Advanced Practice Nurse- Hospital Medicine

CO Clinical Nurse (DOM General Internal Medicine)

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse who will support the General Internal Medicine (GIM) Faculty practice at Green Spring Station (GSS).

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Coordinates care for a group of complex patients to achieve clinical and organizational outcomes.

Provides evidence-based care based on nursing process, policies, procedures, and protocols of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Provides guidance to other team members to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care.

Actively participates in Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP) initiatives.

Performs transitional care management calls for practice patients discharged from hospitals in the area and determines the need for short-term outpatient follow-up.

Provides direct patient care, when needed, for point of care testing, medication/vaccine administration, patient rooming and other duties as assigned.

Provides patient education for self-care chronic disease management, such as, diabetes education (in person, by phone, or via MyChart).

Works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team to optimize team performance and patient outcomes.

Triages phone calls and electronic advice requests from patients and determines need for medical assessment.

Assesses lab results and implements intervention in consultation with primary providers.

Triages calls from outside institutions, JHM Emergency Departments, and other health care providers; determines and implements follow-up plans.

Identifies care continuity needs of patients; generates and pends orders to primary providers for signature.

Assists primary providers with maintaining electronic medical records; scans outside results into system, updates immunization history, updates health maintenance records, acts on overdue health maintenance items.

Conveys critical action values/ patient request of lab results when requested by provider (communication from MD to RN)

Assist in the development/updating of clinic-based protocols, standardized workflows, or other clinical practice procedures.

Helps lead quality improvement initiatives that are focused on outcomes measures that are relevant to primary care.

Assists Medical Office Coordinator (MOC) in scheduling patients for appointments.

Helps complete forms (e.g., disability, FMLA, mobility) requiring basic health history.

Helps obtain prior authorization for tests and medications

Provide oversight for ordering, stock, and maintenance of clinical supplies and equipment. Collaborates with clinic manager to ensure supplies, medications, and vaccines available and up-to-date for clinical use.

Responsible for other clinical duties as assigned.

Skills and Abilities

Expected to learn the formal and informal departmental goals, standards, policies and procedures which may include some familiarity of other departments within the school/division. Is sensitive to the interrelationship of both people and functions within the department.

On a regular and continuous basis, exercises administrative judgment and assumes responsibility for decisions, consequences, and results having an impact on people, costs, and/or quality of service within the functional area.

Exchanges non-routine information using tact and persuasion as appropriate requiring good oral and written communication skills.

Knowledge of nursing process; social, behavioral, biological, and physical sciences; safety and scientific inquiry process and application to the skill performance; leadership and management as normally acquired through completion of a program in nursing.

Knowledge of current health care environment.

Knowledge of general physiologic monitoring and patient care equipment such as defibrillator and glucose monitor.

Successfully completes all training courses required for access to Epic and other clinical software systems.

Requires effective use of resources and cost awareness.

Ability to analyze data to synthesize and summarize information and to make judgments regarding patient care.

Highly effective verbal communication and interpersonal skills to establish working relationships that foster optimal quality patient care.

Ability to use a computer keyboard to input and obtain data.

Ability to operate personal computer to access email, computerized scheduling and documentation systems, and other basic office support software including Microsoft Office applications.

Ability to apply principles of evidence-based practice, scientific process, and service excellence in practice.

Ability to interact successfully with the public. Ability to perform effectively despite sudden deadlines and changing priorities. Ability to maintain personal composure in high stress situations.

Demonstrated interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills are required to service a diverse customer base.

Ability to demonstrate and convey a favorable image of the organization and to conform to proper standards of professional dress, attitude and demeanor. Ability to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills required to interact with patients, patients' families/visitors and clinical staff.

Ability to perform with a high degree of accuracy and with meticulous attention to detail. Demonstrate a strong ability to use initiative and judgment and to identify, analyze and solve problems.

Ability to demonstrate self-direction and initiation. Ability to work independently and as a part of a team.

Minimum Qualifications

Individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland

Must maintain active licensure throughout employment.

Experience with Epic preferred.

Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

The individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland or the state where practicing.

Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR Certification.

Completion of the JHH Credentialing process.

Classified Title: Clinical Nurse Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/ME Starting Salary Range: $64,600 - $113,300 Annually ($87,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: M-F; 7:45am - 4:15pm FLSA Status: Exempt Location: JH at Greenspring Station Department name: DOM General Internal Medicine Personnel area: School of Medicine

Johns Hopkins University