Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Intern

Job Description

About the Role

This internship is for Registered Nurses who have graduated from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a Neonatal Specialty, providing a unique career opportunity to extend their education at Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital and the Brandon NICU. The program prepares interns for a new role as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner by teaching a wide range of skills and knowledge, performed under the direct supervision of a licensed Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. The role contributes to Michigan Medicine’s mission of improving health through excellence in patient care, education, and research, with goals including providing high-quality patient and family-centered care and innovating newborn care.

What You’ll Do
• Coordinate care of acutely ill neonates in the intensive care and acute care unit settings
• Present pertinent data to the medical staff
• Collect and interpret reports from diagnostic lab tests, radiographic procedures, and clinical studies
• Confer with attending physicians and communicate with other care providers/consultants to coordinate clinical care
• Streamline the patient transfer process between levels of care
• Attend high risk deliveries and assist with neonatal resuscitation activities
• Once credentialed and privileged as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner will perform procedures and order entry

You’re a Good Fit If You
• Hold current licensure to practice as a Registered Nurse in the State of Michigan
• Are a graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with a Neonatal Specialty

Bonus Qualifications
• Demonstrated excellent verbal communication skills
• Ability to function under the direct supervision of a licensed NNP while assuring the medical care team is functioning smoothly and in collaboration with each other
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate clinical care ideas across multiple patient care services and to communicate as a patient advocate
• Demonstrated experience with and knowledge of current medical, surgical, and pharmaceutical treatment modalities of the acute and chronically ill neonates

Role Highlights & Compensation
• Michigan Medicine is one of the largest health care complexes in the world
• Hourly range for Registered Nurses $40.18-$62.31/ hour
• Evening Shift Differential-$3.00 / hour
• Night Shift Differential- $4.00 / hour
• Day Shift Weekend Differential- $2.90 / hour
• Evening Shift Weekend Differential- $5.90 / hour
• Night Shift Weekend Differential- $6.90 / hour
• Charge Nurse Differential- $1.00 / hour
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• 2:1 Match on retirement savings and immediate vesting
• Generous Paid Time Off Allowances
• Robust Tuition and Certification support programs
• Large offering of no cost CEs and professional development for advancement
• Requires a two-year commitment following completion of orientation, practicing as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with no less than a 0.9-1.0 FTE appointment fraction
• Work schedule is 40 hours per week, day shift, including weekend shifts as required
• Location: C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Brandon Newborn Intensive Care Unit
• Expected to float to designated unit(s) in times of low census based on collective bargaining agreement
• This position is covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union