Clinical Nurse (SOM DOM General Internal Medicine)

We are seeking a  Clinical Nurse  who will support the General Internal Medicine (GIM) Faculty practice at Green Spring Station (GSS).

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

- Coordinates care for a group of complex patients to achieve clinical and organizational outcomes.
- Provides evidence-based care based on nursing process, policies, procedures, and protocols of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.
- Provides guidance to other team members to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care.
- Actively participates in Comprehensive Unit Based Safety Program (CUSP) initiatives.
- Performs transitional care management calls for practice patients discharged from hospitals in the area and determines the need for short-term outpatient follow-up.
- Provides direct patient care, when needed, for point of care testing, medication/vaccine administration, patient rooming and other duties as assigned.
- Provides patient education for self-care chronic disease management, such as, diabetes education (in person, by phone, or via MyChart).
- Works collaboratively with a multidisciplinary health care team to optimize team performance and patient outcomes.
- Triages phone calls and electronic advice requests from patients and determines need for medical assessment.
- Assesses lab results and implements intervention in consultation with primary providers.
- Triages calls from outside institutions, JHM Emergency Departments, and other health care providers; determines and implements follow-up plans.
- Identifies care continuity needs of patients; generates and pends orders to primary providers for signature.
- Assists primary providers with maintaining electronic medical records; scans outside results into system, updates immunization history, updates health maintenance records, acts on overdue health maintenance items.
- Conveys critical action values/ patient request of lab results when requested by provider (communication from MD to RN)
- Assist in the development/updating of clinic-based protocols, standardized workflows, or other clinical practice procedures.
- Helps lead quality improvement initiatives that are focused on outcomes measures that are relevant to primary care.
- Assists Medical Office Coordinator (MOC) in scheduling patients for appointments.
- Helps complete forms (e.g., disability, FMLA, mobility) requiring basic health history.
- Helps obtain prior authorization for tests and medications
- Provide oversight for ordering, stock, and maintenance of clinical supplies and equipment. Collaborates with clinic manager to ensure supplies, medications, and vaccines available and up to date for clinical use.
- Responsible for other clinical duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

- Individual must be a registered nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland
- Must maintain active licensure throughout employment.
- 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.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience with Epic preferred.
- Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related field.

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: 7:45 am to 4:15 pm 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus  
Department name: SOM DOM General Internal Medicine   
Personnel area: School of Medicine