Advanced Practice Provider
Updated 12/08/25
$130,000
– $165,000
yearly
19803, Delaware, Delaware, United States
Nurse Practitioner
NICU
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Job at a glance
Degree Required
DNP
MSN/MSRN
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Visa Sponsorship
No
Experience Level
1 year
Job description
Job description
We are seeking an Advanced Practice Provider as either a NNP or PA-C with NICU or PICU experience to join a newly expanding Nationwide Children's Hospital in the DE Valley! Full time permanent position with great benefits package, relocation, and sign on bonuses!
Job Responsibilities
Our unit will be expanding in 2025, adding 14 new inpatient rooms. With this expansion, the NICU will house 45 beds as a contiguous unit. MUST BE WILLING TO DO TRANSPORT - if they are on shift when transport is needed, they are going!
The Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) provide the best start in life for babies born too early or with medical problems. Our NICUs are Level IV, which is the highest level of neonatal care.
Our APPs, Neonatologists and other care providers take care of babies around-the-clock in this high-tech unit. Pediatric surgeons and experts in every specialty have direct access to the NICU.
Key Responsibilities:
Manages and provides care for the patient requiring neonatal intensive care utilizing collaborative consultation with team members, under the direction and supervision (but not necessarily the direct attendance) of an attending neonatologist.
Receives a distressed neonate in the Delivery Room and initiates appropriate intervention.
Performs a complete newborn physical examination and assessment of gestational age, discriminating between normal and abnormal findings.
Conducts parent interviews and takes family history.
Collaborates with neonatologists concerning pertinent historical events, physical findings, diagnostic and therapeutic measures initiated on all admissions.
Orders appropriate laboratory tests and procedures.
Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures necessary and appropriate for the care of the patient.
Reviews and provides general care items involved in neonatal care, such as temperature stabilization, hyperalimentation therapy, feeding management, and phototherapy.
Participates in rounds in NICU.
What we Offer
Competitive salary with generous sign on bonus
Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
CME and board maintenance allowances
Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan
Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance.
Qualifications
Minimum of 2 years Neonatal NP/Physician Assistant experience preferred
NNP: Current unrestricted Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP Certification upon hire
PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Current American Heart Association BLS and NRP Certification
Qualifications
PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Current American Heart Association BLS and NRP Certification
Tour of NCH Wilmington, DE
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Job Description:
Our unit will be expanding in 2025, adding 14 new inpatient rooms. With this expansion, the NICU will house 45 beds as a contiguous unit. MUST BE WILLING TO DO TRANSPORT - if they are on shift when transport is needed, they are going!
The Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs) at Nemours Children's provide the best start in life for babies born too early or with medical problems. Our NICUs are Level IV, which is the highest level of neonatal care.
Our APPs, Neonatologists and other care providers take care of babies around-the-clock in this high-tech unit. Pediatric surgeons and experts in every specialty have direct access to the NICU.
Key Responsibilities:
Manages and provides care for the patient requiring neonatal intensive care utilizing collaborative consultation with team members, under the direction and supervision (but not necessarily the direct attendance) of an attending neonatologist.
Receives a distressed neonate in the Delivery Room and initiates appropriate intervention.
Performs a complete newborn physical examination and assessment of gestational age, discriminating between normal and abnormal findings.
Conducts parent interviews and takes family history.
Collaborates with neonatologists concerning pertinent historical events, physical findings, diagnostic and therapeutic measures initiated on all admissions.
Orders appropriate laboratory tests and procedures.
Performs diagnostic and therapeutic procedures necessary and appropriate for the care of the patient.
Reviews and provides general care items involved in neonatal care, such as temperature stabilization, hyperalimentation therapy, feeding management, and phototherapy.
Participates in rounds in NICU.
What we Offer
Competitive salary with generous sign on bonus
Extensive benefits package that includes quality-based bonus incentives, relocation allowance, life insurance, comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
CME and board maintenance allowances
Retirement plan with employer matching and an additional 457B retirement savings plan
Educational allowance, paid licensure and malpractice fees, and professional membership dues allowance.
Qualifications
Minimum of 2 years Neonatal NP/Physician Assistant experience preferred
NNP: Current unrestricted Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification via National Certification Center; BLS and NRP Certification upon hire
PA-C: Current unrestricted Physician Assistant License to practice in the state(s) in which privileges are sought; National Certification from the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Current American Heart Association BLS and NRP Certification
By applying you agree to our Terms of Service