NICU Team Lead Nurse Practitioner

Baptist Health is the largest healthcare system serving central Alabama, providing comprehensive hospital-based and outpatient services to nearly 60 percent of the residents in Montgomery, Autauga and Elmore counties. To learn more about Baptist Health, visit us at https : / / www.baptistfirst.org.

The Team Leader Nurse Practitioner is responsible for facilitating, coordinating, and evaluating the continuous and comprehensive management of a broad range of health services for which the certified registered nurse practitioner is educationally prepared and for which competency is maintained, with physician collaboration as described by the Collaboration Practice Requirements. The Team Leader Nurse Practitioner is responsible to the Director of Professional Practice and collaborating physicians. He or she serves as mentor to the nurse practitioner and demonstrates consistent ability to act as a role model by providing direction in the comprehensive management of health care services provided by nurse practitioners. Thus, the primary roles of the Team Leader Nurse Practitioner are to perform as a clinical leader, facilitator, evaluator, role model, mentor, preceptor and coordinator of care and services in their assigned area.

This role offers 24 hour shifts, requiring 10 shifts over a 6 week period. Description

• Requires a license as a RN in the State of Alabama. Requires National Certification as Nurse Practitioner. Requires license as a Nurse Practitioner in the state of Alabama. BCLS. Additional specialty certification for assigned unit (PALS, NRP, ACLS, etc.). At least one year of experience as CNP in area of specialty .Ability to ride and function in back of ambulance while on transport. License as a Registered Nurse (RN) in the State of Alabama, National Certification as Nurse Practitioner, Certified Registered Nurse Practitioner (CRNP), Basic Life Support (BLS). Additional specialty certification per P and P for assigned unit (Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS), Neonatal Resuscitation (Neonatal Resuscitation (NRP)), Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), etc.).