Specialty: Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Practice Detail: Partner with Henry Ford St. John Hospital to provide Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine services for our pediatric patients.

EMR System: Cerner

Facility: Henry Ford St. John Hospital

Location: Detroit, Michigan

Visa Eligibility: None

NICU APP-PNP Position

Provides care to the late preterm (34 weeks’ GA or greater) through term newborns admitted to the NICU under the supervision of Attending Neonatologist.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the clinical care and monitoring of newborns admitted to the NICU under the supervision and in consultation with the neonatologists and neonatal nurse practitioners.
• Attend high risk deliveries with the NICU team, providing management and resuscitation of the newborn.
• Gather data from available primary sources, perform history, interim history and physical examinations.
• Order diagnostic tests/imaging and follow-up results.
• Recognize deviations from normal, and in conjunction with the neonatologist, determine diagnoses, treatment and follow up plan.
• Communicate with nursing staff, ancillary services, subspecialists and neonatology staff in a timely and professional manner.
• Update, counsel and educate families/caregivers on patient status and plan.
• Provide discharge teaching related to infant plan, preventative health and community resources.
• Document delivery of health care in accordance with specific specialty area standards of Division of Neonatology: Including delivery consultation, procedure notes, admission notes, interim summaries and discharge summaries.
• Management of patients requiring nasal cannula, high flow nasal cannula and continuous positive pressure (CPAP).
• Order pharmacologic and nonpharmacologic interventions.
• Performs procedures (within scope of practice)
  
  

Sample Procedures

• Neonatal Resuscitation as per NRP certification
• Insertion of laryngeal mask airway
• Umbilical arterial and venous catheter removal
• Peripheral blood draws
• Insertion and removal of PICC lines
• PICC line dressing changes.
• Ventricular Access device taps
  
  

GENERAL SUMMARY: Provides inpatient and/or outpatient medical care. Takes patient history, performs physical examination, orders, and interprets tests, makes diagnoses, and institutes appropriate treatment programs. Works in collaboration with staff physicians, house officers, nurses, and other medical care team members to ensure that patient outcomes are achieved safely and efficiently. Specific procedures are individually credentialed as indicated by training and experience. EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Master's degree in nursing OR Bachelor's Degree or Completion of an AMA-approved Physician Assistant program. CERTIFICATIONS/LICENSURES REQUIRED: Certified Nurse Practitioner. Licensed as a Registered Nurse. Current BLS or ACLS as required. Current ATLS/PALS provider status as required by department. OR Requires Michigan state licensure and continued certification by the National. Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Current ACLS or BLS as required. Current ATLS/PALS provider status as required.

Qualifications

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

BLS Provider credentialed from the American Heart Association (AHA) obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required. American Red Cross (ARC) CPR for Professional Rescuers card will be accepted upon hire but renewal must be a BLS Provider card from AHA.

Neonatal Resuscitation Certification

Registered Nurse credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required Nurse Practitioner with Prescriptive Authority credentialed from the Michigan Board of Nursing obtained prior to hire date or job transfer date required Federal DEA license

National Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certification

Education

Master's degree of Nursing required

Additional Information

Organization: Henry Ford Health St. John Hospital

Department: Peds Coverage

Henry Ford Health Location: Henry Ford St. John Hospital

Shift: Rotating

Union Code: Not Applicable

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.

Overview

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world. We offer a full continuum of services – from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail. With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford’s care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations. Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation’s most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus. Learn more at henryford.com/careers.

Benefits

The health and overall well-being of our team members is our priority. That’s why we offer support in the various components of our team’s well-being: physical, emotional, social, financial and spiritual. Our Total Rewards program includes competitive health plan options, with three consumer-driven health plans (CDHPs), a PPO plan and an HMO plan. Our team members enjoy a number of additional benefits, ranging from dental and eye care coverage to tuition assistance, family forming benefits, discounts to dozens of businesses and more. Employees classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.

Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer

Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height, weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.

Additional Information

• Organization: Henry Ford Health St. John Hospital
• Department: Peds Coverage
• Henry Ford Health Location: Henry Ford St. John Hospital
• Shift: Variable
• Union Code: Not Applicable