NICU/ Nurse Practitioner / 36 Hours / Rotating Shifts - Days / Nights / Weekends
GENERAL SUMMARY/ OVERVIEW STATEMENT:
- Care of the critically or intensively ill neonate in the neonatal ICU setting, including attendance at high risk deliveries with the NICU team, admission of the ill neonate to both the level III and level II setting, and ongoing care in the NICU/SCN setting.
- The NNP shall work with a multidisciplinary team to review history and daily patient data, round with a multidisciplinary team to make management plans, perform appropriate procedures (including but not limited to: endotracheal intubation, needle thoracentesis, thoracostomy, paracentesis, umbilical line placement, PICC line placement, peripheral arterial access, lumbar puncture, bladder catheterization, RetCam exam eye screening).
- The NNP shall maintain appropriate licensure and maintenance of certification.
- Other duties as assigned.
Nursing at Brigham and Women's Hospital is known for their excellent clinical practice and for keeping patients and their families at the center of all they do. We understand that great care is shaped by relationships with patients and their families. That's why we're committed to knowing our patients on a deeper level - not just as patients, but as individuals - to ensure that they, and their families, feel known and cared for.
At BWH, we proudly work together with a spirit of inquiry and a deep commitment to providing the highest quality, evidence-informed and theory-guided care in an inclusive environment. We work each day to achieve our vision - to provide excellent care to patients and families, with the best staff, in the safest environment.
Just as we have been able to reinvent health care, we have also transformed health care careers. Whether measured in terms of lives saved, awards earned, or the personal satisfaction of stretching your talents - a career with BWH is unlike any other in the health care field. Here you'll find a workplace where collaboration and teamwork are the norm, not the exception - physicians, nurses, technicians, staff and management form a close-knit bond, based on mutual respect and devotion to our patients. If you want an enormously fulfilling career, there's no better place to be.
QUALIFICATIONS
Master's (or) DNP (or) PhD Degree in nursing required. Completion of a master's or post Masters' degree in Neonatal Nurse practitioner program accredited by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC).
Current Neonatal Nurse Practitioner board certification by an accredited APRN certifying body required.
Valid prescriptive authority from both MA DPH and Federal DEA required.
Valid APRN License to practice in Massachusetts required.
Minimum 2 years clinical nurse practitioner experience in a NICU setting required.
Minimum 2 years clinical nurse practitioner experience in the delivery room setting caring for the critically ill newborn patient population required.
Current Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required.