Outpatient Nurse Practitioner - Neurosurgery

Responsibilities

• Provides day to day organizational and clinical direction and leadership of the healthcare team.
• Performs comprehensive history and physical assessment for patients.
• Orders, obtains, and interprets appropriate diagnostic tests.
• Establishes medical diagnosis based on history, assessment, and diagnostic findings, with MD collaboration as needed.
• Designs, orders, and documents appropriate treatment plans/plans of care including prescriptions of medications based on a comprehensive review of HPI and diagnostic results, with MD collaboration as needed.
• Initiates protocols/clinical pathways, evaluates the plan of care ensuring timely intervention.
• Collaborates with attending and residents.
• Presents patients in chart rounds.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner in the state of Maryland.
• Certification as a Nurse Practitioner by an accredited national certifying body (e.g., AANP, ANCC).
• Minimum of 1–2 years of NP experience preferred; neurosurgery, neurology, or surgical specialty experience is preferred.
• Strong clinical judgment, communication, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently and collaboratively in a team environment.

Total Rewards

The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of University of Maryland’s Faculty Physician’s Inc. salary range for this position. Some candidates will not be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, internal equity, responsibility factor and span of control, education/training and other qualifications.

University of Maryland Faculty Physician’s Inc. offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://www.umfpi.org/jobs/summary-employee-benefits.