Clinical Nurse (SOM DOM General Internal Medicine)

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse who will support the General Internal Medicine (GIM) Faculty practice at Green Spring Station (GSS).

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Coordinates care for a group of complex patients to achieve clinical and organizational outcomes.
• Provides evidence-based care based on nursing process, policies, procedures, and protocols of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
• Provides guidance to other team members to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care.
• Actively participates in Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP) initiatives.

Performs transitional care management calls for practice patients discharged from hospitals in the area and determines the need for short-term outpatient follow-up.

Provides direct patient care, when needed, for point of care testing, medication/vaccine administration, patient rooming and other duties as assigned.

Provides patient education for self-care chronic disease management, such as, diabetes education (in person, by phone, or via MyChart).

Works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team to optimize team performance and patient outcomes.

• Triages phone calls and electronic advice requests from patients and determines need for medical assessment.
• Assesses lab results and implements intervention in consultation with primary providers.
• Triages calls from outside institutions, JHM Emergency Departments, and other health care providers; determines and implements follow-up plans.
• Identifies care continuity needs of patients; generates and pends orders to primary providers for signature.

Assists primary providers with maintaining electronic medical records; scans outside results into system, updates immunization history, updates health maintenance records, acts on overdue health maintenance items.

Conveys critical action values/ patient request of lab results when requested by provider (communication from MD to RN)

Assist in the development/updating of clinic-based protocols, standardized workflows, or other clinical practice procedures.

Helps lead quality improvement initiatives that are focused on outcomes measures that are relevant to primary care.

Assists Medical Office Coordinator (MOC) in scheduling patients for appointments.

Helps complete forms (e. g., disability, FMLA, mobility) requiring basic health history.

Helps obtain prior authorization for tests and medications

Provide oversight for ordering, stock, and maintenance of clinical supplies and equipment. Collaborates with clinic manager to ensure supplies, medications, and vaccines available and up to date for clinical use.

Responsible for other clinical duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

• Individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland
• Must maintain active licensure throughout 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

• Experience with Epic preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related field.
• Classified Title: Clinical Nurse
• Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/ME
• Starting Salary Range: $66,215 - $116,130 Annually ($91,225 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
• Employee group: Full Time
• Schedule: 7:45 am to 4:15 pm
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Location: School of Medicine Campus
• Department name: SOM DOM General Internal Medicine
• Personnel area: School of Medicine