Graduate Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner)

Mercy Medical Center • Baltimore, MD

6d • Onsite

About The Position

Join Our Team at Mercy Medical Center – Now Hiring a Graduate Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP)!
Mercy Medical Center is honored to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies for three consecutive years (2023–2025) and as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2025. Additionally, we are proud to be a multi-time recipient of Forbes' America's Best Midsize Employers award, most recently in 2025.
As a hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy, we offer a supportive and empowering environment where dedicated medical professionals thrive. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact through your work and contributing to a mission of compassionate care, we invite you to apply today and join our Mercy family.

Requirements

• Must have completed a certified Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program.
• Maryland PA License, Maryland NP Certification
• NCCPA, ANCC/AAN
• Must have current CPR/BLS certification.

Responsibilities

• Works with both Inpatient and Outpatient physicians in a challenging, but highly rewarding, academic community-hospital setting.
• Collaborates with attendings, resident physicians, and students from allied schools within a team-based approach in Inpatient Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery rotations.
• Works directly with physicians in high volume office settings during Outpatient rotations.
• Has the opportunity to engage in Quality and Patient Safety Department projects and initiatives.
• Performs initial history & physical examinations and initiate admission orders.
• Sees, examines, evaluates assigned patients daily, discusses with attending provider and documents care in a daily progress note.
• Assesses acute patient problems.
• Initiates emergency or urgent treatment.
• Communicates significant changes in patient condition to the patient's attending provider.
• Orders and evaluates pertinent radiographic data on initial read only.
• Meets with Medical Teams at the beginning of shift to identify and review patients ready to be discharged.
• Discusses issues related to discharges with appropriate resident or attending.
• Meets with Case Management to proactively anticipate discharge dates.
• Orders, interprets, follows-up on pertinent laboratory data.
• Performs final patient visit.
• Assists in discharge planning and scheduling of follow-up visits and discusses same with patients.
• Initiates referrals to Social Services.
• Facilitates follow-up Home Health care needs.
• Completes assigned discharge summaries on patients in a timely fashion to include history of present illness, medical history, medications, allergies, social history, family history, physical examination, laboratory and x-ray data, hospital course (including rehabilitation plans, discharge medications, and discharge diagnosis).
• Provides patient teaching and counseling regarding discharge treatment plan, medications, diagnostic tests, follow-up appointments, etc.
• Discusses problems in patient discharges with the resident or attending provider/specialist.
• Prepares daily, written signout on patients and provides verbal signout to primary team.
• Exhibits flexibility in meeting the needs of the hospital.
• Sees, examines, and evaluates assigned patients, discusses with attending provider, and documents care in the patient chart.
• Orders and evaluates pertinent diagnostic tests and discusses with attending provider.
• Consults with other healthcare professionals.
• Provides patient and family education and counseling regarding all aspects of care.
• Initiates appropriate referrals to other providers along with collaborating with other multidisciplinary team members including but not limited to case management, social work, and home health services.
• Exhibits flexibility in meeting all needs of the practice.
• Performs additional duties as assigned by the Department of Quality and Patient Safety.

Benefits

• Competitive health, prescription, vision and dental benefits & wellness credit for eligible employees
• 403(b) retirement plan with generous company match and “catch up” provision
• Paid Time Off (PTO) & company paid holidays
• Tuition reimbursement
• Mental Health resources and other employee related wellness opportunities through our Employee Assistance Program
• Employer paid Short & Long Term Disability benefits for eligible employees
• Voluntary Benefits
• Discounts on auto & home insurance and Verizon plans
• Mercy’s Rewards & Recognition Program rewarding employees for going above and beyond in living Mercy’s Mission and Values

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed