General Requirements • Neonatal Resuscitation Program completion • BLS • Maintenance of certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with a national certification and advanced training in neonatal medicine • Completion of hospital credentialing Work Experience None Education • RN with current Michigan License • Minimal completion of a Bachelor of Science of Nursing • Completion of neonatal nurse practitioner approved program • Preferred - Masters in Pediatric or Maternal Child nursing Specialized Knowledge and Skills • Clinical knowledge and analytical abilities necessary to formulate nursing and medical interventions • Interpersonal skills to effectively and appropriately communicate with patients, families, physicians, nurses, and other Hospital Associates • Able to demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide care based on physical, psycho/social, educational, safety and related criteria, appropriate to the age of the patients serviced in his/her assigned service area as related to the principle duties and responsibilities of this position • Demonstrates ability to use a keyboard as may be required to perform the essential duties of the job. Perform the following procedures after consultation with a Neonatologist (unless life threatening situation): exchange transfusion, initiation of oscillator ventilator support, pericardiocentesis, thoracotomy for chest tube insertion.