CO Nurse Practitioner

The Department of Surgery, Bayview Campus is seeking a CO Nurse Practitioner (Mid-Level Provider - MLP) to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health team and is responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients being evaluated for and undergoing Surgery. MLP provides patient education as well as routine history and physical assessments and evaluation of lab tests. This individual will assist with procedures, order appropriate treatments and medications; participate in clinical research; strive for quality patient care and safety initiatives; and complete all necessary documentation and billing information as appropriate and meet compliance guidelines. The MLP is responsible for providing comprehensive and age-appropriate care to both well and/or ill patients.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Works collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary health team and is responsible for providing comprehensive and age-appropriate care to ill patients.
• Working under the supervision of a physician, assist with inpatient (OR and Floor coverage) / outpatient care (Clinic and Minor Room), assures treatment protocol compliance, performs routine history and physical assessments and evaluation of lab test.
• Provides outpatient follow-up of Colorectal and General Surgery patients, assists with the training of house staff members, medical students and nursing staff.
• Educates patients and families. Coordinate and participates in various clinical research projects.
  

Patient Care

• Provides comprehensive, age appropriate and episodic care to patients as a member of the multi-disciplinary health care team.
• Obtains patient history; Performs patient care and physical examinations; Prepares patient summaries; Develops treatment plan for discharge.
• Develops care/treatment plan.
• Prepares patient summaries.
• Develops treatment plan for discharge.
• Provides information to staff regarding patient's care plan and condition. Consistently develops effective treatment plans for assigned patients according to established protocols and procedures.
• Regularly confers and consults with appropriate physicians and/or other pertinent professionals before implementing treatment plan.
• Consistently structures all patient care plans to meet educational, physical and social needs appropriate to the patient's age.
• Consistently provides relevant patient care information to the appropriate staff member according to department guidelines.
• Provides education to patient and family members regarding diagnosis, complications, treatment and medications in order to provide them with continuous information.

Provides Emergency Care

• Maintains CPR certification.
• Maintains airway, breathing, and circulation.
• Starts and provides basic CPR.
• Orders and administers anti-anaphylactic and supportive medications.

Procedures

• Performs, but is not limited to the following advance procedures, wound care and management, suture and staple removal; phlebotomy, IV placement, removal of surgical drains.

Prescribes Drugs

• Prescribes medications, including oral, parenteral, intramuscular, or subcutaneous drugs. Prescribes Schedule 2, 2N, 3, 3N, 4, 5 drugs under the guidelines of the Maryland Nurse Practice Act and the DEA.

Research Coordination

• Will work with specific protocols to ensure that all protocol driven tests, examinations, and procedures are ordered, performed and evaluated and data is retrieved, entered on appropriate forms.
• Coordinates scheduling, orders appropriate tests, evaluates results, records data, performs patient evaluations and participates in care of patients on specific protocols regarding specific disease entities and treatment. Works in collaboration with the Principal Investigators of specific protocols to ensure the completeness of protocol requirements.

Educational Responsibilities

• Develops expertise and expands knowledge in specific areas and shares that knowledge and expertise with colleagues as consultant in planning care for patients. Participates in rounds and meetings for consultation.
• Supervises and evaluates student/patient interactions in an academic setting. Assumes responsibility for patient care as provided by the student.

Fiscal responsibility

• Assumes fiscal responsibility with working knowledge of evidence based medical model.
• Effectively uses resources of the patient and the institution.
• Is aware of and adheres to specific capitations and limitations of the patient's insurances while organizing and optimizing individualized care based on the disease state and restraints imposed by the HMO or insurances.
• Utilizes referrals to Home Health in order to provide optimum care in the appropriate setting.
• Has knowledge of and utilizes all available resources in the event that the patient's resources are limited or unavailable in order to provide medical care and social well-being.

Refers

• Works in collaboration with the physician and realizes and is able to detect those deviations from normalcy or from established protocols which require consultation and/or referral to appropriate specialty areas including physicians, nutrition, psycho-social and other resources.

Policy Responsibilities

• Assists with formulation of P.A. /N.P. policies within department regarding utilization of PA's, CME requirements and other administrative matters.

• 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.
• Additional experience may substitute for master's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Nurse Practitioner
Job Posting Title (Working Title):CO Nurse Practitioner
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $100,000 - $152,900 ($140,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M- F 8 - 5
Exempt Status:Exempt
Location:Johns Hopkins Bayview
Department name: SOM Sur Bay Gen Surgery BMC
Personnel area: School of Medicine