NICU Nurse Practitioner- PER DIEM

City/State:

White Plains, New York

Department:

Pediatric Acute Neonatal

Work Shift:

Day

Work Days:

DAYS VARY

Scheduled Hours:

Day

Hours Per Pay Period:

0

Pay Rate/Range:

$79-$120

For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

• Understands and adheres to the WPH Performance Standards, Policies and Behaviors

• Conducts physical exams, assesses health status, orders and interprets tests, prescribes medications, and treats illnesses.

• Support the Neonatologist in attending births in Labor and Delivery which includes assessment, evaluation, and treatment of the infant

• Respond and evaluate infants in the Transitional Nursery, Labor and Delivery, and Emergency Department when requested

• Round on patients in NICU and facilitate the appropriate care in collaboration with the Attending. This includes evaluation, assessment, treatment, and appropriate documentation.

• Assist Neonatologist with procedures requiring an assistant

• Perform phlebotomy and IV access

• Write notes and consultations on patients seen

• Counsels’ patient/family on health care matters and respond to parental queries

• Attend multi-disciplinary rounds

• Consult appropriate specialties as seen fit

• Monitors therapy and provide continuity of care

• Responds to emergencies including use of CPR

• Consult with physicians as needed and refers to physicians for more complicated medical cases or cases that are not a routine part of an NP’s Scope of Practice

• Documents patient information and care in the medical record, in a confidential manner, and may maintain departmental statistical database for research and quality purposes

• Familiar with anatomy, pharmacology, pathophysiology, clinical medicine and physical diagnosis

White Plains Hospital Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. White Plains Hospital Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.