Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

DRISCOLL HEALTH PLAN; Edinburg (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Driscoll Children’s Hospital is seeking a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to provide high-level care in the NICU. You will exercise independent judgment in assessment, diagnosis, and initiation of delegated procedures for sick neonates, aligned with state practice laws and facility guidelines.

Requirements include Texas RN/ANP licensure, neonatal service experience, and a master’s degree (MS grandfathered if dated).

Qualifications

• Masters degree preferred; if no MS, title grandfathered before 2000.
• Current RN/Advanced Practitioner Nurse license in Texas.
• Significant experience in neonatal service area.

Responsibilities

• Maintain confidentiality at all times.
• Adhere to hospital policies and procedures.
• Coordinate total care for a neonatal caseload.
• Obtain maternal and infant health history for all patients.
• Perform daily physical assessments and examinations.
• Order and interpret diagnostic lab studies.
• Diagnose and treat neonatal diseases and initiate referrals.
• Document updates on NNP data form; adjust care plan as needed.
• Prescribe and manage medications, fluids, respiratory and nutrition therapies.
• Arrange specialty therapy consults (PT, OT, hearing, speech).
• Counsel families and maintain therapeutic relationships.
• Coordinate continuum of care with neonatologist and team.

Skills

Confidentiality

Ethical practice

Family counseling

Education

Master's degree preferred

RN/Advanced Practice Nurse license in TX

Neonatal service experience

Job description

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Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB:
The neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) is a professional registered nurse with clinical experience in neonatal nursing who has received formal education with supervised clinical experience in the management of sick neonates. The NNP exercises independent judgment in assessment, diagnosis, initiation of delegated medical procedures, and evaluation which is consistent with state nurse practice laws, institutional guidelines, and the NNP’s education and experience. The NICU nurse practitioner operates within the framework of Driscoll Children’s Hospital Mission
Statement and Core Vales.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; employees will perform other reasonably related business duties as assigned by the immediate supervisor and/or hospital administration as required.

• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates business practices and personal actions that are ethical and adhere to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
• Accepts and coordinates total care for a specific caseload of neonatal patients.
• Obtains health history both maternal and infant for all patients in the NNP’s caseload.
• Performs daily physical assessments and examinations.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic/laboratory studies.
• Diagnoses and treats neonatal disease processes.
• After concurrence with attending neonatologist makes referral to specialty physicians as appropriate.
• Documents daily on NNP data form, the daily diagnosis, changes and updates in plan of care.
• Prescribes and manages medication, fluid, respiratory, nutrition and other therapies.
• Prescribes specialty therapy consults as appropriate, i.e., PT, OT, hearing, speech, etc.
• Maintains therapeutic relationships with parents/families through counseling and teaching about their infant’s condition.
• Facilitate continuum of care through close coordination with the neonatologist, case manager, bedside nurse, specialty MD/Services, family and community services.

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:

Masters Degree preferred (if no MS, title has been grandfathered in before January 2000).

Current certification and licensure as a RN/Advanced Practitioner Nurse in the State of Texas.

Significant knowledge and experience within the neonatal service area.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS.

• Texas Licensed Registered Nurse.
• National Certification as an NNP after receiving formal education acceptable to the Texas State Board of Nursing or be currently enrolled in a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program and functioning as a Student Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.
• Licensed to practice as NNP or Student NNP in the State of Texas.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Certified and Basic Life Support (CPR).