CO Clinical Nurse

Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 66,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins University is seeking a Clinical Nurse to provide and coordinate care for OB-GYN patients. The role emphasizes collaboration with social work, nutrition, home health, and other disciplines to achieve positive outcomes.

Responsibilities include taking histories, performing routine procedures, assisting with biopsies and pap smears, and delivering patient education within a Urogynecologic care setting.

Qualifications

• Active Registered Nurse license in Maryland
• Bachelor's degree in Nursing required
• Minimum of two years OB-GYN or Women’s Health/Urogynecology experience preferred
• First Aid/CPR certification required

Responsibilities

• Collaborates with multidisciplinary teams to coordinate patient care
• Performs OB-GYN focused nursing tasks including vitals, injections, labs, biopsies, pap smears
• Provides patient triage and education for Urogynecologic care
• Maintains documentation, follows chain of command for clinical issues
• Attends weekly meetings and assists with office procedures

Skills

OB-GYN experience

First Aid/CPR certified

Nursing patient care

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nursing

Maryland RN license

Job description

We are seeking a Clinical Nurse who will apply nursing knowledge and skills to the delivery of individuals and/or population-based patient care. Provides and coordinates care to patients according to Hopkins vision and mission.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Activates resources from all disciplines and collaborates to achieve outcomes for patients and functional units (social work, nutritionist, Home Health, etc.).
• Demonstrates competency in care of age specific populations (completes annual update).
• Maintain a compassionate environment and support others in doing the same (service excellence).
• Synthesized patient data using theoretical and experiential knowledge: initiates/informs appropriate personnel for corrective action (assures patient labs are tracked-forward results to appropriate provider, documents lab results on flow sheet as needed, addresses patient phone calls, assessing patient needs and relays information to provider).
• Assist provider by taking patient history, blood pressure, and pulse, draw blood, give injections and perform office laboratory testing, assisting with biopsies and pap smears.
• Uses established chain of command to address unresolved clinical issues.
• Develops, implements, and modifies patient teaching.
• Provide patient triage. Provide instructional classes as needed for Urogyn patients. Work with Urogyn team members (MD's, RN's, CMA's, etc.) to develop and follow plan of care.
• Attend weekly meetings.
• Assist providers with office procedures, inbasket management, etc .
• Independently perform certain procedures relevant to Urogynecologic care.

Minimum Qualifications

• Individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland.
• Bachelor's degree in nursing or related discipline required.
• Minimum of two (2) years OB-GYN experience or direct experience in Women's Services/ Women's Health/ Urogynecology, highly preferred.
• Must be First Aid/CPR certified.
• 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.

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: Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5:00pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: JH at Greenspring Station
Department name: SOM OB GYN General Administration
Personnel area: School of Medicine