Nurse Practitioner

The Department of Medicine is seeking a Nurse Practitioners, to work collaboratively as a member of an Advanced Practice Provider (APP) team to provide comprehensive care to patients on the Carol Johns Service, and inpatient pulmonary service that specializes in advanced lung diseases.

The APP will work collaboratively with physicians, residents, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, social workers, physical, occupational and speech therapists and consultant physicians within a multi-disciplinary team for the Department of Medicine. Supervision from an appropriately licensed physician as delegated.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for standardized, comprehensive care to patients with multiple medical conditions.
• Obtain history and perform physical examinations on newly admitted and follow-up patients on the patients within the service, write orders for medications, review diagnostic studies, perform procedures as indicated including but not limited to peripheral IVs with or without ultrasound, foley catheter placement, nasogastric tube insertion and other treatments as necessary.
• Participate in sign-out to report the progress of specific patients and help to establish and implement care plans in a safe and effective manner.
• Communicates with healthcare team members to assure patient and organizational needs are met and advance care plans.
• Involved in admitting and discharging patients out of the hospital to various settings.
• Educate patients and families regarding the nature of their clinical problems, prognoses, and options for continued care.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and teaching to junior APPs, APP students, medical students as well as house staff.
• Participate in hospital-wide and unit-based committees and meetings focusing on quality assurance and safety programs for the unit.
• Involved in departmental research initiatives.
• The APP will be granted affiliate staff privileges by the Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Board; these privileges list specific tasks and are reviewed annually.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must have advanced clinical skills and the ability to apply theoretical concepts as part of a multi-disciplinary health care team providing care to patients and their families.
• Must have the ability to diagnose and implement a medical care plan for the short and long-term care of acute and chronic health conditions in the intensive care unit.
• Be able to apply critical-thinking and problem-solving skills to function effectively and adapt to a dynamic and often changing work environment.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Possess advanced interpersonal skills necessary to collaborate and communicate effectively with all members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to enhance problem solving in the best interest of the patient.
• Provide detailed and comprehensive documentation of all patient care related services as part of the hospital medical record.
• Must have general computer knowledge and ability to use computerized medical information systems.

Physical Requirement

• Sitting in a normal seated position for extended periods of time.
• Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
• Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, using a keyboard.
• Communication skills using the spoken word.
• The ability to see within normal parameters.
• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
• Ability to move standard equipment through a hospital or clinical environment.

Working Conditions

• Applicants must be willing to work nights rotating schedule 7 days/week including weekends and holidays, as required to meet patient care needs.

*This description is a general statement of required major duties and responsibilities performed on a regular and continuous basis. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.

• Master's Degree in nursing, Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be licensed as NP in State of Maryland or other state where practicing.
• Hold and maintain appropriate board certifications - Adult Gerontology Acute Care NP, Acute Care NP, or Adult Acute Care NP.
• Maintain Controlled and Dangerous Substance License in Maryland.

• Maintain Federal DEA License.
  

• Maintain ACLS certification.
  

• Maintain BLS certification.
  

• Completion of the Johns Hopkins Hospi