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Job ID

73306

Location

Aurora, Colorado

Full/Part Time

Part-Time

Regular/Temporary

Regular

Why Work at Children's....

Here, it's different. Come join us.

Children's Hospital Colorado has defined and delivered pediatric healthcare excellence for more than 100 years.

Here, the nation's brightest nurses, physicians, scientists, researchers, therapists, and care providers are creating the future of child health. With an optimist's outlook, a trailblazing spirit, and a celebrated history, we're making new strides every day.

We've been Magnet-designated four times by the American Nurses Credentialing Center and are consistently recognized among the nation's top 10 pediatric hospitals by U.S. News & World Report.

As a national leader in pediatric care, we serve children and families from all over the nation. Our System of Care includes four pediatric hospitals, 11 specialty care centers, 1,300+ outreach clinics and more than 10,000 healthcare professionals representing the full spectrum of pediatric care specialties.

Here, we know it takes all of us, every role, to deliver the best possible care to each child and family we treat.

That's why we build our teams toward a foundation of equity in access, advancement, and opportunity. We know teams of individuals with different identities and backgrounds can nurture creativity and innovation. We know we can see, treat, and heal children better when our team reflects the diversity of our patient population. We strive to attract and retain diverse talent because we know a truly inclusive and equitable workforce will help us one day realize our most basic calling: to heal every child who comes through our doors.

A career at Children's Colorado will challenge you, inspire you, and motivate you to make a difference in the life of a child. Here, it's different.

Job Overview

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) provides expert Family-Centered Care across the wellness-illness continuum, providing primary, acute, chronic and critical care to infants and toddlers up to age 2 years. In collaboration with other health care providers the NNP will provide initial, ongoing and comprehensive care, including taking complete histories; providing physical examinations and diagnosing, treating and managing patients with acute and chronic illnesses and diseases. This includes ordering, performing, supervising, and interpreting laboratory and imaging studies; prescribing medication and durable medical equipment; and making appropriate referrals for patients and families. In addition, NNP care also includes health promotion, disease prevention, health education, and counseling. The NNP will function as a leader within nursing and inter-professional teams, fostering open communication, mutual respect, and shared decision-making to achieve quality patient care. Identifies and demonstrates incorporation of best current evidence with clinical expertise and patient/family preferences and values for delivery of optimal health care at the unit or organization level.

Additional Information

Department: Neonatal Nurse PractitionersHours per week: varies based on needs of departmentShift: day/night rotating

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor of Science in Nursing & Master's Degree NNP
• Experience: Three years' combined experience as RN or NNP in a neonatal setting. High risk neonatal setting experience preferred. Previous level 4 experience is required.
• Certification(s): BLS/CPR from the American Heart Association; Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) Certificate and optional Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS).
• Licensure(s): Registered Nurse License (RN); Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) License; Prescriptive Authority License; Board Certification as a NNP

Responsibilities

POPULATION SPECIFIC CARE

• Neonate - 30 days to 1yr
• Toddlers - >1yr to 2yrs

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may b called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

Family Centered Care:

1. Consistently integrates age specific age specific and culturally diverse concepts into patient care, taking into consideration both the patient's chronological age and developmental functioning.
2. Advocates for the neonatal patient/family/caregiver
3. Promotes self-management & family centered care
4. Derives outcomes & plans of care that involve the patient/family/caregiver when possible & are realistic to the patient/family/caregiver capabilities & resources
5. Provides patient/family/caregiver with diagnostic & laboratory results as well as actual/potential benefits, limitations, & adverse effects of proposed therapies.

Teamwork & Collaboration:

1. Provides leadership in care management to achieve optimal quality, cost-effective care.
2. Documents & communicates with healthcare team members to achieve an integrated delivery of pediatric care services.
3. Delegates appropriate monitoring, assessment, & interventions according to the patient and scope of practice of the caregiver; Provides consultation to influence the identified plan of care, to enhance the abilities of others to provide health care, and to effect change in the healthcare system.
4. Makes appropriate referrals and discusses recommendations with patient/family/caregiver.

Quality Improvement:

1. Participates in quality improvement activities or research to improve the care delivery process & patient care outcomes; Uses & communicates results to initiate change in practice
2. Uses creativity, new knowledge, & innovation to improve care

Safety:

1. Maintains a professional practice while utilizing evidenced based practice
2. Communicates and demonstrates critical thinking for patient care management
3. Is mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures
4. NNP maintains clinical competency (ability to independently manage and perform at a high level, and takes personal responsibility for obtaining competency as needed).
5. Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic/non-pharmacological agents & interventions that are both universal & unique to the patient, & monitors/evaluates effects.
6. Employs diverse & complex strategies, interventions, & teaching to promote health & a safe environment
7. Orders and/or performs appropriate treatments, therapies, & procedures that are based on current knowledge, research, & practice;
8. Informatics:
9. Uses information and technology to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error and support decision making,

Leadership:

1. Takes action to achieve goals identified during performance appraisal & peer review, resulting in changes in practice & role performance
2. Participates in lifelong learning that improves skills & competence in clinical practice/role performance;
3. Serves as preceptor, role model, or mentor
4. Contributes to the professional development of peers/colleagues to improve neonatal health care & to foster the profession's growth; Integrates ethical considerations & research findings into practice
5. Provides leadership by participating on committees or in professional organizations, or writing/publishing/presenting.
6. Serves as a leader, influencing healthcare/APN practice & policy.

Other Information

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

• Ability to provide and coordinate clinical practice for patients admitted to a special care nursery and/or neonatal intensive care unit, 24 hours a day, through a collaborative practice with on-call attending physician who is either on site or available by pager or phone.
• Knowledge of evidence-based clinical care practices and skills in implementing them into practice to improve outcomes.
• Maintains competency in skills/procedures
• Highly organized and ability to man