Job Description

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner functions as an independent healthcare provider who, working collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health team including physicians, is responsible for providing comprehensive care to both well and ill patients in an inpatient setting. He/she demonstrates a high degree of clinical expertise in working with newborn infants with acute and chronic illnesses. He/she provides care and educates patients and their families on wellness care and treatment plans for health disorders, and intervenes in acute episodes within the neonatal unit. The neonatal nurse practitioner develops criteria for and participates in the evaluation of the quality and effectiveness of care. He/she plans and participates in training opportunities for nursing and medical students. He/she works with administrative, nursing, physician, and university faculty to assure quality patient care and to promote education and research. This Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will be based at Meriter with a forty-hour workweek that will include call coverage.

Qualifications

• State of Wisconsin Advanced Practice Nurse Prescriber
• Master's Degree in Nursing with specialty preparation as a Neo Natal Nurse Practitioner AND
• Certification appropriate to practice area (where applicable) AND
• Certificate as an advanced practice nurse prescriber or qualifies to obtain certificate as appropriate
• Extensive knowledge of physical assessment, differential diagnosis, pathophysiology, pharmacology and management of acute and chronic patient/family health problems
• Two years of relevant clinical experience preferred
• Certificate as an advanced practice nurse prescriber or qualifies to obtain certificate as appropriate
• NRP certified
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Professional demeanor
• Ability to work as a member of a team
• Ability to prioritize tasks

Schedule

This is a full time salaried position.