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Job Description

In collaboration with physicians, manages care delivery for critical care and surgical patients, and coordinates services provided by multiple disciplines within and outside the health system. Exercises independent judgment in the assessment, diagnosis and initiation of selected protocols/procedures. Provides educational support for patients/significant others, health team members and the community and coordinates QA/QI studies to measure outcomes of care.

The Gerber Foundation Neonatal Center is a Level IV neonatal intensive care unit is the only hospital in West Michigan to offer this level of care. We also have the largest neonatal unit in the state of Michigan and are one of the nation's top 10 largest contiguous neonatal centers.

As a Level 4 unit, we are different from other units in that we are located within an institution with the capability to provide surgical repair of complex congenital or acquired conditions. In addition, we educate nursing students, medical students and medical residents. We are able to transport ill infants from outside hospitals. We also provide ongoing education for hospitals in our region in Michigan.

We are also one of the few neonatal centers in the country to have a designated space within the NICU for micro-preemies (babies born weighing less than two pounds). The small baby unit is designed specifically to meet the medically complex needs of these babies born at or before 27 weeks. All the staff working in this area have received extensive training in the complex care of these very fragile babies.

Qualifications:

Education - Other (Specify) - do not use in Nurse Practitioners who obtained their education and certification after 2000 must show evidence of completion of a master’s, post-master’s or doctorate from a Nurse Practitioner program that is accredited by the Commission on the Collegiate of Nursing Education or the National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission

Experience - 5 years of relevant experience in current, relevant clinical experience including three years in area of specialty Previous experience functioning in a collaborative role Ability to coordinate care provided by multiple services

Licenses -

Registered Nurse (RN)

Physician Assistant-Certified, with Neonatal Fellowship

Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant Licensed (NP/PA)

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) as appropriate for patient population (not required for Neonatal Services)

Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP) Neonatal Services

Preferred Qualifications:

Experience - Experience as a Nurse Practitioner in med surg / criticare care area

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