Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP)
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Job Description
About Company
This organization is characterized by a culture where compassion meets innovation and technology, and its employees are considered family. The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner operates within the framework of Driscoll Children’s Hospital Mission Statement and Core Values.
Job Description, Detailed
• Job Title: Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP)
• General Purpose of Job: The NNP is a professional registered nurse with clinical experience in neonatal nursing and formal education in managing sick neonates. The role involves exercising independent judgment in assessment, diagnosis, initiation of delegated medical procedures, and evaluation, all consistent with state nurse practice laws, institutional guidelines, and the NNP’s education and experience. The NNP operates within the mission and core values of Driscoll Children’s Hospital.
• Essential Duties and Behavioral Expectations:
• Maintains utmost level of confidentiality at all times.
• Adheres to hospital policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates ethical business practices and personal actions, adhering to corporate compliance and integrity guidelines.
• Accepts and coordinates total care for a specific caseload of neonatal patients.
• Obtains health history (maternal and infant) for all patients in the NNP’s caseload.
• Performs daily physical assessments and examinations.
• Orders and interprets diagnostic/laboratory studies.
• Diagnoses and treats neonatal disease processes.
• Makes referrals to specialty physicians as appropriate, after concurrence with the attending neonatologist.
• Documents daily on NNP data form, including daily diagnosis, changes, and updates in the plan of care.
• Prescribes and manages medication, fluid, respiratory, nutrition, and other therapies.
• Prescribes specialty therapy consults as appropriate (e.g., PT, OT, hearing, speech).
• Maintains therapeutic relationships with parents/families through counseling and teaching about their infant’s condition.
• Facilitates continuum of care through close coordination with the neonatologist, case manager, bedside nurse, specialty MD/Services, family, and community services.
• Education and/or Experience:
• Master’s Degree preferred (if no MS, title must have been grandfathered in before January 2000).
• Current certification and licensure as a RN/Advanced Practitioner Nurse in the State of Texas.
• Significant knowledge and experience within the neonatal service area.
• Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
• Texas Licensed Registered Nurse.
• National Certification as an NNP after receiving formal education acceptable to the Texas State Board of Nursing, or currently enrolled in a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Program and functioning as a Student Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.
• Licensed to practice as NNP or Student NNP in the State of Texas.
• Neonatal Resuscitation Certified and Basic Life Support (CPR).
