Advanced Practice Registered Nurses / Physician Assistants
Internal Number: REF22357M
Job Description
Key responsibilities:
Attend deliveries of high-risk neonatal patients, admissions and rounding to include well baby
Care for neonatal patients requiring ICU level care, developing plans of care
Perform procedures including intubations, line placements, lumbar punctures, chest tube insertions.
Provision of patient and family centered care.
Job Specifics:
Full time, M-F 3pm- 11pm
Average patients per day: 2
Average Well baby patients per day: 8
8 beds, open bay
2 Pediatricians on site at all times.
As a UMMS provider, you can expect:
Market leading compensation with generous bonus opportunity
Medical, dental, and vision insurance
Paid malpractice insurance
Generous paid time off
Retirement plan - 403-B with employer match
Complimentary loan repayment consultation
Comprehensive benefits package, including malpractice with tail and CME
The University of Maryland Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UMBWMC) provides the highest quality health care services to the communities we serve. Our medical center is home to leading-edge technology, nationally recognized quality, personalized service and outstanding people. We have 285 licensed beds and we're home to 3,200 employees and over 800 physicians. Our expert physicians and experienced, compassionate staff are connected to medical practices in the local community as well as at University of Maryland Medical Center in downtown Baltimore. For patients, this means access to high-quality care and research discoveries aimed at improving Maryland's health. Our physicians and nursing staff specialize in emergency, acute, medical-surgical and critical care. In addition, our medical center is home to many Centers of Excellence, offering expert outpatient health care.
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is a university-based regional health care system focused on serving the health care needs of Maryland. As one of the largest private employers in the state, University of Maryland Medical System's 28,000 employees and 4,000 affiliated physicians provide primary and specialty care in more than 150 locations and at 13 hospitals.
Company Description
Baltimore Washington Medical Center (UMBWMC), a member of the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS), is looking to add a Neonatal Nurse Practitioners (NP) to our Level II Special Care Nursery located on BWMC's campus in Glen Burnie, MD.
Our Level II Special Care Nursery cares for out smallest patients who are babies as young as 32 weeks, including those with respiratory and feeding difficulties or those that might require antibiotic or IV therapies. Located in the mother/baby unit we are staffed around the clock by pediatricians and neonatal nurse practitioners and help families welcome over 2,000 births per year.
Qualifications
Education and Experience
Master of Science degree with completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner Program required.
Board Certification Neonatal Nurse Practitioner
Required experience of 3 years in, Level II or Level III, Level IV NICU
Current state licensure as a Nurse Practitioner required.
Current state licensure as a Registered Nurse required.
Current NRP and S.T.A.B.L.E certification or obtained prior to providing direct patient care is required.
DEA and CDS eligible.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.
Highly effective verbal and written communication skills are required to interact with patient families, departmental units, medical and nursing staff on all essential matters. Demonstrated/documented effective interpersonal skills.
Maintains updated hospital safety and other mandatory training.
Updated immunizations as recommended per practice area.
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) was created in 1984 when the state-owned University Hospital became a private, nonprofit organization. It has evolved into a multi-hospital system with academic, community and specialty service missions reaching every part of the state and beyond. UMMS is a national and regional referral center for trauma, cancer care, neurocare, cardiac care, women's and children's health and physical rehabilitation. It also has one of the world's largest kidney transplant programs, as well as scores of other programs that improve the physical and mental health of thousands of people daily. The hospitals and health systems that comprise UMMS are: University of Maryland Medical Center, University of Maryland Medical Center Midtown Campus, UM Rehabilitation and Orthopaedic Institute, UM Baltimore Washington Medical Center, UM Capital Region Health, UM Charles Regional Medical Center, UM St. Joseph Medical Center, UM Upper Chesapeake Health, UM Shore Regional Health, Mt. Washington Pediatric Hospital and UM Community Medical Group.
The National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health's (NPWH) mission is to ensure the provision of quality primary and specialty healthcare to women of all ages by women's health and women's health focused nurse practitioners.