Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - Contingent

Employment Type:

Part time

Shift:

Rotating Shift

Description:

Trinity Oakland has an exciting opportunity for Neonatal Nurse Practitioners to join a highly skilled and experienced team serving Pontiac.

This highly skilled team of three Neonatologists and six Neonatal Nurse Practitioners deal with high level and complex patients requiring the NNP's to utilize their critical thinking skills. Trinity Oakland is a Level III Neonatal Intensive Care unit.

The selected Nurse Practitioner will be responsible for providing the assessment, evaluation and treatment of neonates under the supervision of attending pediatricians at Trinity Oakland.

Experienced providers and new graduates will be considered to join our seasoned and certified nursing staff.

Minimum required qualifications:

• Successful completion of a NP program or Master's Degree

• State of Michigan License

• Active and Current DEA

• Specialty certification in area of specialty preferred

• ACLS, PALS, NRP Certification

Job Functions include, but are not limited to the following:

1. Function as the mid-level provider for newborn patients by:

a. Assessing, planning and evaluating medical care under the direction of the attending pediatrician.

b. Reporting accurately and concisely to attending pediatrician and in problem oriented documentation.

c. Ordering and interpreting laboratory data and plain x-ray film as appropriate.

d. Writing appropriate orders for medications, IV therapy, parental nutrition, blood products and for admissions, transfers and discharges.

e. Attend high-risk deliveries, resuscitate, and stabilize patients.

f. Independently going on transports to other hospital systems to transfer newborns to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital or transferring newborns to another NICU due to need for surgical or other services.

1. Attend and provide newborn care, resuscitation and stabilization for all deliveries as required.

2. Provide consultation to administrative, nursing, and medical staff.

3. Direct and/or participate in the ongoing competency assessment program for maintenance of advanced neonatal knowledge and skills of nursing staff.

4. Direct and/or participate in nursing education and ongoing competency assessment.

5. Submits appropriate billing in a timely manner.

6. Initiate and pursue self-development activities through readings, lectures and formal educational programs.

7. Participate as appropriate in quality improvement and the formulation, revision and implementation of policies and procedures in Family Birthing Center (consisting of the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Labor and Delivery Unit and Mother/Baby Unit) as appropriate.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Trinity Health is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians across 25 states. Because we serve diverse populations, our colleagues are trained to recognize the cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and to apply that knowledge to produce positive health outcomes. We also recognize that each of us has a different way of thinking and perceiving our world and that these differences often lead to innovative solutions.

Our dedication to diversity includes a unified workforce (through training and education, recruitment, retention, and development), commitment and accountability, communication, community partnerships, and supplier diversity.

EOE including disability/veteran