Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

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.

Position Highlights

• 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].