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Job description
The Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases at the Baltimore City Health Department is seeking a Nurse Practitioner to provide specialized clinical care and harm reduction services primarily for people who use drugs (PWUD) in a mobile, integrated care van called Healthcare on The Spot. The Nurse Practitioner’s scope of service will include managing patients living with opioid use disorder, hepatitis C, and HIV, providing pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, wound care, mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, and sexually transmitted infections.
nThough most of the clinical time will be spent on the mobile van, the provider may provide clinical services in other non-traditional settings like drop-in centers or alongside outreach teams, meeting people where they are in the community. Medical care will include obtaining a medical history, performing appropriate physical examinations, assessing patients’ problems, and resolution of identified problems by appropriate medical management.
nSpecific Duties and Responsibilities
nnnProvider examines and evaluates all new and return patients and documents findings. This is to include, as needed: medical history, physical examination, written orders for medications, diagnostic tests, and review of results of bacteriologic and laboratory examinations.
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nnImplements protocols for treatment, monitoring adverse effects, and recognizing that the condition of individual patients may occasionally require a medical decision to alter certain aspects of these protocols.
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nnCompletes all forms requiring the attention of a clinician, i.e., insurance, vocational rehabilitation, social services, automated information management input documents, and abstracts patient records as required.
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nnProvides consultations, makes patient referrals, and arranges general hospitalization with appropriate medical care providers.
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nnParticipates in in-service training and supervises clinical training of approved students and physicians-in-training.
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nnParticipates in research activities authorized by JHU and BCHD.
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nnCounsels patients, providing disease information about treatment, prevention, follow-up care, sex partner referral, and contraception as appropriate.
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nnProvides Emergency Services to the Department as needed.
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nnWorks with BCHD outreach and Disease Intervention Specialists to identify, locate, and attempt to re-engage people who have been out of healthcare for HIV/HCV/STDs.
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nnMaintain a current, valid license in accordance with the governing board.
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nnServe as driver for the mobile clinic (only standard driver’s license required) and maintain general maintenance for the van.
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nnPerforms other related tasks as assigned.
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n nMinimum Qualifications
nnnMaster's Degree in Nursing; Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner.
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nnCurrent American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR certification required.
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nnMust maintain current licensure and certification during the duration of employment.
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nnCompletion of the JHH credentialing process is required prior to the start date.
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nnValid driver's license.
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nnAdditional education may substitute for required experience to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
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n nClassified Title: Nurse Practitioner
nRole/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
nStarting Salary Range: $112,572 - $152,900 Annually ($116,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
nEmployee group: Full Time
nSchedule: M-F 8:30a-5pm
nFLSA Status: Exempt
nLocation: School of Medicine Campus
nDepartment name: SOM DOM ID BCHD
nPersonnel area: School of Medicine
nEqual Opportunity Employer
nAll qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
Worksite address
baltimore, MD, 21276, US
Who can apply
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