VCU Health
Advanced Practice Provider - Neonatal ICU
VCU Health, Richmond, Virginia, United States, 23298
Neonatology Nurse Practitioner
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU is growing!! Our new Level IV NICU is opening in 2026 in Richmond, VA. We are increasing our teams, adding additional 20 beds and actively hiring for Neonatology Nurse Practitioners and Fellowship Trained Physician Assistants. Our NICU will provide exceptional care for complex prenatal & fetal conditions, supported by a dedicated neonatal transport team providing both ground and air transport for critically ill newborns, even offering lifesaving ECMO for neonatal patients! Essential Job Functions
Performance Expectation: Pertains to Staff in Licensed Nursing Positions ONLY Employee must complete 15 contact hours of Continuing Nursing Education during this evaluation cycle. Failure to achieve the required number of contact hours will result in the employee ineligible to receive an overall performance rating above "Fully Meets". Performance Expectation: Expert Coaching & Guidance Planning and implementing steps to resolve problems affecting patient care quality and evaluates results. Role modeling patient advocacy. Challenging and adapting systems to maximize the benefits of patient care. Demonstrates advanced assessment skills in assessment, management of disease, and treatment-related side effects. Recommending goals and interventions for medical and nursing plan of care plans based on current literature. Promoting individual involvement and development of others. Demonstrating expert knowledge to coordinate patient care across the continuum of services: inpatient, ambulatory, and home health through the patient's trajectory of illness. Developing and evaluating educational materials and teaching interventions for staff, patients/caregivers, and the community. Fostering skill development of others Assessment, diagnosis, and monitoring to improve the skills of students and staff. Mentoring the APN's role in the health system to promote quality patient outcomes. Performance Expectation: Consultation The ability to organize and facilitate patient support groups as needed. Serving as a liaison, translator and negotiator for staff, patients and families. Utilizing experiences and resources to staff regarding routine and unusual therapeutic interventions. Promoting teamwork through effective communication and feedback to team members. Recognizes team as integral to individual effectiveness and quality patient outcomes. Identifying unit and hospital issues. Suggests changes in an effort to connect system problems. Functions as a consultant in the multi-disciplinary team. Performance Expectation: Research Skills Identifying areas of need for nursing or medical research. Actively seeks/participates in and/or monitors this research. Utilizing current research to develop, implement and evaluate critical paths and standards of care for identified patient populations. Incorporating research findings into practice. Contributing to the profession through participation in research, publications, consultation and/or educational activities. Performance Expectation: Clinical & Professional Leadership Consistently using nurse/patient relationship to positively affect the health care experience and promote adaptation to changing health status. Utilizing the Performance Improvement Process to address clinical practice and system changes within the organization. Seeking out opportunities for professional growth through organizational affiliations and certification in specialty area. Demonstrating mastery of nursing care of specialty populations. Expert documentation reflecting holistic and interdisciplinary patient care. Initiating and participating in departmental/specialty educational endeavors. Case managing identified target populations and diseases. Valuing the patient/family right to receive quality cost effective care and facilitates this process. Served as a preceptor for advanced practitioners/students/medical staff/nursing staff and others. Performance Expectation: Collaboration Collaborating in development, implementation, communication, and monitoring of the multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary plan of care for complex patients. Structuring multidisciplinary systems to facilitate these processes. Working with others to promote health and present illness in patients, families, staff, and community. Networking with payers and community resources to ensure quality outcomes. Participating as a team leader/member in the provision of health care. Interacting with professional colleagues (within/outside the facility) to provide comprehensive continuity of care. Performance Expectation: Nurse Practitioner Assessing the health status of individuals through health histories, by performing physical examination, initiating screening, ordering or performing a diagnostic, and therapeutic intervention requiring skill and education beyond that of a registered nurse. Interpreting information obtained from history and physical and developing a treatment plan. Formulating and prioritizing appropriate short-term and long-term therapeutic plans when indicated. Plan of care incorporates the physical, spiritual, cultural, and psychosocial aspects of patients and families to promote optimum levels of health. Management of patients in clinical specialty and other related disorders in individuals. Focusing on health maintenance in clinical management of chronically ill patients. Initiating emergency procedures as indicated. Exploring strategies to decrease length of stay and resource consumption within specialty. Utilizing clinical pathways to coordinate patient care across the full continuum of services: inpatient, ambulatory and home health, or through the patient's trajectory of illness. Establishing priorities to meet the health needs of the individual, family or community. Developing a treatment plan, establishing a mutually acceptable evidence based, cost effective plan of care to maximize health potential Performance Expectation: Ethical Decision-making Skills Incorporating the use of the nursing process and clinical judgment in ethical decision making. Practicing the principles of ethics in decision making for patients. Promoting the use of interdisciplinary collaborative processes to resolve ethical dilemmas. Demonstrating appropriate use of skills of negotiation, mediation, collaboration, compromise, and accommodation to assist families struggling with ethical decisions. Displaying the ability to examine patient's values that impact treatment decision-making preferences. Recognition of patient rights as a foundation for ethical decisions. Performance Expectation: Miscellaneous Responsibilities Performs other duties as assigned and/or participates in special projects in order to support the mission of VCUHS and department. Provides assistance to team members. Accepts alternate assignments, as required, graciously. Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for Hire: Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible License to practice as NP in the specialty area in the Commonwealth of Virginia Prescriptive Authority when required Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for continued employment: Current RN Licensure in Virginia Credentialing in accordance
Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU is growing!! Our new Level IV NICU is opening in 2026 in Richmond, VA. We are increasing our teams, adding additional 20 beds and actively hiring for Neonatology Nurse Practitioners and Fellowship Trained Physician Assistants. Our NICU will provide exceptional care for complex prenatal & fetal conditions, supported by a dedicated neonatal transport team providing both ground and air transport for critically ill newborns, even offering lifesaving ECMO for neonatal patients! Essential Job Functions
Performance Expectation: Pertains to Staff in Licensed Nursing Positions ONLY Employee must complete 15 contact hours of Continuing Nursing Education during this evaluation cycle. Failure to achieve the required number of contact hours will result in the employee ineligible to receive an overall performance rating above "Fully Meets". Performance Expectation: Expert Coaching & Guidance Planning and implementing steps to resolve problems affecting patient care quality and evaluates results. Role modeling patient advocacy. Challenging and adapting systems to maximize the benefits of patient care. Demonstrates advanced assessment skills in assessment, management of disease, and treatment-related side effects. Recommending goals and interventions for medical and nursing plan of care plans based on current literature. Promoting individual involvement and development of others. Demonstrating expert knowledge to coordinate patient care across the continuum of services: inpatient, ambulatory, and home health through the patient's trajectory of illness. Developing and evaluating educational materials and teaching interventions for staff, patients/caregivers, and the community. Fostering skill development of others Assessment, diagnosis, and monitoring to improve the skills of students and staff. Mentoring the APN's role in the health system to promote quality patient outcomes. Performance Expectation: Consultation The ability to organize and facilitate patient support groups as needed. Serving as a liaison, translator and negotiator for staff, patients and families. Utilizing experiences and resources to staff regarding routine and unusual therapeutic interventions. Promoting teamwork through effective communication and feedback to team members. Recognizes team as integral to individual effectiveness and quality patient outcomes. Identifying unit and hospital issues. Suggests changes in an effort to connect system problems. Functions as a consultant in the multi-disciplinary team. Performance Expectation: Research Skills Identifying areas of need for nursing or medical research. Actively seeks/participates in and/or monitors this research. Utilizing current research to develop, implement and evaluate critical paths and standards of care for identified patient populations. Incorporating research findings into practice. Contributing to the profession through participation in research, publications, consultation and/or educational activities. Performance Expectation: Clinical & Professional Leadership Consistently using nurse/patient relationship to positively affect the health care experience and promote adaptation to changing health status. Utilizing the Performance Improvement Process to address clinical practice and system changes within the organization. Seeking out opportunities for professional growth through organizational affiliations and certification in specialty area. Demonstrating mastery of nursing care of specialty populations. Expert documentation reflecting holistic and interdisciplinary patient care. Initiating and participating in departmental/specialty educational endeavors. Case managing identified target populations and diseases. Valuing the patient/family right to receive quality cost effective care and facilitates this process. Served as a preceptor for advanced practitioners/students/medical staff/nursing staff and others. Performance Expectation: Collaboration Collaborating in development, implementation, communication, and monitoring of the multidisciplinary/interdisciplinary plan of care for complex patients. Structuring multidisciplinary systems to facilitate these processes. Working with others to promote health and present illness in patients, families, staff, and community. Networking with payers and community resources to ensure quality outcomes. Participating as a team leader/member in the provision of health care. Interacting with professional colleagues (within/outside the facility) to provide comprehensive continuity of care. Performance Expectation: Nurse Practitioner Assessing the health status of individuals through health histories, by performing physical examination, initiating screening, ordering or performing a diagnostic, and therapeutic intervention requiring skill and education beyond that of a registered nurse. Interpreting information obtained from history and physical and developing a treatment plan. Formulating and prioritizing appropriate short-term and long-term therapeutic plans when indicated. Plan of care incorporates the physical, spiritual, cultural, and psychosocial aspects of patients and families to promote optimum levels of health. Management of patients in clinical specialty and other related disorders in individuals. Focusing on health maintenance in clinical management of chronically ill patients. Initiating emergency procedures as indicated. Exploring strategies to decrease length of stay and resource consumption within specialty. Utilizing clinical pathways to coordinate patient care across the full continuum of services: inpatient, ambulatory and home health, or through the patient's trajectory of illness. Establishing priorities to meet the health needs of the individual, family or community. Developing a treatment plan, establishing a mutually acceptable evidence based, cost effective plan of care to maximize health potential Performance Expectation: Ethical Decision-making Skills Incorporating the use of the nursing process and clinical judgment in ethical decision making. Practicing the principles of ethics in decision making for patients. Promoting the use of interdisciplinary collaborative processes to resolve ethical dilemmas. Demonstrating appropriate use of skills of negotiation, mediation, collaboration, compromise, and accommodation to assist families struggling with ethical decisions. Displaying the ability to examine patient's values that impact treatment decision-making preferences. Recognition of patient rights as a foundation for ethical decisions. Performance Expectation: Miscellaneous Responsibilities Performs other duties as assigned and/or participates in special projects in order to support the mission of VCUHS and department. Provides assistance to team members. Accepts alternate assignments, as required, graciously. Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for Hire: Current RN licensure in Virginia or eligible License to practice as NP in the specialty area in the Commonwealth of Virginia Prescriptive Authority when required Licensure, Certification, or Registration Requirements for continued employment: Current RN Licensure in Virginia Credentialing in accordance