Nurse Practitioner

3000 Montefiore Medical Center; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 117,000; Full time

Job summary

The Division of Neonatology, Weiler NICU at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, NY, seeks a full-time nurse practitioner to deliver specialized care to high-risk neonates in a multidisciplinary team.

You will assist with high-risk deliveries, perform common procedures, and contribute to clinical and quality improvement initiatives. Night shift required with a rotation schedule.

Qualifications

• New York State License for a Nurse Practitioner and current registration or valid permit to practice in New York State as an NP.
• DEA registration required.
• BLS and NRP certifications required.
• NNP certification or 3 years NICU experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to develop and implement care plans for neonates.
• Attend high-risk deliveries and perform procedures as needed (e.g., intubation, central line placement, lumbar punctures).
• Manage neonatal critical and continuing care for preterm and term infants.
• Coordinate antenatal consultations and support family engagement and shared decision making.

Skills

NP license

DEA registration

BLS certification

NRP certification

NNP preferred / NICU experience

Job description

City/State: Bronx, New York

Grant Funded: No

Department: PEDS - Division Of Neonatology

Bargaining Unit: NYSNA

Work Shift: Night

Work Days: NIGHTS VARY

Scheduled Hours: 6:30PM - 7:30AM

Scheduled Daily Hours: 12.5 HOURS

Hourly Rate: $84.63 For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

Job Summary The Division of Neonatology, Weiler Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU), is recruiting an experienced full-time nurse practitioner to deliver specialized care to our high-risk infant patients. The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Weiler NICU is a level IV, regional perinatal center located in the Bronx, NY. A successful candidate will manage and provide care for patients requiring neonatal intensive care in collaboration with a multidisciplinary medical team, attend high risk deliveries, and perform common procedures such as intubation, placement of central lines, and lumbar punctures. Experience in the management of neonates that require high frequency ventilation, pre and post op surgical care, and therapeutic hypothermia is preferred. In this role, the successful candidate will be responsible for the provision, coordination, and assurance of comprehensive neonatal critical, intensive and continuing care for preterm and full-term infants, and pertinent standards of care, the diagnosis of illness and physical conditions, and performance of therapeutic, corrective, and prescriptive measures of the critically ill neonate. Additional responsibilities include antenatal consultations and facilitating family engagement and shared decision making with the infant’s parent(s). There will be an opportunity to participate or initiate in clinical and quality improvement research and development of clinical management guidelines. The coverage for the NICU would be for the flex position which includes both day and night shifts as needed. The position has a Rotation Schedule including holidays and weekends and may require flexibility in working the day shift, based on operational needs.

Essential Functions

• Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team including the attending neonatologist to develop and implement the therapeutic plan of care for a group of patients and ensure communication with family members.
• Provide consultation about the therapeutic regimen to the nursing staff responsible for the patient's care in the hospital setting.
• Facilitate the continuity of care across the continuum of services, e.g., home care, transfer to other facilities, post-discharge primary and specialty care appointments.
• Participate in designated activities related to advanced practice professional standards and regulations of relevant outside agencies.
• Perform complete health history, physical examination, and psychosocial assessment of patients within the designated practice or clinical unit.
• Order customary laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings, which may include referral to consulting physicians per customary pattern of the attending MD or with the collaborating physician.
• Formulate the plan of care, along with the attending physician, patient, and family, based on expected goals of care and length of stay.
• Prescribe in-patient and discharge medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization.
• Prescribes medical equipment, devices, physical and occupational therapy, and home health services per practice protocol.
• Promotes own professional growth and development in clinical and managerial role.
• Maintains current expertise in area of practice.
• Serve as a clinical expert and resource for the education of peers and other health professionals.
• The position has a Rotation Schedule including holidays and weekends and may require flexibility in working the day shift, based on operational needs.

Minimum Qualifications

• New York State License for a Nurse Practitioner and current registration or valid permit to practice in New York State as an NP.
• Drug Enforcement Authority (DEA) registration.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) and Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification.
• Neonatal nurse practitioner (NNP) certification or 3 years of NICU experience for all other NP specialties is preferred.

Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve. Montefiore's state-of-the-art facilities include the internationally-recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise. An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits. Check out our comprehensive benefits available to you when you join our outstanding team! To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. To be a premier academic medical center that transforms health and enriches lives.