- Full-time
- Shift: Day
- Location: Medical Center
- Position Type: Exempt
Company Description
Renowned as the academic flagship of the University of Maryland Medical System, our Magnet-designated facility is a nationally recognized, academic medical center with opportunities across the continuum of care. Come join UMMC and discover the atmosphere where talents and ideas come together to enhance patient care and advance the science of nursing. Located in downtown Baltimore near the Inner Harbor and Camden Yards, you won’t find a more vibrant place to work!
Job Description
The University of Maryland Medical Center is currently recruiting an experienced Nurse Practitioner for our Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery team at our downtown campus. This is a full-time inpatient position. We seek a highly proficient and independent individual to participate in the care of patients as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty team. The care provider will assist with the care of head and neck surgery patients in addition to general otolaryngology, facial plastic reconstruction and adult laryngology patients.
Responsibilities
Under general supervision, responsible for diagnosing and treating patients in collaboration with physician colleagues. Provide continuity of patient care by facilitating and coordinating communication between the health care team, patient and patient’s family. Coordinate care to ensure quality, cost-effective care; appropriate length of stay; and patient safety. Serves as link integrating relevant research and best practices.
Clinical Responsibilities
- In collaboration with the attending physician, provides day to day organizational and clinical direction and leadership of the healthcare provider team.
- Performs comprehensive history and physical assessment for patients admitted/scheduled to service/practice setting.
- Orders, obtains and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests.
- Establishes medical diagnosis based on history, assessment, and diagnostic findings.
- Designs, orders and documents appropriate treatment plans/plans of care including prescriptions of medications based on a comprehensive review of HPI and diagnostic results.
- Initiates protocols/clinical pathways, evaluates the plan of care ensuring timely intervention.
- Performs invasive procedures.
- Collaborates with attendings and residents regarding admission, discharge and transfer decisions.
- Presents patients in the nurse practitioner’s caseload on rounds.
- Communicates plan of care with appropriate providers including the collaborative physician, the primary care provider, the referring provider, the nursing staff, and the case manager.
- Communicates plan of care with the patients and family members. Provides patient and family instruction related to the plan of care, disease process, new treatment plans, and medication regimens.
- Counsels and educates patients and family members in disease process, health maintenance and health promotion activities. Provides primary, secondary, and tertiary preventive care services.
- Initiates appropriate referrals and specialty consultations or other agency involvement as needed.
- Facilitates patient flow. Collaborates with the multidisciplinary team including case management ensuring appropriate and timely discharge.
- Provides specialty consultation.
- Advocates for patients ensuring patient/family participation in care, knowledge of treatment options, and understanding of patient rights.
- Considers the holistic needs of patients and orchestrates resources (i.e. Pain service, palliative care).
- Performs other activities as delineated in individual nurse practitioner written agreements.
Education Responsibilities
- Provides formal and informal educational programs for other members of the health care team consistent with evidence-based practice standards.
- Participates in mentoring activities. Precepts students.
- Promotes understanding of disease processes in area of specialty/program.
- Functions as a clinical resource for other team members including but not limited to interns, residents, fellows, nurses, and medical students.
- Provides community education, health promotion and outreach.
- Acts as a community health resource for specialty disease entity.
Qualifications
- Master of Science Degree with completion of a Nurse Practitioner program. Registered and currently recorded with the Maryland Board of Examiners of Nurses and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Maryland. Certified in area of specialty. (DEA and CDS eligible).
- CPR required
- ACLS/BCLS as required for inpatient work.
- A minimum of one (1) year experience as a Registered Nurse is required.
- Demonstrated ability to promote professionalism through involvement in professional organizations, teaching, research, publishing, and/or certification in area of specialty.
- Highly effective verbal and written communication skills are required to interact with patient families, departmental units, medical and nursing staff on all essential matters.
- Maintains updated hospital safety and other mandatory training.
- Updated immunizations as recommended per practice area.
Working Conditions
- Weekend, shift work, holiday, on-call and overtime may be required.
- There is potential for regular exposure to patients possessing infectious diseases in the work environment; requires observance of "Universal Precautions" by wearing gloves, goggles, and mask, is required.
Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.
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