"Clinical Nurse (DOM Bay Rheumatology)"

Job Details

Johns Hopkins, founded in 1876, is America's first research university and home to nine world-class academic divisions working together as one university.

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse who will coordinate and provide the various clinical activities and nursing case management services to patients across sub-specialties within the Johns Hopkins Division of Rheumatology

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Counsel, support, educate, and coordinate resources needed by patients with rheumatologic disease.
• Provide primary nursing care to clinic patients. Primary nursing begins with the first encounter with the patient and continues throughout the course of care, to include: biologic injection education, co-management of Epic in basket and triaging of patient requests, independently managing prior-authorization requests, etc.
• Independently assess laboratory reports for abnormalities; communicate abnormalities to medical provider; implement intervention plans when clinically warranted in collaboration with provider.
• Schedule nursing appointments for education on disease process, initiation and changing immunomodulatory/biological medications, self-care/self-management, self-injection.
• Monitor and collaborate with organizations and payers to maintain continuity of care. This may include letters of medical necessity for accommodations, appeals for access to treatment, Family Medical Leave form completions, Social Security Disability forms and short/long term disability forms.
• Attend regularly scheduled Arthritis Center meetings and rheumatology educational conferences as requested.
• Manage fast-paced clinical environment with ability to negotiate frequent interruptions in planned work.
• Regularly interface with patients and a multidisciplinary care team of providers and with clinic and research staff.
• Provide phone triage during clinic hours.

Minimum Qualifications

• Individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland.
• Completion of the JHU credentialing process to include verification of CPR certification is required prior to start date.
• Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment.
• 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related discipline.
• Experience in the Johns Hopkins system.
• Experience with EPIC.

Classified Title: Clinical Nurse
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/ME
Starting Salary Range: $64,600 - $113,300 Annually ($65,600 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 30 Hours per Week
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: Hybrid/Johns Hopkins Bayview
Department name: SOM DOM Bay Rheumatology
Personnel area: School of Medicine

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the HR Business Services Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711.

The following additional provisions may apply depending on which campus you will work. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

During the Influenza ("the flu") season, as a condition of employment, The Johns Hopkins Institutions require all employees who provide ongoing services to patients or work in patient care or clinical care areas to have an annual influenza vaccination or possess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meet this requirement may result in termination of employment.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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