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Neonatal NP

PublishedPublished: 6/20/2026
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 FHPG-Recruitment@firsthealth.org.