Full-Time Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant – Neonatal ICU (NICU) – New York, New York
Job Description
NYU Langone Medical Center, a world-class, patient-centered, integrated, academic medical center, is one of the nation’s premier centers for excellence in clinical care, biomedical research and medical education. Located in the heart of Manhattan, NYU Langone is composed of four hospitals – Tisch Hospital, its flagship acute care facility; Rusk Rehabilitation; the Hospital for Joint Diseases, one of only five hospitals in the nation dedicated to orthopaedics and rheumatology; and Hassenfeld Pediatric Center, a comprehensive pediatric hospital supporting a full array of children’s health services across the medical center – plus the NYU School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. The medical center’s tri-fold mission to serve, teach and discover is achieved 365 days a year through the seamless integration of a culture devoted to excellence in patient care, education and research. For more information, go to www.NYULMC.org.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant. As part of a family-centered care program, the successful candidate will be responsible for the management of infants in the Level III NICU of Bellevue Hospital. This includes admission and stabilization of critically ill infants; completion of history and physical exams; formulation of diagnoses; and development, implementation, and evaluation of treatment plans and discussion at rounds. You will also attend high-risk deliveries, and emergency situations in the NICU, labor and delivery suites and newborn nurseries and be involved in neonatal transport.
To qualify, you must have a Master’s Degree in Nursing, NYS License/Registration both as a RN, NP or PA, and Neonatal Nurse Practitioner certification with prescriptive privileges. A minimum of three years of NICU experience and strong skills in high-risk neonatal procedures (e.g. intubation, central line placement, chest tube placement, etc) are also required. Excellent communication skills are essential; membership in pertinent professional organizations preferred.
NYU Langone Medical Center provides its staff with far more than just a place to work. Rather, we are an institution you can be proud of, an institution where you’ll feel good about devoting your time and your talents. And just as our employees invest so much in us, we invest in our employees. We’re pleased to have one of the most competitive compensation packages not only among New York’s hospitals and healthcare institutions, but within the corporate sector as well. We begin with exceptional medical, dental, and drug coverage. We enhance this basic coverage with comprehensive wellness programs, and supplement those with retirement investment and benefits plans, and generous paid time off allowances. Add to that a very attractive tuition program, and you’ll see just some of the ways that NYU Langone Medical Center demonstrates our commitment to our employees.
