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Nurse Practitioner

Employer
Johns Hopkins University
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Salary
Competitive Salary
Date posted
Jan 13, 2025
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Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

The Department of Medicine is seeking a Nurse Practitioner, to work collaboratively as a member of an advanced practice team to provide comprehensive care to critically ill patients in the Medical Intensive Care Unit and the Oncology Intensive Care Unit.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

  • Responsible for standardized, comprehensive care to patients who are critically ill with multiple medical conditions as well as primary oncological and hematologic processes.
  • Work collaboratively with physicians, fellows, residents, nurses, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, social workers, physical, occupational and speech therapists and consultant physicians within a multi-disciplinary team.
  • Obtain history and perform physical examinations on patients newly admitted to the ICU.
  • Triage patients to the ICU setting if necessary and provide critical care support to those teams during the day.
  • Knowledge of life support systems such as mechanical ventilation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD), artificial nutritional support, and vasopressor support.
  • Orders and interprets laboratory tests, radiographic exams, and other diagnostic studies.
  • Performs bedside procedures including but not limited to: ultrasound-guided placement of arterial lines, central lines, peripheral IVs, and dialysis catheters; lumbar punctures, paracenteses, thoracenteses, NG/NJ tubes, point of care ultrasound, and other treatments as necessary.
  • Initiates or modifies routine, complex and emergent medication regimens and therapies.
  • Communicate with healthcare team members to ensure patient and organizational needs are met.
  • Assist with coordinating patients' discharge from 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 NP/PAs, NP/PA students, and pulmonary fellows in the MICU and Oncology ICU.
  • Involved in departmental research initiatives.
  • Rotate between the Medical Intensive Care Unit and Oncology Intensive Care Unit as part of an Advanced Practice Team.
  • The NP/PA will be granted affiliate staff privileges by the Johns Hopkins Hospital Medical Board; these privileges list specific tasks and are reviewed annually.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

  • Must have advanced clinical skills and the ability to apply theoretical concepts as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare 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 interdisciplinary healthcare team members to enhance problem-solving in the patient's best interest.
  • Provide detailed and comprehensive documentation of all patient care-related services as part of the hospital medical record.
  • Must have general computer knowledge and the ability to use computerized medical information systems.

Physical Requirement

  • Sitting in a 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.
  • 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 3 days/week on varying days over a 7-day work 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 regularly and continuously. It does not exclude other duties as assigned.


Minimum Qualifications
  • Master's degree in nursing; Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be licensed as NP in State of Maryland
  • Additional experience may substitute for master's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
  • Maintain a Controlled and Dangerous Substance License in Maryland.
  • Maintain Federal DEA License.
  • Maintain ACLS certification.
  • Maintain BLS certification.
  • Completion of the Johns Hopkins Hospital credentialing process is required


Preferred Qualifications
  • Two years of acute/critical care experience.
  • ICU Nursing and Residency experience

Physical Requirements:

Sitting, standing and walking for extended period. 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). Ability to move standard equipment through a hospital or clinical environment

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

Classified Title: Nurse Practitioner
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $102,000 - $152,900 ($105,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 3 shifts, 12.5 hours, Monday thru Sunday
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM DOM Pulmonary
Personnel area: School of Medicine


The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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