Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

Job Category
:
Clinical Professional

Requisition Number
: NEONA
003985

• Posted :
  July 2, 2026
• Part-Time
• On-site

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Summit Hospital
Show Low, AZ 85901, USA

The following information is designed to outline the functions and position requirements of this job. It does not identify all tasks that may be expected, nor address the performance standards that must be maintained.

General

Position Summary:

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) is a Registered Nurse prepared at the master’s degree level as a nurse practitioner whose focus is the care and management of critically ill and convalescent premature and full-term infants. The NNP works collaboratively members of the health care team to provide comprehensive care to ill premature and full-term infants and their families. NNPs work in a variety of settings delivering care and management of infants in areas such as fluid and nutritional requirements, drug addiction, respiratory distress, cardiac defects, metabolic conditions and renal problems.

The NNP w orks in collaboration with the pediatric provider to assess, plan and provide care, within the scope of the provider license. Orders, interprets and records results of clinical tests. Prescribes medication and makes recommendations for other therapeutic forms of treatment.

• Serving as the neonatal provider to newborn infants in the special care nursery
• Neonatal provider to well newborns as requested
• Assessing, diagnosing, and carrying out procedures in the care of at-risk newborns
• Obtain health histories and perform comprehensive physical and gestational age assessments
• Designing treatment plans for newborns with complex health issues
• Prescribing medications
• Educating and supporting parents and guardians in the care of their newborns
• Ordering and performing medical tests and procedures, such as intubation, umbilical line placement, and neonatal resuscitation
• Attendance at high risk deliveries and c-sections as requested
• Stabilize and transport ill infants to Level III nurseries via both ground and air transport
• Incorporate developmental care in the care of neonatal patients
• Promote family centered care and healthy infant-parent attachment
• Collaborate with physicians from other disciplines
• Obtain, compile and record patient medical data within the scope of practice identified by the Board of Nurse Practitioners.
• Responds to requests from the Emergency Department Providers for consultation within the NNP scope of practice
• Contribute to the development of new services, programs, or processes.
• Promotes the Patient Safety Standards as a core value of the organization.

• Education to nursing staff and physicians as requested such as neonatal education for nurses, and NRP and STABLE classes
• Participation in mock neonatal codes
• All other duties as assigned.

• Participates in the development of neonatal programs and/or processes to enhance patient care.

This job involves:

• Recurring work situations with occasional variation from the norm.
• Performance of duties independently as well as under the direct supervision of the pediatric provider

Works under the direction of the Supervising Physician (SP).

Contacts:

• Are normally made with others both inside and outside the hospital.

• Able to read, write and speak English in an understandable manner.
• Possess visual and hearing acuity, and/or the ability to assess, document and implement action required to meet patient/family needs.
• Able to cope with varying and unpredictable situations tactfully with staff, patients, family members, visitors, and the general public.
• Able to respond to emergency and crisis situations in a timely and professional manner

• Masters of Science in Nursing (required)
• 5 years experience in a tertiary care center in the NICU (required)
• CPR/BLS (required within 30 days of hire)
• NRP (required within 30 days of hire)
• Maintenance of RN license (required throughout employment)
• The ability to remain calm under pressure and exercise good judgment…