Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant - Neonatology Manager - Indianapolis Regional Hospitals

Indiana University Health; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Indiana University Health is seeking a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- Manager to lead clinical operations across Community North, Community East, Community Westfield and St. Francis NICUs.

This is a full-time, rotating schedule role that combines frontline patient care with administrative leadership, coordinating NICU teams, implementing evidence-based practices, and driving quality and safety initiatives across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Current Indiana license and Neonatal NP certification.
• Master’s degree in nursing.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience as an NNP in a Level 3+ NICU.
• Strong leadership, communication and quality-improvement focus.

Responsibilities

• Provide frontline clinical and operational leadership for NNP/PA staff.
• Coordinate day-to-day clinical activities across NICUs and hospitals.
• Ensure safe, evidence-based, high-quality patient care and policy adoption.
• Support administrative efforts in personnel, education, and safety initiatives.

Skills

Clinical leadership

Team leadership

Communication skills

Interprofessional collaboration

Education

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

IU Health Medical Group is hiring! We are seeking a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- Manager to join our team at Community North, Community East, Community Westfield and St. Francis locations.

Position Details

• Full-time, rotating schedule
• 10's, 16 and 24-hour shifts (preferably day shift, but must be flexible, as needed)
• 100% Inpatient (50% Clinical and 50% Administrative)
• 80 plus bed multicenter4 Level III NICU's
• Join a team of 59 physicians and 81 APPs

Key Responsibilities

• The Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider Clinical Operations Manager provides clinical and frontline leadership to the Neonatal Practitioners and Physician Assistants in the IUHMG Regional-based Level III NICUs Community Health Network Hospitals (North, East, Westfield) and St. Francis South.
• In collaboration with the NICU Medical Directors at each hospital, APP Clinical Director and APP Supervisors at each site, the Neonatal APP Clinical Operations Manager is responsible for coordinating and supervising the day-to-day clinical activities of the NNP/PA staff, ensuring that patient care delivery is safe, evidence-based, and high quality.
• The Neonatal APP Clinical Operations Manager works with physicians, nursing, respiratory therapy, pharmacy, nutrition, social work and the NNP/PA staff to coordinate medical management of patient care. They consistently communicate new information and evaluate the adoption and application of hospital and regulatory policies and practices.
• In addition, the Neonatal APP Clinical Manager assists the Neonatal Advanced Practice Director with administrative efforts in the management of clinical functions related to personnel and policy to meet the mission of patient care, education, quality, safety, and research within a fiscally responsible organization.

Qualifications

• Current Indiana license and certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.
• Master’s degree in nursing
• Minimum of five years’ experience as an NNP in a Level 3+ NICU.
• Demonstrated successful job performance in a complex, high-acuity, NICU environment.
• Demonstrated leadership skills and ability to perform as role model to NNP and NICU nursing staff.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong written skills and computer literacy (word, excel, power point, search engines).
• Knowledge of evidence-based practice concepts and continuous quality improvement processes within and across services and units.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of patient and family centered care.
• Strong desire to work collaboratively and to develop and lead interprofessional teams.
• Strong desire to become knowledgeable of management and leadership principles and practices.
• Strong desire to become a champion/leader of quality performance and process improvement initiatives.

IU Health offers a value-based compensation package that includes: group insurance (health, dental, life, disability), 401k with company match, generous PTO, CME allowance/time off, relocation assistance, and malpractice insurance coverage.

Healthcare System/Hospital Description

Comprised of hospitals, physicians and allied services dedicated to providing preeminent care throughout Indiana and beyond, IU Health is honored to be recognized in such high distinctions.

• IU Health is ranked No. 1 in Indiana by U.S. News & World Report
• Riley Hospital for Children is nationally ranked in ten pediatric specialties by U.S. News & World Report .
• Indiana University Health is one of the largest employers in Indiana

A private, nonprofit organization, Indiana University Health owns, or is affiliated with, more than 200 hospitals and health centers throughout Indiana. More than half of the physicians affiliated with the IU School of Medicine practice, supervise, and teach residents and fellows at one of Indiana University Health's hospitals.

No organization in Indiana is ranked higher or offers more highly ranked physicians than Indiana University Health. With exceptional care, unmatched expertise and continued excellence, our patients and families know that they're making an excellent choice in selecting Indiana University Health as their premier healthcare system of choice.