NICU Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Overview

The University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit is seeking a NICU Nurse Practitioner at 50% - 100% FTE. SIGN-ON BONUS OF $20,000 for qualified candidates. Must be hired at 75% FTE or greater;
Internal candidates are not eligible for sign-on bonus. This position provides overall medical care and medical management for patients, exercising autonomy in medical decision-making and services provided. The role functions independently and/or as a member of an interdisciplinary team to plan, deliver, and evaluate health care for the inpatient NICU population. The focus is on caring for hospitalized patients to manage care and length of stay, improve resource utilization, and decrease costs to patients and the institution while providing personalized care on a 24/7 basis.

• Assesses the patient’s health status by history taking, physical examination, laboratory studies, and other appropriate means, including procedures such as PICC line insertion and lumbar puncture.
• Plans and communicates treatment programs related to the patient’s health needs.
• Recognizes, discriminates, and manages acute illness, chronic conditions, and disabilities.
• Determines and facilitates referral and consultation needs in a timely manner.
• Completes medicine documentation and billing procedures according to institutional and departmental guidelines.
• Integrates health information into the diagnoses and treatment plan and may assist the patient and family in implementing the plan in the community.
• Provides an ongoing health education program for patients and their families, utilizing all available media.
• Initiates therapeutic measures using independent judgment according to recognized clinical guidelines.
• Completes administrative paperwork related to MAC, human resources, outreach, and other tasks as required.
• Performs other projects as assigned.
• Assumes supervisory and administrative activities and special projects as delegated by the Nurse Practitioner Supervisor/Medical Director.
• Demonstrates the ability to synthesize scientific, behavioral, and humanistic principles for application to clinical practice at the advanced nurse practitioner level.
• Understands nursing theory, pathophysiology, and pharmacokinetics with the ability to perform patient and family assessment, develop differential diagnoses, develop a plan of care, implement treatment including referrals and prescriptions, and evaluate patient responses.
• Documents and reports interventions and patient/family responses appropriately.
• Identifies patient/family/community care and education needs; develops, implements, and evaluates the care plan, coordinating care with referral and consultation resources, community support agencies, schools, and local primary care providers.
• Keeps informed about research activities, findings, and quality improvement principles related to patient outcomes and participates in development and implementation of such activities.
• Understands the Nurse Practice Act, including ARNP components.
• Performs technical skills defined by the collaborative practice agreement according to Iowa Board of Nursing and UI Health Care standards.
• Functions as an independent practitioner within guidelines of the collaborative practice agreement, Iowa Board of Nursing, and UI Health Care standards.

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University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital has served the health care needs of children and families since 1919. As Iowa’s only comprehensive children’s hospital, we provide care for children from birth to young adulthood, ranging from wellness promotion to care for general childhood illness, surgery, traumatic injuries, life-threatening and chronic illnesses, and developmental disabilities. As part of an academic medical center, UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital also performs groundbreaking research and training.

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is a state-of-the-art pediatric facility that is part of UI Health Care.

UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital is home to Iowa’s only…