Nurse Practitioner - Wakefield

Location & Shift Details

City/State: Bronx, New York Grant Funded: No Department: PEDS - Division Of Neonatology Bargaining Unit: 1199 RN Work Shift: Night Work Days: ROTATING SCHEDULE Scheduled Hours: Hours Vary Scheduled Daily Hours: 12 HOURS Hourly Rate: $70.32 For positions that have only a rate listed, the displayed rate is the hiring rate but could be subject to change based on shift differential, experience, education or other relevant factors.

About Montefiore Wakefield Campus

We invite you to have an opportunity to join our newborn services team as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner at the Montefiore Wakefield Campus. Montefiore Wakefield has approximately 1,300 births each year, including a percentage of high-risk infants in need of specialized neonatal care and a 15 bed level 3 NICU. There is advanced technology available, including high-frequency mechanical ventilation and nitric oxide.

Summary of Position

Work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team including the attending physician to develop and implement the therapeutic plan of care for a group of patients and ensure communication with family members. Provide consultation about the therapeutic regimen to the nursing staff responsible for the patients care in the hospital setting. Facilitate the continuity of care across the continuum of services, e.g., home care, other facilities, appointments with physicians etc. Participate in designated activities related to professional nursing standards and regulations of relevant outside agencies. Perform complete health history, physical examination, and psychosocial assessment of patients in the newborn nursery and neonatal intensive care unit. Order customary laboratory, radiological and diagnostic studies per practice protocols, differentiates between normal/abnormal findings and follows protocols for abnormal findings, which may include referral to consulting physicians per customary pattern of the attending physicians or with the collaborating physician. Formulate the plan of care, along with the attending physician, patient and family, based on expected goals of care and length of stay Prescribe in-patient and discharge medications according to New York State law, including controlled substances with DEA authorization. Prescribes medical equipment, devices, physical and occupational therapy, and home health services per practice protocol. Do procedures that include, but are not limited to endotracheal intubation, newborn resuscitations, IV insertions, central line insertions and circumcisions. The position has a Rotation Schedule including holidays and weekends and may require flexibility in working the day shift, based on operational needs.

Education and Experience

Master's Degree in Nursing required Board certification as a Nurse Practitioner Competence required Licensure: Current registration as a Registered Professional Nurse and Nurse Practitioner in New York; Drug Enforcement Authority (DEA) registration, required Basic Life Support (BLS) required Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) certification required Relevant clinical nursing practice in the care of the patient population served. 3 years of neonatal experience as an RN/NP preferred Montefiore Medical Center is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore Medical Center will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Company Culture and Mission

Since its inception in 1884, Montefiore’s mission has been to heal, to teach, to discover and advance the health of the communities we serve. Montefiore's state-of-the-art facilities include the internationally-recognized Children’s Hospital at Montefiore and our Notable Centers of Excellence - Montefiore Einstein Center for Cancer Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Heart and Vascular Care, Montefiore Einstein Center for Transplantation. Combined with a growing number of locations for primary and specialty care throughout the Bronx and Westchester County, Montefiore is the ideal organization to apply and hone your expertise. An assortment of insurance products and discount programs through Voluntary Benefits. Check out our comprehensive benefits available to you when you join our outstanding team! To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve. To be a premier academic medical center that transforms health and enriches lives.

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