JOB SUMMARY: The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner delivers primary care to acute, critical, complex chronically ill and well neonates collaboratively with the Division of Neonatology. The Nurse Practitioner provides comprehensive: physical assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation for patients and their families. The Nurse Practitioner also provides acute resuscitation, on-going multidisciplinary medical management, transitional care to sub-acute and lower level neonatal units within the community, critical care consultations and evaluations, psychosocial support, and health education to infants/children and their families in the critical care arena. The Nurse Practitioner also functions as a clinical leader, educator, researcher and consultant in collaboration with physicians of numerous subspecialties, nurses, and all healthcare team members. The Nurse Practitioner supports the philosophies of the department of nursing, as well as the medical staff. The Nurse Practitioner responsibilities for coverage can include but not limited to: 7 days/week coverage, Holidays, weekends, night shifts. The Critical Care Nurse Practitioner also performs procedures under Standardized Procedures within the Critical Care Specialties per Medical Staff Privileges. (The NNP is a "Critical Care" NP, which is defined as: a. Critical Care-level patient, typically defined as: i. Neonatal patient ii. PICU patient iii. CVICU patient b. "Critical Care" means the NP is clinically-supervised by an ICU-credentialed physician. c. Credentialed in Med Staff with critical-care-defined competencies. d. Generally, they are working in a unit that is a 24/7 operation. Schedules are not limited to Monday-Friday w/ limited or no holidays) MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS (all due at time of hire unless otherwise noted): Master's Degree BLS for Health Providers (AHA) California RN License Neonatal Resuscitation Prog (AAP) Medicare Billing number (NPI- National Provider Identifier National Neonatal NP Certification California Nurse Practitioner License California Nurse Practitioner Furnisher License Successfully complete the credentialing skills process through medical staff services PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 3 Years of Experience NRP Instructor (AAP) Two years experience of clinical nursing within the Neonatal ICU Formal in-service education and/or lecturing The expected hiring range for this position is $64.36 to $88.50. Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by conducting regular market reviews to remain competitive with organizations of similar size in the nonprofit, healthcare sector. The range listed above does not represent the full salary range for the position but is the expected hiring range for qualified candidates. Compensation decisions consider a variety of factors including experience, education, licensure, unique skillsets, organizational need, and internal equity. The expected hiring range for this position is $64.36 to $88.50. Rady Children’s Hospital is committed to compensation that is externally competitive and internally equitable. We demonstrate this commitment by conducting regular market reviews to remain competitive with organizations of similar size in the nonprofit, healthcare sector. The range listed above does not represent the full salary range for the position but is the expected hiring range for qualified candidates. Compensation decisions consider a variety of factors including experience, education, licensure, unique skillsets, organizational need, and internal equity. EOE including disability/vet