Neonatal ICU/Perinatal Nurse

Key responsibilities of the role

Your North Star: Provide and facilitate amazing patient-centered clinical care to our NICU patients and their families.

For families navigating the complexities of a NICU stay and the critical transition home, you are their expert clinical guide and reassuring presence. As a NICU/Perinatal Nurse at Pomelo, you will leverage your deep clinical expertise to provide a layer of virtual support to supplement the in-person care of both the birthing parent and their NICU baby.  

You will do more than just answer questions; you will actively teach, assess, triage, and intervene to build parent confidence and prevent complications. This role is a unique opportunity to use your NICU nursing skills in a flexible, impactful way, helping to ensure the safest possible transition from hospital to home for our most vulnerable patients. 

**We are currently hiring for the following FT Daytime hours: M-F 9am-6pm EST with a rotating weekend requirement. Please note that holiday coverage is also expected on a rotating basis.**

Reporting to the Nurse Lead, and working closely with the Pomelo NICU Support Team, your key responsibilities will include:

• Coordinating holistic family support by seamlessly connecting parents to our dedicated specialists, resource partners, and pediatric providers to ensure they are fully supported throughout the NICU journey and prepared for a safe discharge.
• Ongoing clinical and psychosocial assessment of new patients, providing reassurance and building rapport
• Establishing individualized care plans to meet specific health needs based on evidence-based standards
• Developing wellness goals by determining motivating factors and leveraging them for best possible health outcomes
• Identifying and addressing barriers to care that have been identified by patients and/or the care team. 
• Reducing care gaps (missed appointments, medication management, etc.) by frequent engagements with patient
• Assessing the need for and educating patients on the equipment they will use to monitor their health remotely
• Ongoing surveillance and timely response to abnormal diagnostic results (labs, radiology, etc.)
• Assessment of urgent concerns and proactively triaging patients to support appropriate utilization of emergency services
• Timely documentation of all care/interactions and escalating to appropriate multidisciplinary teams, as needed
• Supporting the development of programs and product by providing user feedback

Who you are

• Registered Nurse, BSN prepared, current unrestricted multi-state (compact) license
• Have 4+ years RECENT experience in a hospital and/or healthcare practice, serving maternal-child health populations (minimum 1 years in NICU and 1 year in labor and delivery/postpartum or Antepartum)
• A growth mindset with the ability to approach process change and ambiguous situations with enthusiasm, creativity, and accountability 
• Eager to thrive in a fast-paced, metric-driven environment
• Are internet-connected, able to work remotely via video, phone and text
• Willing to travel occasionally (infrequent)
• Willing to work weekends and holidays
• Understand the prevalence and role that birth inequity and structural racism plays in maternal morbidity and mortality
• Professionally engaged

Bonus points if you have any of the following

• Experience working with perinatal patients who have had pregnancy related diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, perinatal loss, etc.
• Experience providing virtual care
• Spanish Fluency (without the use of an interpreter)

Why you should join our team

By joining Pomelo, you will get in on the ground floor of a fast-moving, well-funded, and mission-driven startup where you will have a profound impact on the patients we serve. And you'll learn, grow, be challenged, and have fun with your team while doing it.

We strive to create an environment where employees from all backgrounds are respected. We value working across disciplines, moving fast, data-driven decision making, learning, and always putting the patient first. We also offer:

• Competitive healthcare benefits
• Generous equity compensation
• Generous vacation policy

At Pomelo, we are committed to hiring the best team to improve outcomes for all mothers and babies, regardless of their background. We need diverse perspectives to reflect the diversity of problems we face and the population we serve. We look to hire people from a variety of backgrounds, including but not limited to race, age, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, disability, and veteran status.

Our salary ranges are based on paying competitively for our company’s size and industry, and are one part of the total compensation package that also includes equity, benefits, and other opportunities at Pomelo Care. In accordance with New York City, Colorado, California, and other applicable laws, Pomelo Care is required to provide a reasonable estimate of the compensation range for this role. Individual pay decisions are ultimately based on a number of factors, including qualifications for the role, experience level, skillset, geography, and balancing internal equity. A reasonable estimate of the current salary range is $78,000-$83,000. We expect most candidates to fall in the middle of the range. We also believe that your personal needs and preferences should be taken into consideration, so we allow some choice between equity and cash.

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