The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) delivers expert, family-centered care for infants and toddlers up to age 2, across the wellness-illness continuum. In collaboration with healthcare providers, the NNP performs comprehensive assessments, diagnoses, and manages acute, chronic, and critical conditions. Responsibilities include conducting exams, interpreting diagnostic tests, prescribing treatments and medications, and coordinating referrals. The NNP also promotes health education, disease prevention, and counseling. As a clinical leader, the NNP fosters interprofessional collaboration and integrates evidence-based practice to ensure high-quality care.
Location Mercy Hospital Level II NICU
Position Status Flex, not eligible for benefits
Shift 24-hour shift well baby coverage On-call model, 30 minute response time
Salary Information Hourly Rate of Pay: $79.18
Duties & Responsibilities
Family Centered Care:
Consistently integrates age specific age specific and culturally diverse concepts into patient care,
taking into consideration both the patient’s chronological age and developmental functioning.
Advocates for the neonatal patient/family/caregiver
Promotes self-management & family centered care
Derives outcomes & plans of care that involve the patient/family/caregiver when possible & are realistic to the patient/family/caregiver capabilities & resources
Provides patient/family/caregiver with diagnostic & laboratory results as well as vigente/potential benefits, limitations, & adverse effects of proposed therapies.
Teamwork & Collaboration:
Provides leadership in care management to achieve optimal quality, cost-effective care.
Documents & communicates with healthcare team members to achieve an integrated delivery of pediatric care services.
Delegates appropriate monitoring, assessment, & interventions according to the patient and scope of practice of the caregiver; Provides consultation to influence the identified plan of care, to enhance the abilitie