Overview
Neonatal Nurse Practitioner – Full-Time
Step into a role where your expertise makes an immediate impact. Our Level II–III NICU is growing, and we’re looking for a skilled, confident, and collaborative Neonatal Nurse Practitioner to join a team that truly works together. FirstHealth of the Carolinas is a private, community-based healthcare system headquartered in the resort destination of Pinehurst, NC. Named one of the Top 150 Places to Work in Health Care by Becker’s Healthcare three years in a row and a recipient of the Healthgrades Outstanding Patient Experience Award for 18 years running.
Responsibilities
- Choose your lifestyle: 12‑ or 24‑hour shifts.
- Level III, 13-bed NICU with over 3,000 deliveries (225 NICU admits per year).
- High‑acuity variety: from newborn rounding to delivery attendance to hands‑on stabilization.
- Real responsibility: lead neonatal resuscitation, manage critical infants, and coordinate transports to and from regional nurseries.
- Work with the best: neonatologists, OB hospitalists, and MFM specialists.
- 1 Neonatologist and 1 NNP per shift, manageable census.
- Comprehensive compensation and benefits package:
- Full-time position
- Paid Time Off
- Health, life, and disability coverage
- 2 retirement savings plans – 401a, 403b with match
- CME allowance, license reimbursement
- Customized wellbeing resources
- Free fitness center membership
- Paid malpractice with tail coverage
About FirstHealth of the Carolinas:
- Financially stable organization with four hospitals, facilities for inpatient/outpatient rehabilitation, hospice, a palliative care program, home care, community outreach programs, integrated neurosciences, health & fitness centers, primary care, functional & concierge medicine, convenient care clinics, a hospitality house, EMS, a philanthropic foundation, and more.
- Here you will find specialty and subspecialty services and technologies that rival those typically only found in academic institutions and in larger metropolitan areas.
- Be part of our mission-driven team—on a journey to zero harm and to be the best place to work in healthcare.
About Pinehurst:
- Live where people vacation. Pinehurst offers beautiful scenery, a warm community, world‑class golf, and an easygoing lifestyle that pairs perfectly with a flexible shift model.
- Home to over 40 golf courses and host to multiple U.S. Open Championships.
- Convenient location: 1 hour from Raleigh-Durham, 2 hours from Charlotte, and 3 hours to the beach or mountains.
- Strong, diverse economy supported by tourism, healthcare, small manufacturing, education, and entrepreneurship.
- Exceptional quality of life with a temperate four-season climate and access to both rural tranquility and urban convenience.
- Consistently ranked among North Carolina’s safest communities and top micropolitan areas by POLICOM.
- Neighboring Southern Pines offers premier equestrian facilities, training centers, and boarding stables.
Qualifications
- NNP‑BC certification and state licensure.
- Minimum 3 years of NNP experience in a Level III/IV NICU.
- Calm under pressure, strong communicator, team‑first mindset.
- Able to practice independently covering the newborn service.
- Clean background, NC licensure and NRP certification required.
For more information, contact our in-house Physician Recruitment team at [email protected].
