Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Job Description:

This is a permanent, full-time benefitted position requiring some overnight shifts in the hospital. The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will play a crucial role in providing direct patient care to a group of normal-to-high risk infants. The position involves assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and technical procedures, managing neonatal caseload with physician collaboration, and serving as a patient and family advocate.

Essential Responsibilities:

1. Interpret antenatal/perinatal health history and assess gestational age.
2. Perform resuscitation of newborns in delivery rooms and neonatal units.
3. Conduct physical exams and evaluations on infants in Delivery, Neonatal, and Mother-Baby Units.
4. Perform specialized procedures on high-risk infants, including catheterization, intubation, and lumbar puncture.
5. Order/interpret lab tests, radiographs, and routine diagnostics.
6. Prescribe therapies and nutrition, make rounds on designated patients, and collaborate with attending MD.
7. Develop, implement, review, and revise standards/procedures/protocols for Neonatal Care.
8. Stay current with standards/issues/implications for advanced practice nursing.
9. Provide educational programs for staff, serve as a clinical resource, and participate in Quality Management Programs.

Qualifications:

Basic Qualifications:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience in neonatal care.
• Master's degree in nursing.
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii) required at hire.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).
• Basic Life Support from American Heart Association.
• Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certificate.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Minimum one (1) year of Nurse Practitioner experience in an acute care setting.
• Valid Hawaii APRN Recognition with Prescriptive Authority for Hawaii State APRN prescriptive authority.

Non-Negotiable Requirements:

• Minimum two (2) years of experience as a neonatal care nurse practitioner.
• Ability to work overnight shifts at the Medical Center.
• Salary exempt NP position, Full Time, and fully benefitted.

Nice-to-Have Skills:

• Experienced NNP living locally on the Island or willing to relocate to Honolulu.
• Flexibility to work overnight shifts.

Additional Compensation: $10K Sign-On Bonus.

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