Nurse Practitioner

Our neonatal department is brand new. The physician was recently hired and has already started working there so they now want to hire the departments first NP. This neonatal department is opening a 4 bed Unit, will be expanding to 8 bed's in a year and then eventually 12 beds. Great opportunity for growth, opportunity to put your fingerprint on new unit, NP will be integral in training nurses for the department and will be working side by side with the newly hired neonatologist.

Nurse Practitioner to function as our Neonatal NP. Exceptional new grads will be considered. Generous relocation subsidy will be provided. Neonatal nurse practitioners (NNPs) serve as primary caregivers for premature babies and other newborns who require special care due to low birth weight, respiratory distress, congenital heart defects or various other abnormalities and disorders. NNPs assess, supervise and manage the progress of their patients.

Neonatal nurse practitioners must be diligent and fast acting since their response can be critical to the life of a newborn. Communication skills are beneficial to NNPs as they educate families about neonatal, intensive and postpartum care.

Master's degree in nursing, licensure as a Registered Nurse, and graduation from an accredited Nurse Practitioner program. Requires current RN licensure (or the eligiblity to receive RN licensure) in state of West Virginia. Must be certified to practice by the State Board of Nursing within a particular population as a nurse practitioner. Requires current BLS certification. Must have prescribing and dispensing authority granted by the state board of nursing.

Additional technical and professional certifications may be required based on type of nurse practitioner and scope of delineation document under medical staff services for an individual facility. The ideal candidate will have at least three years of Neonatal experience.

Apply now to be considered for this opportunity.