Specialty Nurse- Pediatric Complex Care

Johns Hopkins Medicine; Baltimore, Northern (MD, KY); Hybrid; USD 60,000 - 93,000; Full time

Job summary

Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore seeks a Pediatric Specialty Nurse to coordinate care for the Pediatric Complex Care population, acting as the primary contact for patients and families and using nursing processes to triage urgent symptoms.

You will work closely with the Pediatric Complex Care team in outpatient and continuum settings, gathering data, educating families, and ensuring seamless communication among providers and community resources.

Qualifications

• BSN required for RN licensure.
• Minimum 2 years of clinical nursing experience; 5 years preferred.
• RN - Maryland license required.
• CPR certification required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct patient care, assessment, and clinical support during outpatient visits and procedures.
• Coordinate care across multiple specialties with families and providers.
• Perform patient triage, education, and counseling on diagnoses and treatments.
• Facilitate testing, referrals, and follow-up appointments.
• Monitor progress and update care plans as needed.
• Serve as a resource for families navigating the healthcare system.
• Collaborate with the care team to ensure safe, efficient, family-centered care.
• Participate in quality improvement and data collection for outpatient care.
• Maintain accurate EHR documentation.
• Assist with program development and patient education materials.

Skills

Nursing assessment

Care coordination

Patient education

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

BSN

Tools

CPR

Job description

Make It Happen At Hopkins

In partnership with our multidisciplinary team, the Pediatric Specialty Nurse exclusively serves the Pediatric Complex Care population. This role focuses on aligning and coordinating care based on patient and family needs, and connecting patients and families with appropriate resources within the Children's Center and the community.

The Pediatric Specialty Nurse works closely with the entire Pediatric Complex Care team to coordinate and streamline the patient and family experience, following complex cases in the outpatient setting and across the care continuum. This position also serves as a primary point of contact for patients and families enrolled in the program, using nursing processes to gather objective and subjective patient data, responding to patient calls and MyChart messages requiring triage of urgent symptoms, and providing education for acute and chronic medical conditions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide direct patient care, assessment, and clinical support during outpatient visits, procedures, and follow-up care.
• Coordinate care for patients across multiple specialties, ensuring communication among providers, families, and community resources.
• Perform patient triage, education, and counseling related to diagnoses, treatments, medications, and ongoing management.
• Facilitate diagnostic testing, referrals, and follow-up appointments.
• Monitor and document patient progress, communicate changes in condition, and participate in developing and updating care plans.
• Serve as a resource for families, providing anticipatory guidance and support in navigating the healthcare system.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to ensure safe, efficient, and family-centered care delivery.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives, data collection, and process evaluation related to outpatient specialty care.
• Maintain accurate, timely, and compliant electronic health record documentation.
• Assist with clinical program development and patient education materials.

Position Details:

Shift: Monday-Frinday Day Shift ( 8 or 10 hour shifts)

Location: JHH

Qualifications:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) (Required)
• Minimum 2 Years of Experience in clinical nursing (Required) , 5 years Experience in clincial nursing (preferred)
• RN - Registered Nurse Maryland License (Required)
• CPR- Basic CPR (Required)

Preferred Experience:

• Background in pediatric ambulatory care is strongly desired.

Salary Range: Minimum 43.61/hour - Maximum 67.59/hour. Compensation will be commensurate with equity and experience for roles of similar scope and responsibility. In cases where the range is displayed as a $0 amount, salary discussions will occur during candidate screening calls, before any subsequent compensation discussion is held between the candidate and any hiring authority.

The Hospital reserves the right to modify employee schedules as needed.

We are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment, where we embrace and celebrate our differences, where all employees feel valued, contribute to our mission of serving the community, and engage in equitable healthcare delivery and workforce practices.

Johns Hopkins Health System and its affiliates are drug-free workplace employers.