Advanced Practice Provider
Core
Provide direct patient care, formulate care plans, and manage health problems for infants and children in a neonatal setting, often in collaboration with physicians.
Role type
Advanced Practice Provider (Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant)
Builds
Direct patient care plans and therapeutic interventions for neonates and pediatric patients
Domain
Healthcare / Neonatology / Pediatrics
Required skills
Direct patient care, pharmacological therapy management, CPR and resuscitation, therapeutic techniques, patient stabilization and transport, diagnostic strategies, adverse drug reaction management, QI monitoring, policy development
Preferred skills
Resuscitation, intubation, line placement, physical examinations, clinical assessments, independent judgment, documentation and billing
Technologies
EPIC
Responsibilities
Provide direct patient care and formulate plan of care in collaboration with physician, nursing staff, and the multidisciplinary health team; Prescribe and evaluate pharmacological therapies according to protocol; Attend both high and low risk deliveries as needed; Initiate CPR and perform therapeutic techniques to stabilize a compromised infant; Stabilize and transport patients as needed; Participate in the development, review and evaluation of policies and procedures; Participate in providing in-service and outreach education program; Serve as preceptor to APP students.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC