NEONATAL NURSE PRACTITIONER - (US-AZ-Phoenix - 85099)

Minimum Education: None
Jobcode: 55477451
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Work at one of Banner Health's newest hospitals, Banner Estrella Medical Center . Imagine working at this innovative, fully electronic facility featuring: electronic medical records, computerized physician order entry, digital radiography and much more!

Discover whyNewsweek® Magazine named us one of the"ten most innovative hospitals in the country." As Banner Health's technology pioneer, Banner Estrella is leading the way with our systemwide Care Transformation initiative, adding processes and procedures that include:

eICU® technology (through our iCare Intensive Care program)
Intelligent Patient Record for Obstetrics
Positive Patient ID protocol (scanning technologies to reduce Rx errors)
Patient Lift System (coming 2008)

Work Environment
Teamwork is the key to success, and nowhere is that more important than at Banner Estrella. We support a shared leadership model empowering our nurses with a voice in decisions that impacts the workplace and nursing care. By incorporating our nine Performance Standards into our daily work, we create an environment to support excellent patient care, healing and safety.

The architecture at Banner Estrella Medical Center was inspired by evidence-based research that supported healing environments and patient safety. Evidence-based design "creates hospitals that actually help patients recover and be safer, and help staff do their jobs better."* By combining innovative technologies with best practices, Banner Estrella is improving patient care while maximizing our staff experience. Our patient satisfaction scores are the highest in Arizona and among the highest in the country. Banner Estrella also offers:

Ongoing educational opportunities
Flexible scheduling
Tuition reimbursement
Pay incentives

Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

The NNP is responsible for providing team-oriented primary-level medical care and patient management to a designated number of critical and convalescent newborns; providing necessary emergency, acute and supportive care for sick newborns according to established routines in the absence of a qualified physician; and ensuring the availability of clinical expertise for crisis management of high risk infants on a 24-hour basis.

Qualifications :

This position requires a registered nurse with current Arizona license, extensive experience in newborn, special or intensive care nursing; successful completion of an approved Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Clinical Specialty or related Master's level program; state certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, and demonstrated competence as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner. Must possess the ability to make independent decisions and work effectively in emergency situations.

To learn about this opportunity, please visit www.bannerhealth.com/careers . To apply, please search for JobID# 45211. EOE