Neonatal Nurse Practitioner University of Colorado Hospital

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.

• Location
  University of Colorado Hospital, Anschutz Campus Level III NICU
• Position Status
  .9 FTE, eligible for benefits
• Shift
  Varying shifts, 72 hours per pay period
• Salary Information
  Pay is dependent on applicant's relevant experience.
  Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $ to $
• Eligible Incentives
  This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus up to $20,000 for qualified external applicants.
  Relocation assistance available for eligible candidates moving 100 miles or greater.

• Family-Centered Care:
  • 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.
  • Advocates for the neonatal patient/family/caregiver
  • Promotes self-management & family centered care
  • Derives outcomes & plans of care that involve the patient/family/caregiver when possible & are realistic to the patient/family/caregiver capabilities & resources
  • Provides patient/family/caregiver with diagnostic & laboratory results as well as actual/potential benefits, limitations, & adverse effects of proposed therapies.
• Teamwork &
  
  Collaboration:
  
  
  • Provides leadership in care management to achieve optimal quality, cost-effective care.
  • Documents & communicates with healthcare team members to achieve an integrated delivery of pediatric care services.
  • 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.
  • Makes appropriate referrals and discusses recommendations with patient/family/caregiver.
• Quality Improvement:
  • Participates in quality improvement activities or research to improve the care delivery process & patient care outcomes;
    Uses & communicates results to initiate change in practice
  • Uses creativity, new knowledge, & innovation to improve care
• Safety:
  • Maintains a professional practice while utilizing evidenced based practice
  • Communicates and demonstrates critical thinking for patient care management
  • Is mindful and judicious in monitoring safety and departmental policies and procedures
  • NNP maintains clinical competency (ability to independently manage and perform at a high level, and takes personal responsibility for obtaining competency as needed).
  • Prescribes appropriate pharmacologic/non-pharmacological agents & interventions that are both universal & unique to…