"Nurse Practitioner"

Job Details

The Johns Hopkins Department of Dermatology is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary team and under the direction, supervision, and responsibility of a physician, and in accordance with established policies. Will see patients independently at the Johns Hopkins Dermatology Clinic at Greenspring Station. There are also opportunities to work at our Howard County and Sibley locations. You will be expected to be able to discriminate between normal and abnormal findings in the history and physical, compile a comprehensive differential diagnosis, assess the severity of illness, and establish plans for evaluation and management. You will evaluate patients' health status through diagnostic procedures and tests, provide therapeutic patient care under the direction of a physician, and in accordance with established policies and protocols.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Interview patients and compile patient medical histories to assist in the determination of health status. Perform physical examinations of patients, noting normal and abnormal findings.
• Obtain specimens from patients and run routine laboratory tests and procedures, perform diagnostic tests, and order non-routine laboratory tests or procedures as required.
• Analyze and evaluate patient history, physical examination findings, and laboratory values, and make preliminary diagnoses of patients for review by physicians.
• Develop care/treatment plans for patients according to established protocols and procedures, confers and consults with supervisory physicians and other professionals before implementing treatment when needed.
• Perform procedures as required, such as biopsies, medical injections, ED&C, excisions, while following sterile techniques.
• Provide education and guidance to patients and family members in maintaining good health and disease prevention.
• Attends regularly scheduled continuing education programs to ensure current knowledge of procedures, health care plans, and protocols.
• Facilitate communication between your team and other consulting medical services. Request consultations with other departments, as necessary. Acts as liaison with other medical services (social work, rehabilitation medicine, etc.).
• Must maintain clinical documentation and respond to patient and staff messaging in accordance with hospital/SOM bylaws.
• Additional duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's Degree in nursing.
• Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Must be licensed as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Maryland.
• Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR certification required.
• Must maintain current licensure and certification during the duration of employment.
• Completion of the JHH credentialing process is required before the start date.

Preferred Qualifications

• One year of experience in a Dermatology NP role. Prior Dermatology experience.

Classified Title: Nurse Practitioner

Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG

Starting Salary Range: $100,000.00 - $152,900.00 (Targeted $130,000.00, Commensurate with experience)

Employee group: Full Time

Schedule: Monday-Friday, Hours Vary

FLSA Status: Exempt

Location: School of Medicine, East Baltimore Campus

Department name: Dermatology, Green Spring

Personnel area: School of Medicine