Job Description
Children's Nebraska is seeking highly motivated Neonatal Nurse Practitioners to join our Neonatal Critical Care Transport Fellowship Program, a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training opportunity designed to prepare fellows for independent practice in high-acuity neonatal transport.
This immersive fellowship provides comprehensive training in ground, rotor-wing, and fixed-wing transport, with a focus on the stabilization and management of critically ill neonates requiring interfacility transfer. The program integrates clinical experience, structured didactics, simulation, and transport operations training within a leading pediatric health system.
Upon completion, fellows will be equipped to deliver evidence-based care across the continuum of neonatal transport, from initial resuscitation through interfacility transfer, in both controlled and austere environments.
Program Objectives
Transport & Aviation Medicine Core
About Us
At Children’s Nebraska, our mission is to improve the life of every child through exceptional care, advocacy, research and education. As the state’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center, we provide comprehensive, holistic care to our patients and families—from primary and specialty care to behavioral health services and everything in between. Dedicated to a People First culture, we foster an environment with joy, belonging, wellbeing, learning and growth. Turn your passion into purpose and make a difference where it matters most.
Children's Nebraska is seeking highly motivated Neonatal Nurse Practitioners to join our Neonatal Critical Care Transport Fellowship Program, a 12-month, full-time postgraduate training opportunity designed to prepare fellows for independent practice in high-acuity neonatal transport.
This immersive fellowship provides comprehensive training in ground, rotor-wing, and fixed-wing transport, with a focus on the stabilization and management of critically ill neonates requiring interfacility transfer. The program integrates clinical experience, structured didactics, simulation, and transport operations training within a leading pediatric health system.
Upon completion, fellows will be equipped to deliver evidence-based care across the continuum of neonatal transport, from initial resuscitation through interfacility transfer, in both controlled and austere environments.
Program Objectives
- Develop advanced competency in the assessment, diagnosis, and management of neonatal conditions requiring interfacility transport
- Build expertise in transport medicine, aviation physiology, and operational safety
- Enhance procedural proficiency and clinical decision-making in high-risk, time-sensitive scenarios
- Apply evidence-based practices to optimize neonatal outcomes during resuscitation, stabilization, and transport
- Integrate principles of crew resource management and interdisciplinary collaboration
- NNP-BC - Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Upon Hire Required and
- BLS - Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association Upon Hire Required and
- PALS - Pediatric Advanced Life Support within 180 Days Required and
- NRP - Neonatal Resuscitation within 180 Days Required and
- DEA License within 30 Days Required
- Minimum 2+ years’ experience in Critical Care Required, 3 years preferred (as CC RN, APRN or combination of both)
- Previous Advanced Practice Provider experience in pediatrics Preferred
- Satisfy all relevant criteria and qualifications outlined in the Medical Staff Policy on Allied Health Professional, required to be credentialed. Required and
- Must have valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle driving record Required and
- Must be able to work in an environment which includes the use of ambulance, helicopter, and airplane patient transport vehicles that results in exposure to non-conventional motions, noise, vibration, fumes and extreme heat/cold. Required and
- Due to the aircraft the Organization utilizes for both rotary and fixed wing, all Transport applicants must be 225 lbs or under at time of hire. Upon Hire Required
- Prior experience in EMS, flight, or critical care transport
- Demonstrated interest in neonatal critical care and transport medicine
Transport & Aviation Medicine Core
- Air medical physiology and gas laws
- Effects of flight stressors on neonatal patients
- Aircraft systems, safety, and scene operations
- Crew resource management
- Ground, rotor-wing, and fixed-wing transport operations
- Neonatal resuscitation and stabilization
- Prematurity and complications of immaturity
- Congenital anomalies and neonatal surgical emergencies
- Advanced respiratory support, intubation, and ventilation
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy and therapeutic hypothermia
- Inborn errors of metabolism
- Neonatal nutrition, fluids, and electrolyte management
- Umbilical arterial and venous catheter placement and management
- Stabilization and transport of high-risk neonates from delivery centers
- High-fidelity simulation of neonatal and pediatric transport scenarios
- Mock codes and full-scale transport drills
- Advanced procedural training, including:
- Chest tube placement
- Intraosseous (IO) access
- Needle decompression
- Central and arterial line placement
- Rapid sequence and delayed sequence intubation (RSI/DSI)
- Supraglottic airway (SGA) placement and cricothyrotomy
- Umbilical line placement
- Lumbar puncture
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) training
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)
- Preparation for Certified Neonatal Pediatric Transport (C-NPT) credential
About Us
At Children’s Nebraska, our mission is to improve the life of every child through exceptional care, advocacy, research and education. As the state’s only full-service pediatric healthcare center, we provide comprehensive, holistic care to our patients and families—from primary and specialty care to behavioral health services and everything in between. Dedicated to a People First culture, we foster an environment with joy, belonging, wellbeing, learning and growth. Turn your passion into purpose and make a difference where it matters most.
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