Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Intern

Job Description

About the Role
This role is a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) Intern position within Michigan Medicine’s Von Voigtlander Women’s Hospital and Brandon NICU. It’s an educational program designed to prepare current Registered Nurses, who have graduated from an accredited NNP program, for their new role by teaching a wide range of skills and knowledge, with the ultimate goal of providing high-quality patient and family centered care, facilitating multidisciplinary communication, and advancing newborn care within the broader mission of improving health through education, patient care, and research.

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
• Have 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
• Requires a two-year commitment following completion of orientation
• Practice as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner for 2 years in the C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Brandon Newborn Intensive Care Unit with no less than a 0.9-1.0 FTE appointment fraction
• 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
• Posted as Nursing Framework LEVEL C; actual level and salary determined at time of hire
• Work schedule is 40 hours per week, Day shift, and includes weekend shifts as required
• Located at C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital, Brandon Newborn Intensive Care Unit
• New employees are expected to float to designated unit(s) in times of low census
• Covered under the collective bargaining agreement between the U-M and the Michigan Nurses Association and the U-M Professional Nurse Council union