Primary Care Nurse Practitioner

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the states future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the Systems anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit . We are looking for an Adult or Primary Care Nurse Practitioner to join our Midtown Health Center to work in a primary care setting . We are seeing Nurse Practitioner who has experiencein a primary care setting. Provides an advanced level of comprehensive health care to a specific patient population in collaboration with medical staff. Follows established applicable nursing and medical standards, procedures and practices, and gives specific patient care directions to nursing and other support staff. Performs medical examinations and evaluations, diagnoses, treatment, follow-up, consultations and health education appropriate for the patients age and situation. Obtains patient histories and develops patient care charges, ensuring completeness and accuracy of documentation. Orders, obtains and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests. Designs, orders and documents appropriate treatment plans/plans of care including prescriptions of medications based on a comprehensive review of HPI and diagnostic results. Communicates plan of care with appropriate providers including the collaborative physician, the primary care provider, the referring provider, the nursing staff, and the case manager. Communicates plan of care with the patients and family members. Provides patient and family instruction related to the plan of care, disease process, new treatment plans, and medication regimens. Provides medical care for ill and injured patients in accordance with accepted standards of care. Provides health education to patients and families as required and appropriate. Documents medical findings and care provided in the patients clinical record, including information of laboratory and radiographic studies. Teaches health maintenance procedures and provides educational resources to patients as needed. Collaborates with physician or other health care team members regarding patients health needs, outcomes and effectiveness of care plan. Initiates appropriate contact with other health care providers as required. Maintains the privacy and security of all confidential and protected health information. Uses and discloses only that information which is necessary to perform the function of the job. Work Experience Master of Science Degree with completion of an appropriate primary or adult Nurse Practitioner program. Registered and currently recorded with the Maryland Board of Examiners of Nurses and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Maryland. Certified in area of specialty. DEA and CDS eligible BCLS as required Additional Information: All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.