Physician Assistant (Division of Hematology)

The Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology is seeking a Physician Assistant /Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to provide care to an underserved population of patients.

The Physician Assistant will work collaboratively within a multi-disciplinary Sickle Cell Comprehensive Care Center, The role’s purpose is to bridge the gap of social injustices in health care through our flagship Sickle Cell comprehensive care center.

This unique role provides care to patients in the inpatient and urgent care settings and for well-health maintenance visits. This individual can care for complex medical conditions while building a strong rapport with patients throughout many years.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Will assess each patient that presents to the center in crisis and will write orders for these patients.

The APP assessment will include taking a history and physical.

The APP will also write prescriptions for patients who have called in advance and who present to the infusion center for refills. The APP will document narcotics in the opioid database in collaboration with other prescribers.

Collaborate with the multi-disciplinary team including psychiatry, nursing, social work, community health workers, and hematologists, and place necessary referrals.

Assist with providing comprehensive and episodic care to patients with sickle cell disease. This includes taking a history, completing a physical assessment, and interpreting diagnostic tests.

Provide routine health maintenance for patients with sickle cell disease. This includes a review of the patient chart and diagnostic information to assess that labs and radiologic testing are being completed as per protocol.

Sees and assists the primary medical team on sickle cell patients admitted to the hospital.

Provides inpatient coverage for the general hematology service.

Propose and implement medical therapy and treatment plans for patients seen in the clinic followed by collaborating physicians.

Provide chronic pain management, including having patients sign pain contracts, refilling medications, and tracking prescribed narcotics.

• Monitoring of patients while on therapy to evaluate for side effects and to evaluate for expected outcomes.
• Adjusting and starting new medications as indicated by patient condition.
• Counsels and teaches patients and family members regarding disease process and expected outcomes.
• Assist with the management of chronic transfusion patients.
• Make referrals to other specialists as indicated by the patient’s condition.

Dictate clinic notes and other pertinent data that are necessary for the care of the patient. Provide information to referring physicians.

Monitoring patients who are on hydroxyurea and other disease-modifying therapy.

Provide presentations on sickle cell disease for other healthcare professionals.

Coordinate and act as a sub-investigator in phase II, III, and IV clinical trials. This includes preparing and submitting forms to the IRB. Enrolling patients in studies by completing health assessments and physical examinations.

Review lab work and diagnostic tests and make changes as indicated by lab results while following the protocol. This also includes potentially discontinuing a patient on a study for reasons of non-compliance or other issues.

Attend clinic meetings and other meetings with program leadership.

Ability to work 4 days a week, including weekends (every 5th) and holidays, as required to meet patient care needs.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree; Certification by the NCCPA or similar national certifying body; Completion of a CAAHEP certified Physician Assistant program.

• Must be licensed as PA in State of Maryland or other state where practicing.
• Current CPR certification required.
• 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

• Minimum of three years of related clinical experience is strongly preferred.
• Classified Title: Physician Assistant
• Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
• Starting Salary Range: $45.94- $80.37 HRLY ($90,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
• Employee group: Part-time
• Schedule: M - F / approx. 20 hours/week
• FLSA Status: Exempt
• Location: School of Medicine Campus
• Department name: SOM DOM Hematology
• Personnel area: School of Medicine