Nurse Practitioner (Oncology)

Johns Hopkins University•Baltimore, MD

7d•$112,572 - $152,900•Onsite

About The Position

The Nurse Practitioner provides inpatient clinical and research support to the Hematologic Malignancies Division. Working collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health team, the role delivers comprehensive, age-appropriate care to well and ill patients, educates patients and families, and intervenes in acute or chronic illness. The position includes care of transplant patients, oncology procedures, emergency care, research coordination, educational responsibilities, and responsible use of patient and institutional resources.

Requirements

Master’s degree in Nursing.
Registered Nurse license.
Certification as a Nurse Practitioner.
Nurse Practitioner license in Maryland or the state where practicing.
Current CPR certification.
Maintain current licensure and certification throughout employment.
Complete the JHH credentialing process before the start date.

Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive, age-appropriate, episodic patient care as part of a multidisciplinary healthcare team.
Obtain patient histories, perform patient care and physical examinations, and prepare patient summaries.
Develop care and treatment plans, attend outpatient clinics, assist with patient management, and communicate patient care plans and conditions to staff.
Consult with supervisory physicians and other professionals before implementing treatment plans, and tailor plans to patients’ educational, physical, and social needs.
Follow post-transplant patients during the immediate transplant phase, including taking histories, conducting examinations, ordering, performing, and interpreting laboratory and radiological tests, implementing plans of care, and making specialty referrals.
Follow long-term transplant patients, conduct examinations, order and interpret re-staging tests, assess status, and monitor for infection, toxicity, engraftment, and graft-versus-host disease.
Educate patients and families about diagnoses, complications, treatment, and medications.
Perform routine laboratory procedures, including cultures, smears, venipuncture, and electrocardiograms.
Perform advanced procedures as needed, including bone marrow aspiration and biopsy, skin biopsy, lumbar puncture, paracentesis, thoracentesis, and bone marrow harvest, within the scope of practice.
Start and provide basic CPR and order and administer anti-anaphylactic and supportive medications.
Coordinate protocol-driven research tests, examinations, procedures, scheduling, evaluations, and data collection and entry; collaborate with principal investigators to ensure protocol requirements are met.
Develop expertise in relevant areas, share knowledge with colleagues, participate in rounds and meetings, and consult on patient care planning.
Supervise and evaluate student-patient interactions in an academic setting and assume responsibility for patient care provided by students.
Use patient and institutional resources effectively, account for insurance limitations and capitations when organizing care, use Home Health referrals when appropriate, and identify available resources when patients have limited or unavailable resources.