What are the responsibilities and job description for the Neonatal NP needed in Amarillo position at Universal Health Services?
Opportunity Details :
Texas Tech Health Sciences Center University in Amarillo, Department of Pediatrics is recruiting a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to work in our practice in the Level III NICU at Northwest Texas Children's Hospital in Amarillo, Texas. Our team consists of a close-knit group of NNPs and Neonatologists supported by a dedicated staff of RNs, RTs, occupational and physicial therapists, social workers, and breastfeeding specialists, each trained specifically to work with infants in the NICU.
Position Details :
- Employed position with TTUHSC Amarillo Department of Pediatrics
- Team consists of Neonatologists and Neonatal Nurse Practitioners
- 35-bed Level III NICU
- Average daily census of 23-25
- NNP coverage model : 24-hour shifts plus second NNP on day shift
- Work schedule : average of seven 24-hour shifts a month
- NNP may attend high-risk deliveries as assigned
- Procedures including intubation, insertion of UVC, UAC, and PICC lines
- Pediatric Hospitalist sees newborns
- Peds subspecialties in-house : Cardiology, Nephrology, Peds Surgery, Endocrinology
- Competitive compensation including full benefits package
Position Requirements :
The Department of Pediatrics and Pediatric Residency Program at TTUHSC at Amarillo is a collegial, tight-knit community of physicians and advanced practice providers with a big mission to deliver evidence-based, compassionate, family-centered care for a diverse Pediatric population in an open learning environment. The Department of Pediatrics currently has 28 physicians on staff including Pediatricians and Pediatric Hospitalists, Pediatric subspecialists, Neonatologists and Pediatric Intensivists.
Northwest Children's Hospital provides compassionate care to children and their families with 29 private, spacious inpatient rooms and a 12-bed PICU. Northwest Children's has been a pioneer in Neonatal intensive care since 1974 and has the largest NICU in the region, a 35-bed Level III NICU . The hospital offers over 10 Pediatric subspecialties including Children's Oncology Group Treatment Center. Children's offers a Ronald McDonald Family Room for families of children who are patients, along with other support programs and services. Northwest Children's is a part of Northwest Texas Healthcare System, a tertiary care academic institution providing high quality medical care to the 500,000 residents of the 26-county Texas Panhandle and surrounding areas in New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Kansas. Northwest is known in Texas and throughout the region for cardiac, stroke, emergency, trauma, and children s services.
If interested in this postion please apply, or contact :
Nathan Arnett
NWTHS Provider Recruiter
Nathan.Arnett@uhsinc.com
