Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Offering great rates, relocation allowance and a sign-on bonus!

The Nemours Neonatology team is looking for an experienced Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider to join our NICU in Wilmington, Delaware.  We are expanding this year, adding 14 new inpatient rooms. With this expansion, the NICU will house 46 beds as a contiguous unit.  Our shifts are rotating or nights and will require holiday commitments

The Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at Nemours Children's provides the best start in life for babies born too early or with medical problems. Our NICU is Level IV, which is the highest level of neonatal care.

Our Advanced Practice Providers, Neonatologists and other care providers take care of babies around-the-clock in this high-tech unit. Pediatric surgeons and experts in every specialty have direct access to the NICU.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages and provides care for the patient requiring neonatal intensive care utilizing collaborative consultation with team members, under the direction and supervision (but not necessarily the direct attendance) of an attending neonatologist.
• Receives a distressed neonate in the Delivery Room and initiates appropriate intervention.
• Performs a complete newborn physical examination and assessment of gestational age, discriminating between normal and abnormal findings.
• Conducts parent interviews and takes family history.
• Collaborates with neonatologists concerning pertinent historical events, physical findings, diagnostic and therapeutic measures initiated on all admissions.
• Orders appropriate laboratory tests and procedures.
• Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures necessary and appropriate for the care of the patient.
• Reviews and provides general care items involved in neonatal care, such as temperature stabilization, hyperalimentation therapy, feeding management, and phototherapy.
• Participates in rounds in NICU.

What we Offer

• Competitive salary
• Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• CME and board maintenance allowances
• Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan
• Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years Neonatal NP/Physician Assistant experience preferred
• NNP:  Current unrestricted Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License to practice in Delaware; Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP Certification upon hire
• PA-C:  Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in Delaware; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.  Must have neonatal experience or have completed a Neonatal Fellowship.                                                    
• Current American Heart Association BLS and NRP Certification
• Qualified new grads are encouraged to apply.

For confidential Consideration

Apply online today! Or send your resume via email to Megan.Roberts@nemours.org.  Questions?  Call Megan: 302-298-8295.

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