Advanced Practice Provider - Neonatal: PRN

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** APP - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner: (PRN)**

Primary Purpose

Responsible for providing health care for patients in designated primary or specialty areas, including patient diagnoses, treatment, education, and referrals. Serves as a resource and role model for clinical practice, training, evaluation, and direct management of practitioners and students in all areas encompassed by the service line to ensure optimal patient care quality. Assist leadership in assessing, planning, organizing, and implementing designated advanced practice provider activities.

Minimum Specifications

Education

Physician Assistant:

Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university and successful completion of an accredited Physician Assistant Program recognized by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN):

Master's Degree in Nursing accredited through the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) or the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. (ACEN).

Experience:

- 2 plus years of clinical experience as an Advanced Practice provider (APP) in any field.

Equivalent Education and/or Experience

- Current employees hired at Parkland before 3/1/2014 may have an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Certification/Registration/Licensure

• - Must have current healthcare provider BLS for Healthcare provider certification from one of the following:
• American Heart Association
• American Red Cross
• Military Training Network

- Must have current certification from one of the following:

Current certification in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) and must be attained within 90 days of being hired and maintained throughout employment.

Current certification in Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) and must be attained within 90 days of being hired and maintained throughout employment.

Current certification in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) and must be attained within 90 days of being hired and maintained throughout employment.

Current certification in Satori Alternative to Managing Aggression (SAMA) and must be attained within 90 days of being hired and maintained throughout employment.

Current certification in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) and must be attained within 90 days of being hired and maintained throughout employment.

Physician Assistant:

Current, valid Physician Assistant licensure from the Texas Board of Physician Assistants. Current certification as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants.

Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (Nurse Practitioner):

Current RN licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing or valid Compact RN license. Current licensure from the Texas Board of Nursing as an Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) with authorization to practice as a Family, Adult, Gerontology, Adult-Gerontology, Adult-Gerontology Acute Care, Acute Care, Pediatric, Pediatric Acute Care, Neonatal, Psychiatric Mental Health or Women's Health Nurse Practitioner.

Must have active certification as a Nurse Practitioner by one of the following:

Family Nurse Practitioner (FNP) by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Program (AANPCP)

Adult Nurse Practitioner (ANP) by ANCC or AANPCP OR Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (GNP) by ANCC or AANPCP

Adult-Gerontology-Primary Care Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or AANPCP

Adult-Gerontology-Acute Care Nurse Practitioner by ANCC or American Association of Critical-Care Nurses Certification…