Description

Nemours Childrens Health- Delaware Valley is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider in the Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital location in Philadelphia, PA.

This Advanced Practice Provider will function in both an independent and expanded collaborative role by planning and providing comprehensive, complete management of a primary caseload of critically-ill neonates/infants and their families. This position includes attendance in the delivery room for high-risk deliveries and as needed upon request.

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 with generous sign on bonus
• 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 the state(s) in which privileges are sought; Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP Certification upon hire
• PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
• Current American Heart Association BLS and NRP Certification

About Us

Nemours Childrens Health is an internationally recognized childrens health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art childrens hospitals Nemours Childrens Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Childrens Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.

As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, were on a journey to discover better ways of approaching childrens health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every childs world a place to thrive. Its a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.

Inclusion and belonging guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build an inclusive and supportive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.

To learn more about Nemours Childrens and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org.