Neonatal Nurse Practitioner | School of Medicine - Pediatrics

Discover Your Career at Emory University: Description:

• Under supervision of an attending neonatologist and following established protocols, manages care for high-risk newborns and their families in emergency and non-emergency situations.
• Identifies and assists and/or manages high-risk deliveries.
• Collaborates with a full spectrum of subspecialties and pediatric surgeons to identify and stabilize the high-risk infant and establish a care plan.
• Assesses patient by obtaining comprehensive perinatal history.
• Performs physical assessment of body systems and interprets findings.
• With required physician supervision, may perform or order diagnostic and therapeutic procedures for newborns.
• Thoroughly documents all aspects of patient care using established charting procedure.
• Serves as a consultant on the care of chronically ill infants or those with complex medical problems.
• Assists with family education.
• Assists in outreach education activities by teaching classes.
• Assists in staff orientation and serves as a preceptor.
• Performs related responsibilities as required.

• Completion of an accredited Neonatal Nurse Practitioner program or Physician Assistant program.
• Currently licensed as an advanced practice provider in the state of Georgia by the Georgia Board of Nursing and certified as a Nurse Practitioner by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) or equivalent body or Certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).
• Physician Assistants may require at least one year of direct experience in neonatology.
• BLS and NRP certifications are required.

• Master’s prepared Neonatal Nurse Practitioner with APRN licensure in GA
• Master’s prepared Physician Assistant with APRN licensure in GA
• Related experience preferred.

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