Division:Eskenazi Medical Group

Sub-Division: EMG -Employee

Req ID: 15766

Schedule: PRN/Per Diem

Shift: Any

EMG is affiliated with Eskenazi Health and employs physician and advanced practice providers who support the Eskenazi Health system. A multi-specialty provider group, it strives to be a leading primary care provider serving all patients regardless of ability to pay or condition of health while advancing medicine through teaching and research.

Eskenazi Health is one of American's largest safety net health systems with more than 1 million outpatient visits each year. Partnering with the Indiana University School of Medicine, Eskenazi Health serves as the public hospital division of the Health & Hospital Corporation of Marion County, Indiana. In addition to the 327-bed hospital located on its downtown Indianapolis campus, Eskenazi Health provides services at 10 federally qualified health care centers and multiple mental health sites and residential facilities located throughout Indianapolis. Eskenazi Health is accredited by The Joint Commission and has been highlighted as one of the nation's 150 best places to work by Becker's Hospital Review for four consecutive years.

Indianapolis offers affordable housing, excellent schools and a wealth of entertainment options, including a variety of amateur and professional sports teams, dynamic museums, live theater productions, symphony and opera concerts, a wide variety of shopping options and restaurants, and numerous outdoor festivals, as well as the famous Indy 500 race each May.

SUMMMARY:

The Advanced Practice Neonatal Practitioner works as an educator and advocate provider and is responsible for the care and well-being of patients in the Newborn Intensive Care Units (NICU). The NICU Advanced Practice Practitioner manages and coordinate nursing and patient care management for Eskenazi Health’s Newborn Intensive Care Unit in collaboration with physicians/interdisciplinary team. The NICU Advanced Practice Practitioner provides diagnostic as well as therapeutic intervention and day-to-day evaluation, including diagnostic and pharmacologic intervention under the direction of a physician.

SUPPLEMENTAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

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  Implement and coordinate a plan of care for patients to address the physical, emotional and psychosocial needs of patients and families.
• Serve as an informational resource to patients, families, and staff.
• Refers appropriately to physician and allied health care referrals.
• Provide daily contact with patients, families, and visitors.
• Provide daily contact with interdepartmental members (physicians, nurses, NPs, ancillary staff, etc.)
• Coordinates patient care with other departments as needed.
• May provide direct supervision of personnel offering feedback on performance and clinical competencies to the individual and management
• Informs administration of any need for repairs to clinic equipment.

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS:

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  Expertise in the practice of Neonatal care
• Specialty certification if available.
• Special privileging:
  • Chest tube placement and removal
  • Endotracheal intubation
  • Fine needle aspiration
  • Lumbar puncture
  • Percutaneous venous catheter placement and removal
  • Umbilical vessel catheter placement and removal

Eskenazi Health has been named to Becker's Hospital Review's 2018 list of "150 Great Places to Work In Health Care." This is the 3rd year in a row now that EH has received this honor.

https://www.beckershospitalreview.com/lists/150-top-places-to-work-in-healthcare-2019.html