a Baby Friendly hospital. Their spacious unit allows personalized and state-of-the-art obstetric, post-partum, and well-baby care.

The role includes hospital-based coverage 24/7 at St. Joseph Hospital. The pediatric APP will be responsible for the primary care of a caseload of well-babies, attend high-risk deliveries, serve as team leader in neonatal resuscitations and stabilization of sick infants awaiting transfer. Successful candidates will have experience with pediatrics, in either an inpatient or outpatient setting, and ideally will have experience attending high-risk deliveries and providing initial stabilization in the immediate postnatal period. Opportunities for training to expand skill set to stabilization of acutely ill infants for transport will be provided by the Dartmouth Health neonatal team. The position reports to the St. Joseph Hospital pediatric hospitalist APP Lead and the Section Chief of Neonatology.

Qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited APRN or PA academic program
• National specialty certification as an Acute Care ANP, Acute Care PNP or NNP, FNP or Primary Care PNP; or Certification through the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)

Required Licensure/Certifications

• Eligible for RN licensure in the State of NH (APRNs only)
• Eligible for APRN or PA licensure in the State of NH
• Eligible for Federal DEA Registration
• BLS certification
• ACLS, PALS, and/or NRP as appropriate

Dartmouth-Hitchcock is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, veteran status, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by law.