Nurse Practitioner (Department of Medicine- Infectious Diseases

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

The Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases at the Baltimore City Health Department is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide specialized clinical care and harmreduction services primarily for people who use drugs (PWUD) in a mobile, integrated care van called Healthcare on The Spot. The Nurse Practitioner’s scope of service will include managing patients living with opioid use disorder, hepatitis C, and HIV,providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, woundcare, mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, andsexually transmitted infections.

Though most of the clinical time will be spent on the mobilevan, the provider may provide clinical services in othernon-traditional settings like drop-in centers or alongside outreachteams, meeting people where they are in the community. Medical carewill include obtaining a medical history, performing appropriatephysical examinations, assessing patients’ problems, and resolution of identified problems by appropriate medical management.

• Provider examines and evaluates all new and return patients and documents findings. This is to include, as needed: medical history,physical examination, written orders for medications, diagnostic tests, and review of results of bacteriologic and laboratoryexaminations.
• Implements protocols for treatment, monitoring adverse effects,and recognizing that the condition of individual patients may occasionally require a medical decision to alter certain aspects ofthese protocols.
• Completes all forms requiring the attention of a clinician,i.e., insurance, vocational rehabilitation, social services,automated information management input documents, and abstractspatient records as required.
• Provides consultations, makes patient referrals, and arrangesgeneral hospitalization with appropriate medical care providers.
• Participates in in-service training and supervises clinicaltraining of approved students and physicians-in-training.
• Participates in research activities authorized by JHU andBCHD.
• Counsels patients, providing disease information abouttreatment, prevention, follow-up care, sex partner referral, andcontraception as appropriate.
• Provides Emergency Services to the Department as needed.
• Works with BCHD outreach and Disease Intervention Specialists to identify, locate, and attempt to re-engage people who have beenout of healthcare for HIV/HCV/STDs.
• Maintain a current, valid license in accordance with thegoverning board.
• Serve as driver for the mobile clinic (only standard driver’slicense required) and maintain general maintenance for thevan.
• Performs other related tasks as assigned.

• Master's Degree in Nursing;
  Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner.

• 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 priorto the start date.

• Valid driver's license.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience tothe extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified

Title:

Nurse Practitioner
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $112,572 - $152,900 Annually ($116,000targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group:
Full Time

Schedule:

M-F 8:30a-5pm
FLSA Status:
Exempt

Location:

School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM DOM
Personnel area:
School of Medicine

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 orpossess an approved medical or religious exception. Failure to meetthis requirement may result in termination of employment.

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