Job Description

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

TMC Rincon, TMC Health’s newest hospital, is looking to hire full-time NNPs. Duties will include:

1) Attend high risk deliveries for neonatal resuscitation. TMC Rincon should only have low risk deliveries, but there may be situations where the delivery becomes higher risk during labor or at the time of delivery.

2) Evaluate newborns in the hospital, when needed, due to clinical concerns. Most of this work can be done via phone, but there might be times when a baby may need to be evaluated in person. The TMC NICU physician would be the collaborating physician in these circumstances.

3) Take calls from nurses about newborn patients. Calls covered for TMC Rincon during the day and overnight, and also cover TMC Newborn call overnight.

Additionally, NNP will rotate through TMC’s Level IIIb NICU, periodically.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

EDUCATION: Master’s degree in Nursing or related area, or an equivalent combination of relevant education and experience.

EXPERIENCE : Five (5) years of related experience, preferably in an acute care setting.

LICENSURE OR CERTIFICATION : National certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or must be National Certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner eligible, must become credentialed at TMC through the Professional Staffing Office prior to appointment. Must have and maintain a current Arizona state license as a Registered Nurse and Nurse Practitioner including prescriptive authority. Must obtain and maintain a current Federal Drug Enforcement Agency License for prescribing controlled substances. Additional certifications may be required based on delineation of privileges as outlined by Medical Staff.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES :

· Knowledge of nursing care and assessment best practices.

· Knowledge of regulations and policies as it relates to patient evaluation, care and information.

· Skill in evaluating comprehensive health assessments and evaluating results to ensure the most appropriate treatment option.

· Skill in providing the best practice patient care.

· Ability to read, analyze, and interpret professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.

· Ability to write reports, correspondence, and procedure protocols.

· Ability to effectively present information and respond to inquiries or complaints from patients and/or their representatives, and the general public.

· Ability to work with concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions, and to apply mathematical operations to solve or analyze job-related situations.

· Ability to identify positive or negative variances from expected outcomes.

· Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

· Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

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