* Obtain and document health history for neonatal patients. Perform and document complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care.

* Provide neonatal healthcare services for critically ill and complex patients. Manage patient's overall care, identifying expected outcomes for diagnoses.

* Order, perform, interpret and collect data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated.

* Form differential diagnoses and treat acute and chronic conditions in the neonatal population.

* Prescribe therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes.

* Perform delivery room service and neonatal transport services, initiate appropriate referrals and consultations, and provide consultation services as requested within scope of practice.

* Facilitate the patient's transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients

* The responsibilities listed are a general overview of the position and additional duties may be assigned.

TECHNICAL CAPABILITIES

* Professionalism: Demonstrate behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and sensitivity to diversity and a responsible attitude toward patients, profession and society. Participate in medical center committees, professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice and/or health outcomes of a population focus.

* Interpersonal and Communication Skills: Demonstrate interpersonal and communication skills that enable the provider to establish and maintain professional relationships with patients, families, and other members of health care teams. Communicate practice knowledge effectively both verbally and in writing.

* Practice-Based Scholarly Inquiry and Integration (Intermediate): Demonstrate the use of scientific evidence and methods to investigate, evaluate and improve patient care practices. Anticipate variations in practice and be proactive in implementing interventions to improve quality. Use best available evidence to continuously improve quality of clinical practice. Generate knowledge from clinical practice to improve practice and patient outcomes. Review data and evidence to improve advanced practice. Integrate knowledge from the humanities and sciences within the context of nursing science.

* Clinical Knowledge and Practice (Intermediate): Demonstrate established and evolving biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and the application of knowledge to patient care and the education of others. Demonstrate knowledge of population focus but also other sciences that support the providers field of practice. Demonstrate knowledge of common and important health issues affecting society and other societies around the globe. Demonstrate commitment in maintaining current evidence-based knowledge through continuous learning. Educate patients, families, students and other members of the healthcare team in clinical topics and application of clinical knowledge.

* Patient and Family Centered Care (Intermediate): Demonstrate care that is compassionate, appropriate and effective for the promotion of health, prevention of illness, treatment of disease and care at the end of life. Within scope of licensure and certification, manage previously diagnosed and undiagnosed patients. Use health assessment skills to differentiate between normal, variations of normal, and abnormal findings. Employ screening and diagnostic strategies in the development of diagnoses. Prescribe medications within scope of practice. Manage health/illness status of patients and families over time and across the continuum. Provide patient-centered care recognizing cultural diversity and the patient or designee as a full partner in decision making. Create a climate of patient-centered care to include confidentiality privacy, comfort, emotional support, mutual trust, and respect. Incorporate cultural and spiritual preferences, values and beliefs into health care. Preserve the patient and family's control over decision making by developing a mutually acceptable plan of care. Integrate ethical principles into decision making. Use electronic health record to capture data on variables for the evaluation and management of patient care. Clearly documents findings, assessment and plan of care.

* Health Systems and Policy Management (Intermediate): Demonstrate sufficient fundamental proficiency in behaviors that reflect a commitment to continuous professional development, ethical practice, an understanding and sensitivity to diversity and a responsible attitude toward the providers patients, profession and society. Participate in professional organizations and activities that influence advanced practice and/or health outcomes of a population focus.

Consideration may be given to candidates that can obtain license/certification within 3 months, in accordance with state guidelines.