Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (Per Diem) Naples, FL

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsPer Diem Physician-Supervised State

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Job Description

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (NNP) is primarily responsible in association with the attending physician(s), for management of the high-risk newborn and infants.

NNP provides comprehensive direct patient care for high-risk newborns and infants with life threatening or high acuity conditions that require constant monitoring.

Responsibilities include completing history and physical examinations, ordering and interpreting radiographic and laboratory test, diagnosing illness, documenting patient care services with EMR, and performing procedures within the NNP's scope of practice and demonstrated competency.

Job Specific Duties

  • Diagnoses medical and surgical problems of high risk newborn.
  • Works variable shifts, weekends and holidays.

Develops, implements, evaluates, monitors, manages, and modify a plan of care that prescribes interventions to attain expected outcomes.

Ensures plan of care is of sufficient breadth and depth to guide the interdisciplinary team in achieving the desired health outcomes for patients and families.

Considers factors related to safety, effectiveness, and cost in planning and delivering patient care across departments and promoting optimal patient outcomes.

Contributes to the development of peers, colleagues, and others to improve patient outcomes and to promote growth of the nursing profession by facilitating collaboration and communication.

Ensures understanding and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the developmental level of the patient.

Generates, collects, and integrates data from a wide variety of sources in order to make clinical judgments and decisions about the initiation of orders, procedures, referrals, and treatments.

Accountable for maintaining current expertise and skills in order to facilitate a high quality of clinical performance and to promote professional growth.

Models professional verbal and written communication with the interdisciplinary team members involved in the ongoing management of patients to optimize patient outcomes.

Participates in patient care (writing daily progress notes, coordinating clinical care, discharge planning, etc.).

Writes orders, monitors/alters drug therapies, and performs other procedures with education and experience within established protocol in collaborative relationship with a Physician(s).

  • Minimum Job Requirements
  • Master's degree in Nursing or Doctorate of Nursing (DNP)
  • APRN State of Florida Licensure - maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner Certification by the National Certification Corporation
  • Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP) - maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
  • American Heart Association BLS - maintain active and in good standing throughout employment
  • Level II Background Check
  • Successful completion of Credentialing by NCHS Medical Administration
  • 2 years of NNP experience
  • Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
  • Able to relate cooperatively and constructively with patients, families, and co-workers.
  • NNP experience preferred.
  • Ability to communicate verbally and in writing.
  • Able to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.
  • Ability to problem solve to formulate a plan of care and evaluate the patient's response to care.
  • Ability to interpret, adapt, and react calmly under stressful conditions.
  • Able to work variable shifts, weekends and holidays.

As required under the directive of House Bill 531 (2025) we are providing the link below to the Care Provider Background Screening Clearinghouse Education and Awareness website.

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Key Responsibilities

The Neonatal Nurse Practitioner manages high-risk newborns and infants, providing comprehensive direct care for high-acuity conditions. Responsibilities include diagnosing illnesses, performing clinical procedures, and collaborating with physicians to implement care plans.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's or Doctorate in Nursing, be a licensed APRN in Florida, and possess NNP certification. A minimum of 2 years of NNP experience and active NRP and BLS certifications are required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

DiagnosisEMR DocumentationClinical JudgmentTreatment PlanningInterdisciplinary CollaborationDrug Therapy Monitoring

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Neonatal Nurse Practitioner (Per Diem) Naples, FL at Nicklaus Children's Hospital a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Neonatology (NP) — ranked against 163 active Neonatology (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc.

Neonatology — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 24% are remote, 48% have no call, 62% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 6.1
Better work-life than 90% of Neonatology (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 163 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Naples

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$604k
Typical market rent
$2,549/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
103.2
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Naples-Marco Island, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.