Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
US-WA-Tacoma
clinical
Req #: 48794
Type: Practitioner - Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
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Overview: Seeking a PNP to cover the newborn nursery in the Pacific Northwest! Responsibilities: Pediatrix has an opportunity for a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner to cover the well-baby nursery at Tacoma General Hospital in Tacoma, Washington. * Full-time position working 8-hour day shifts (40 hrs/week) in the newborn nursery with an ADC of 8-20. Requires some weekend and holiday coverage. * NBN supported by in-house neonatologists * Responsibilities include seeing unassigned patients, and providing admission/discharge/progress notes * Attendance at deliveries is not required, circumcisions not required * Previous PNP and newborn nursery experience preferred Located near Mount Rainier National Park, Tacoma is a mid-sized, progressive, urban port city that manages to retain a unique, hometown feel. Tacoma is on Washington's Puget Sound, 32 miles southwest of Seattle and less than a day's drive to Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, and less than two hours from mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Enjoy world-class museums, wineries and microbreweries, great shopping and dining locally and in nearby Seattle. Western Washington's beautiful outdoor terrain is a paradise for those who enjoy outdoor activities such as boating, sailing, fishing, hunting, skiing and mountaineering. Washington has no state income tax. Qualifications: * Current APRN national specialty certification * Minimum of a master's degree