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The Division of Pediatric Hematology seeks a Clinical Nurse who will support Pediatric Hematologists and Nurse Practitioners with their outpatient clinical duties at Johns Hopkins Hospital and the Johns Hopkins Outpatient Clinic in the David Rubenstein Child Health Building. The Clinical Nurse provides and coordinates care to patients according to Hopkins vision and mission and activates resources from all disciplines and collaborates to achieve outcomes for patients and functional units (social work, Home Health, etc.). This individual assists the provider by taking patient history, blood pressure and pulse, give injections, develops, implements, and modifies patient teaching. Assists MDs with office procedures, provide patient triage per protocol and other miscellaneous duties assigned.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Willingness and ability to interact empathically with our patient populations and serve as a patient advocate and liaison with the treatment teams.
• Reviews physician EPIC-in-baskets on a daily basis, triaging appropriately.
• Pends new medications and prescription refills in EPIC for advanced practitioner and physician signature.
• Assists with ordering patient lab and study tests as needed, and routing orders in EPIC to advanced practitioners and physicians for their co-signature.
• Works with hematology scheduling team to help schedule tests as needed.
• Assists in completion of prior authorizations.
• Follows up on lab and study test results, notifying the physician and patient as appropriate.
• Triages and answers patient calls, and calls in prescriptions under the direction of a advanced practitioner or physician order.
• Ensures patient advanced practitioners and physician calls are returned in a timely manner, and all patient interactions are documented appropriately in EPIC, or as specified.
• Answers questions from patients regarding advanced practitioner and physician instructions, medications, prescription refills, and/or other aspects of clinical care.
• Returns patient phone calls and responds to appropriate EPIC in-basket questions.
• Prepares advanced practitioners and physicians for outpatient clinic appointments including obtaining detailed medical records for patients with complex medical histories and ensuring records are scanned into ePIC.
• Populates patient history in EPIC prior to appointments.
• Performs preliminary medication reconciliation in EPIC.
• Generates patient problem lists as requested by advanced practitioners and physicians.
• Is aware of the inclusion/exclusion criteria for ongoing clinical trials to help identify possible research candidates.
• Assist in the clinic by attending clinic with physicians and advanced practitioners, obtain/update history and interim concerns from patients, and help document patient clinic encounters in EPIC.
• Practices nursing per clinical protocols and under the nursing scope of practice for the State of Maryland. May perform case management services to patients from initial intake visit through termination of services.

Additional Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to analyze data to synthesize and summarize information and to make judgements regarding patient care.
• Ability to use a computer keyboard to input and obtain data.
• Ability to apply principles of evidenced-based practice, scientific process, and service excellence in practice.
• Requires good oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must have the ability to interact with individuals at a variety of ages and levels.

Physical Requirements 

• Ability to stand, walk, or sit for an extended period of time.
• Reaching by extending hand(s) or arm(s) in any direction.
• Finger dexterity required to manipulate objects with fingers rather than with whole hand(s) or arm(s), for example, a keyboard.
• Communication skills using the spoken word.

• Individual must be a Registered Nurse, licensed in the State of Maryland or state where practicing. 

• At least one year working in a hematology or pediatric environment strongly preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in nursing or related discipline preferred.

Classified Title: Clinical Nurse 
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/03/ME  
Starting Salary Range: $62,780 - $86,390/Annually (Commensurate with experience) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Mon-Fri, 8:30 am-5 pm 
Exempt Status: Exempt 
Location: Remote
Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM Ped Hematology 
Personnel area: School of Medicine 

Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines:

JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.

**Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check.

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If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit accessibility.jhu.edu.

Johns Hopkins has mandated COVID-19 and influenza vaccines, as applicable. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional provisions may apply, depending on campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.

The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.

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