NEONATAL CRITICAL CARE NURSE PRACTITIONER - DUH full time

Company: Duke University
Location: Durham
Posted on: June 23, 2022

Job Description:

Duke University Hospital is consistently rated as one of the best in the United States and is known around the world for its outstanding care and groundbreaking research. Duke University Hospital has 957 inpatient beds and offers comprehensive diagnostic and therapeutic facilities, including a regional emergency/trauma center; a major surgery suite containing 51 operating rooms; an endo-surgery center; an Ambulatory Surgery Center with nine operating rooms and an extensive diagnostic and interventional radiology area. In fiscal year 2018, Duke University Hospital admitted 42,916 patients and had 1,085,740 outpatient visits in fiscal year 2017.

U.S News & World Report named Duke University Hospital #1 in North Carolina and #1 in the Raleigh-Durham area in 2018-19.

Duke University Hospital is ranked in the top 20 nationally for seven adult specialties, including cardiology and heart surgery, nephrology, ophthalmology, orthopedics, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology.

In addition to its hospitals, Duke Health has an extensive, geographically dispersed network of outpatient facilities that include primary care offices, urgent care centers, multi-specialty clinics and outpatient surgery centers.

Duke Nursing Highlights:

* Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
* Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognizedeach year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
* Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
* Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
* Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
* Relocation Assistance!

Duke University Health System

Department of Center for Advance Practice

Job Description Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Position Summary

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner/ Critical Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner (NNP) provides direct patient care services and performs medical acts as a Nurse Practitioner under the supervision of the supervisory physician to infant's birth through 2 years of age in patient care units Duke Hospital ICN/Intermediate Care Nurseries and the Special Care Nurseries in the Duke University Health System. The NNP performs physical exams, collects and documents data, conducts diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, orders and schedules laboratory studies and professional consultations, prescribes appropriate interventions and medications, and provides direct patient care services. The NNP contributes to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, and provides leadership in the organization.

Position Requirements

* Completion of either an accredited Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program


* Master's degree in nursing


* Minimum 3 years as Registered Nurse in neonatology


* Current licensure as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina


* National Certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner required


* Current DEA License


* Current CSR account


* Current BLS, NRP, PALS certification mandatory


* Current Moderate Sedation Competency Provider Course certification


* Demonstrate and maintain credentialing and licensing requirements for Duke University Hospital, North Carolina State Board of Nursing and North Carolina Board of Medical Examiners



Schedule

Primary hours will be rotational covering 24 hours / 7 days per week including nights, weekends, and holidays. The NNP must also be flexible to provide on-call coverage, as needed.

Responsible to

The NNP will report directly to the Center for Advance Practice (CAP) Team Leader and Director. The NNP clinical practice is under the supervision of the Supervising Physicians for the NNP team, Dr. David Tanaka and Dr. Margarita Bidegain, and will also work under the supervision of all back-up attending physicians listed in the Collaborative Practice Agreement. In addition, s/he will be accountable to the Division of Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine/Department of Pediatrics for clinical outcomes and defined quality indicators and to the standards set forth by the Department of Center for Advance Practice.

Duke is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, or veteran status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas-an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes. To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain jobs at Duke University and Duke University Health System may include essentialjob functions that require specific physical and/or mental abilities. Additional information and provision for requests for reasonable accommodation will be provided by each hiring department.

Nearest Major Market: Durham

Nearest Secondary Market: Raleigh

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