Advanced Practice Provider Perinatal Program
Job Location:
Wilmington, DE - USA
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Job Summary
Nemours is seeking an Advanced Practice Provider to join our Nemours Childrens Perinatal Program in Wilmington DE.
The Nemours Fetal Care Center and Advanced Delivery Unit are expanding the scope of service to include comprehensive prenatal obstetrical and postpartum care for women whose unborn child has been diagnosed with a birth defect or complex medical condition that will require immediate multidisciplinary pediatric care in the neonatal addition to currently available prenatal imaging to diagnose these conditions we are also expanding invasive diagnostics and fetal intervention procedures. The NFCC-APP will work with the Maternal-Fetal Medicine physicians Obstetricians and the entire multidisciplinary team to provide full scope maternal care including prenatal care postpartum care inpatient care assist in fetal procedures in the outpatient setting and in the operating room and assessment of fetal this role the qualified NFCC-APP will play an integral role in the care and support of these patients throughout their high-risk pregnancy journey into the postpartum period.
Essential Functions
Provide comprehensive prenatal and postpartum care in person and via phone/telehealth visits
Perform preoperative and postoperative evaluations
Round on fetal intervention patients during their hospital stay
Provide care in a supportive family centered approach
Provide patient education and counseling
Assist in fetal procedures (outpatient and operating room)
Assist in coordination of multidisciplinary care
Assess fetal well-being using electronic fetal monitoring in conjunction with ultrasound data
Review prenatal records laboratory studies and imaging results incorporating all data into a comprehensive patient care plan
Communicate care plan with patient and answer patient questions
Document patient encounters in EMR
Mentor and educate junior APPs and students sonographers genetic counseling students medical students residents and fellows and other allied health professionals
Participate in quality and performance improvement efforts including the development and review of policies and procedures related to clinical care performed
Opportunities to participate in educational and research activities
Qualifications
Womens Health Nurse Practitioner or Certified Nurse Midwife
DE RN (or compact state) DE APRN DE CSR DE DEA
Hold National certification as WHNP-BC or Certified Nurse Midwife
Minimum 5 years experience in womens health/prenatal/obstetric care
Experience interpreting electronic fetal monitoring
Experience with sterile technique
Experience functioning as scrub technician and first assist preferred
About Company
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware an ... View more
