Neonatal Nurse Practitioner - Iowa
9 days ago
Moline
Job DescriptionNeonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP)Position Summary The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner provides advanced practice nursing care to neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and/or newborn nursery. This role focuses on the assessment, diagnosis, and management of high-risk and critically ill newborns in collaboration with neonatologists and multidisciplinary care teams. Key Responsibilities • Provide comprehensive care to premature, critically ill, and medically complex neonates, • Perform neonatal assessments, admissions, and daily patient management, • Diagnose and manage acute and chronic neonatal conditions, • Develop and implement individualized plans of care, • Perform procedures within scope of practice, including intubation, line placement, and resuscitation as credentialed, • Monitor patient response to treatment and adjust care plans as needed, • Participate in neonatal resuscitations and high-risk deliveries, • Collaborate with neonatologists, nursing staff, respiratory therapy, and ancillary services, • Educate and support families regarding neonatal conditions and care plans, • Participate in discharge planning and continuity of care, • Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant documentation in the electronic health record, • Support quality improvement, patient safety, and regulatory compliance initiatives Practice Setting, • Neonatal intensive care unit and/or newborn nursery, • Level II–IV NICU depending on facility, • Shift-based coverage, including days, nights, weekends, and holidays as required Patient Population, • Premature and term neonates, • Infants with respiratory, cardiac, neurologic, infectious, and congenital conditions Qualifications, • Master’s or Doctoral degree in Nursing, • Graduate of an accredited Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program, • National board certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, • Eligible for unrestricted nurse practitioner licensure in the practicing state, • DEA registration or eligibility, • NRP certification (or ability to obtain) Skills & Competencies, • Advanced neonatal assessment and critical thinking skills, • Ability to manage high-acuity neonatal patients, • Strong procedural and clinical decision-making abilities, • Excellent communication and family-centered care skills, • Ability to work effectively in a high-intensity, team-based environment Work Environment, • Hospital-based neonatal care setting, • Multidisciplinary NICU care model, • Fast-paced, high-acuity clinical environment