Nurse Practitioner (SOM DOM Hematology)
About The Position
The Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology seeks a Nurse Practitioner / Advanced Practice Provider to care for an underserved population through its comprehensive care center. The role provides care in inpatient and urgent care settings, as well as well-health maintenance visits. The Nurse Practitioner will manage complex medical conditions and build long-term relationships with patients, including patients with sickle cell disease. The position involves comprehensive and episodic clinical care, chronic pain management, inpatient coverage, patient education, coordination with a multidisciplinary team, and participation in clinical trials. The Nurse Practitioner will propose and implement treatment plans with collaborating physicians and provide care according to relevant protocols.
Requirements
- Master's degree in Nursing; additional experience may substitute for the master's degree.
- Registered Nurse license and certification as a Nurse Practitioner.
- Nurse Practitioner license in Maryland or another state where practicing.
- Current CPR certification, with licensure and certification maintained throughout employment.
- Ability to work four days per week, including weekends (every fifth weekend) and holidays, as required to meet patient-care needs.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Nice To Haves
- Minimum of three years of related clinical experience is strongly preferred.
Responsibilities
- Assess patients presenting to the center in crisis, take histories and perform physical examinations, and write orders.
- Write prescriptions for patients who have called in advance and present to the infusion center for refills; document narcotics in the opioid database in collaboration with other prescribers.
- Collaborate with psychiatry, nursing, social work, community health workers, and hematologists, and place necessary referrals.
- Provide comprehensive and episodic care to patients with sickle cell disease, including history-taking, physical assessments, and interpretation of diagnostic tests.
- Provide routine health maintenance for patients with sickle cell disease by reviewing charts and diagnostic information and ensuring labs and radiologic testing are completed according to protocol.
- See and assist the primary medical team with hospitalized patients with sickle cell disease.
- Provide inpatient coverage for the general hematology service.
- Propose and implement medical therapy and treatment plans for clinic patients, followed by collaborating physicians.
- Provide chronic pain management, including obtaining signed pain contracts, refilling medications, and tracking prescribed narcotics.
- Monitor patients on therapy for side effects and expected outcomes.
- Start or adjust medications as indicated by patient condition.
- Counsel and teach patients and family members about disease processes and expected outcomes.
- Assist with management of chronic transfusion patients.
- Refer patients to other specialists as indicated by their conditions.
- Dictate clinic notes and other pertinent patient-care information and provide information to referring physicians.
- Monitor patients taking hydroxyurea and other disease-modifying therapies.
- Give presentations on sickle cell disease to other healthcare professionals.
- Coordinate and act as a sub-investigator in phase II, III, and IV clinical trials, including preparing and submitting forms to the IRB and enrolling patients through health assessments and physical examinations.
- Review laboratory work and diagnostic tests and make changes as indicated by results while following study protocols; potentially discontinue patients from studies for non-compliance or other issues.
- Attend clinic meetings and other meetings with program leadership.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
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Job Type
Part-time
