Nurse Practitioner / Assistant Director of Nursing, Neonatology

Job description

Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors. Bargaining Unit: UUP Job Summary: The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time TH Assistant Director of Nursing / Nurse Practitioner. The successful candidate will: - Manage and provide care for the patient requiring neonatal intensive care utilizing collaborative consultation with team members, under the direction and supervision (but not necessarily the direct attendance) of an attending neonatologist. - Provide prenatal consultations as needed. - Receive a distressed neonate in the Delivery Room and initiates appropriate intervention. - Perform a complete newborn physical examination and assessment of gestational age, discriminating between normal and abnormal finding...