Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, NNP, Oak Lawn 0.7 FTE

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Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) / Neonatal Physician Assistant - Advocate Children's Hospital | Oak Lawn, Illinois

Advocate Children's Hospital is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) or Physician Assistant with Neonatal Fellowship Training to join our collaborative neonatal team in Oak Lawn. This position offers the opportunity to care for high-acuity neonatal patients in a dynamic Level III/IV NICU environment while working alongside a multidisciplinary team dedicated to delivering exceptional neonatal care.

Position Summary

The Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider (APP) provides comprehensive, evidence-based care to critically ill and premature newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). The APP will perform advanced assessments, develop and implement treatment plans, manage complex neonatal conditions, and collaborate closely with neonatologists, nurses, respiratory therapists, and other members of the care team.

This role requires flexibility and a commitment to providing 24/7 neonatal coverage through a rotating schedule that includes day, night, weekend, and holiday shifts.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide advanced neonatal care in a high-acuity NICU setting.
• Perform comprehensive neonatal assessments, diagnoses, and management of critically ill newborns.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized treatment plans.
• Perform neonatal procedures within scope of practice and competency.
• Collaborate with neonatologists and the multidisciplinary care team to optimize patient outcomes.
• Communicate effectively with families regarding patient status, treatment plans, and care needs.
• Ensure accurate and timely clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory and organizational standards.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and evidence-based practice activities.

Schedule

• Rotating schedule including days, nights, weekends, and holidays
• Shift lengths may include:
  • 10-hour shifts
  • 17-hour shifts
  • 24-hour shifts
• Weekend and holiday rotations are required based on unit staffing guidelines
• May be required to provide coverage at Advocate Children's Hospital - Park Ridge as needed

Required

• Graduate of an accredited Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program or
• Graduate of an accredited Physician Assistant program with completion of an accredited Neonatal Fellowship
• Current Illinois APRN or PA licensure
• National certification as:
  • NNP-BC (required for Nurse Practitioners), or
  • PA-C with neonatal fellowship training
• Current BLS and NRP certification

Why Advocate Children's Hospital?

Join one of the region's leading pediatric and neonatal programs and work alongside a nationally recognized team dedicated to advancing neonatal care. This role offers exposure to a broad range of complex neonatal conditions, opportunities for professional growth, and the ability to make a meaningful impact on the lives of infants and their families across Chicagoland.

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Major Responsibilities:

Clinical

• Fulfills billing and productivity metrics requirements where appropriate and maintains relevant documentation

• Provides telephone care to various patients

• Provides other clinical duties as appropriate

• Completes and documents accurate comprehensive, episodic history and physical assessments

• Performs ordering, conducting, supervising, and interpreting diagnostic laboratory and imaging studies

• Prescribes treatments, and therapies not limited to medications, diet, supplies, prosthetic devices, and equipment

• Implements primary and secondary prevention strategies and management of acute and chronic health problems

• Provides clear, concise, accurate, and legible information regarding patient care in the record

• Formulates a comprehensive plan of care in collaborating with the patient and interdisciplinary team

Professional

• Advises leadership in adoption of organizational change, quality improvement initiatives, best practice research and patient care best practice and integrate evidence-based knowledge and clinical expertise in decision making

• Participates in peer review in accordance with privileges, competency assessment activities and maintains appropriate credentialing and privileging requirements

• Seeks experiences and formal and independent learning activities to maintain and develop clinical and professional skills and knowledge

• Establishes an effective relationship with the interdisciplinary team and the collaborating physician

• Advances the profession through presentations and publications

• Conducts, assists and/or mentors others in research through participant selection, coordination of the protocol(s), data collection, and other associated activities

• Provides education to patients, families, and significant others using established education materials

• Encourage involvement in professional organizations

Leadership

• Provides feedback to and consults with leadership in assessment, problem-solving, decision-making, and evaluating system issues and models of care

• Identifies and participates in quality-improvement initiatives within the practice setting and initiates change to translate clinical research findings into evidence-based interventions in the practice setting

• Participates in multidisciplinary teams to provide integrated delivery of patient care services

• Initiates and revises protocols or guidelines and facilitates organizational change to reflect evidence-based best practice relative to practice setting

• Works to influence policy-making bodies to improve patient care

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Required:

• Well-developed interpersonal and communication skills.

• Proficiency with an Electronic Medical Record

• Current licensure in the State of Illinois

• Current Illinois Controlled Substance License within 6 months of hire

• Eligible for DEA registration; Possession of a current DEA Registration within six months of hire and may vary based on practice site

• Current BLS Certification

• Current PALS/ACLS certification may vary based on practice site

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Travel may be required

• Ability to work varying hours and shifts to meet the needs of Advocate Health Care. This may include on call coverage

• Ability to work under stressful conditions and in difficult situations.

• Able to respond quickly to patient needs and work at a fast pace

• Routinely works with potentially infectious specimens and patients.

• Work environment includes probability of exposure to adverse, hazardous or unpleasant conditions while caring for the sick

• This position can recognize needs and behaviors of a variety of patient age groups; i.e., understand child growth and development, normal patterns of adolescent behavior and looks for signs of normal aging.

• Ability to lift up to 35 pounds without assistance. For patient lifts of over 35 pounds, or when patient is unable to assist with the lift, patient handling equipment is expected to be used, with at least one other associate, when available. Unique patient lifting/movement situations will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

This job description indicates the general nature and level of work expected of the incumbent. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the incumbent. Incumbent may be required to perform other related duties.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health 

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.