Nurse Practitioner (Urology)

About the role

We are seeking a Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join the Brady Urological Institute and Department of Urology. This role will partner with faculty physicians to deliver Hopkins-quality, continuous care to patients with urologic diseases. Patients in the practice are drawn from local, national, and international locales and often require coordination of multidisciplinary care. The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is an independent health care provider working cooperatively within a multi-disciplinary health team and is responsible for providing comprehensive care to patients, including helping recruit, consent, and follow-up subjects as well as data processing and analysis. Work will be performed both at the JHH and Green Springs locations.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for complex, standardized, patient care procedures, including interviewing patients, taking medical histories, performing physical examinations, ordering laboratory tests, making tentative diagnoses, and prescribing appropriate treatments.
• Educates patients and/or their families to promote wellness, prevent health problems, maintain current health, and intervene in acute or chronic illness.
• Prescribe and regulate medications per provider-physician institutional agreements.
• Record and document health assessment data necessary to maintain, coordinate, and/or expedite required services.
• Ensure patient and physician calls are returned in a timely manner and all patient interactions (phone, conversations, visits, etc.) are documented appropriately.
• Function as liaison between the urology team and primary care providers, nurse case managers, inpatient personnel, and health care professionals in other specialties.
• Triage phone calls, answer questions from patients including instructions, medications, refills, biopsies, test results, and other aspects of clinical care.
• Call patients with results according to protocol.
• Act in the role of mentor and/or consultant to nurses, physicians, students, and other health care professionals.
• Assume responsibility for own professional development and remain current in clinical practice by attending relevant continuing education.
• Manage and operate independent clinics, provide intervention as needed, and triage complex cases appropriately.
• Coordinate scheduling of complicated patient treatment.
• Assume responsibility and accountability for time management, professional relationships, and interpersonal interactions.
• Regularly attend all outpatient clinics.
• Assist physician with patient management in the clinic.
• Manage/operate independent clinics and assess and/or manage follow-up plans specific to the patient’s needs.
• Maintain, coordinate, and expedite required services.
• Consistently request consultations with appropriate departments when necessary.
• Work collaboratively and provide leadership to optimize team performance and patient outcomes.
• Design/develop research protocols, develop SOPs, and oversee study-related activities for one or more studies.
• Adhere to JH Hospital policies and procedures and Clinical Operations Group Service Standards.
• Perform other duties as required.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner.
• Must be licensed as NP in State of Maryland or other state where practicing.
• Current CPR certification is required.
• Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment.
• Completion of the JHH credentialing process is required prior to start date.
• Additional education may substitute for required experience, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working in Urology preferred.

Pay

Starting salary range: $100,000 - $152,900 annually ($120,000 targeted; commensurate with experience).

Schedule

Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM.