Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA/APP) Newborn Medicine Service -Wage

Bring your newborn medicine expertise to an inpatient service where every assessment, delivery response, resuscitation, and family conversation helps shape a healthy beginning.

UVA Health is seeking a wage Advanced Practice Provider to join the Newborn Medicine Service in Charlottesville. This opportunity combines independent newborn care with a highly collaborative staffing model, meaningful teaching responsibilities, procedural experience, and immediate access to experienced physician and NICU support.

The Role

As an Advanced Practice Provider on the Newborn Medicine Service, you will care for newborns throughout their inpatient stay, from initial assessment through safe discharge. You will work within an established academic care team that includes attending pediatric physicians, APP colleagues, pediatric and family medicine residents, medical students, Labor and Delivery nurses, and the NICU team.

The preferred candidate will initially complete a more concentrated orientation before transitioning into flexible wage scheduling and shift coverage. Two APPs are staffed each shift, so you will never be scheduled as the sole APP, providing consistent access to experienced colleagues as you manage the pace and complexity of inpatient newborn care.

12-hour shifts, weekends required, no nights

In an average shift, you will:

• Perform comprehensive newborn assessments and provide ongoing clinical management.

• Attend deliveries when neonatal support is requested.

• Participate in and develop confidence leading neonatal resuscitations.

• Coordinate safe, family-centered discharge planning for newborn patients.

• Educate parents and families about newborn care, health, and follow-up needs.

• Teach and collaborate with pediatric residents, family medicine residents, and medical students.

• Work closely with attending physicians, nursing colleagues, and multidisciplinary partners.

• Perform circumcisions, with training available for candidates who have not previously completed the procedure.

• Escalate care appropriately with immediate access to NICU expertise and resources.

This role is well suited for a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner whose scope includes newborn care and who brings a strong interest in neonatal medicine. Experience with the Neonatal Resuscitation Program, newborn care, neonatal resuscitation, procedures, or clinical teaching is highly valued. Prior APP experience is welcomed, but strong newborn clinical skills, sound judgment, teamwork, and a commitment to learning are especially important.

Advanced Practice Provider Scope of Practice:

Clinical

• Provides expert evidence-based, top-of-scope care in their clinical practice

• Acts as part of a specialty team, collaborating with other clinicians as appropriate

• Provides health education to patients

• Maintains accurate, timely, and thorough documentation

• Ensures compliance with institutional and regulatory standards

Leadership

• Supports development of best practices and protocols in specialty

• Serves on committees and workgroups to enhance patient care

• Provides education to learners in the clinical space

• Mentors new team members

Administration

• Contributes to clinical quality improvement work

• Participates in professional governance through the APP Council

• Attends team development meetings at local and departmental levels

Professional

• Adheres to ASPIRE values in all professional interactions

• Maintains appropriate licenses, certifications, and specialty training competencies

• Participates in local, state, and national professional organizations

Background checks and pre-employment health screenings will be conducted on all new hires prior to employment. All safety-sensitive positions with direct patient interaction also require a drug screen.

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Why UVA Health

At UVA Health, you will practice within an integrated academic health system where clinical care, education, research, and innovation come together. UVA Health University Medical Center includes a Level IV NICU, while UVA Health Children's is recognized as Virginia's leading children's hospital. UVA Health Children's, University Medical Center, and UVA Women's Services have also earned international Baby-Friendly designation, reflecting a shared commitment to evidence-based support for newborns and families.

This position offers the flexibility of a wage role without sacrificing team connection, clinical depth, or professional development. You will join a growing service that values collaboration, respectful communication, education, and excellent newborn care.

• Join an experienced and supportive APP team as the service expands to meet increasing patient volume.

• Practice in an inpatient-only model with flexible wage scheduling opportunities.

• Work alongside another APP each shift rather than practicing alone.

• Build neonatal resuscitation, delivery attendance, discharge, and procedural expertise.

• Teach residents and medical students within a highly engaged academic environment.

• Benefit from close partnerships with pediatric physicians, Labor and Delivery nurses, and NICU clinicians.

• Enter a growing service with the potential for this clinical need to develop into a future full-time opportunity.

• Contribute to a Magnet-recognized environment that values nursing excellence, interdisciplinary practice, and high-quality patient care.

• Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

Here, success means becoming a trusted member of the team, confidently caring for and discharging newborns, contributing to neonatal resuscitation, and helping the next generation of clinicians strengthen their skills. Your expertise will support both the newborns and families you serve today and the continued growth of the Newborn Medicine Service.