CO Sr. Clinical Nurse - Baltimore, United States - InsideHigherEd

Description

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery seeking CO Sr. Clinical Nurse to provide comprehensive patient care coordination and responsible for the daily oversight for the Johns Hopkins Children's Center Cleft & Craniofacial Center and pediatric dental services by collaborating with patient and their families, the cleft & craniofacial team, and other specialists to address the complex medical needs of our patients. Patients with craniofacial or dentofacial differences have complex needs that require multidisciplinary care. This care often requires the patient to have coordination between multiple specialties as well as a various number of diagnostic studies and tests.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

Clinic Management Prior to Preoperative Visits

• Cultivate a standard intake process for referred patients and distribution of those patient to the appropriate surgeon.
• Engage families to ensure that the correct diagnostic imaging and referrals are in place so that their visit is efficient with the surgeon and team.
• Initiate and coordinate oral health needs with pediatric dental providers and subspecialties.

• Organize any diagnostic studies (ophthalmology, sleep study, CT scans, intra oral scans)
• Draft a comprehensive letter to ensure that the patient understands their plan as well as communication with other physicians.
• Manage patient education session and materials.
• Perform any photographs, 2D and 3D for documentation.
• Review lab data and triage to medical staff.

Post Clinic

• Organize all photos and documents to create a patient portal so that we are able to use these for insurance approval or patient care conferences.
• Organize any preoperative testing, blood draws, or consultations needs to ensure safety in the OR.
• Proactively monitor and help facilitate anticipated surgical care coordination needs and preoperative workups.
• Effectively communicate with physicians, advanced practice and nurses about urgent/emergent patient concerns or care needs.
• Interact with patients regularly, through telephonic and face-to-face contact, and successfully provide patient care in support of our medical providers, including preoperative and postoperative patient education.

Operative Room/Post Op

• Engage in the operating room with the rest of the staff to ensure that equipment and medical supplies are prepared.
• Help with post operative management with the surgeon and team.

Post Op Clinic

• Manage a schedule of post operative clinic patients to ensure healing and correction of issues that may arise.
• Allow for detailed communication with referring providers that surgery was successful or complicated.

Other

• Assist within basket triage messaging.
• Provide feeding strategies and support.
• Practice nursing per clinical policy and protocols for the Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery department and under the nursing scope of practice for the State of Maryland. Report to Division Director any issues related to development and implementation of medical protocols.
• Create and develop institutional protocols for coordination between pediatric subspecialties and pediatric dental providers (cardiac, cardiac surgery, Bone Marrow, Oncology, KKI, Transplant etc.)
• Provide oversight and quality control of all aspects of the operation.

Special Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Requires interaction with a diverse population.
• Demonstrates effective written, oral, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Working knowledge of databases, spreadsheets, and word processing applications preferred.
• Ability to work independently within guidelines, be organized, and establish priorities.
• Displays high standards of attendance and punctuality, maintains confidentiality, ability to adapt and be flexible, and manages time effectively.

Technical Qualifications or Specialized Certifications

• Registered nurse licensed in State of Maryland.

• Bachelor's Degree in Nursing or related discipline.
  
• Registered Nurse licensed in State of Maryland.
  
• Two years related nursing experience.
  
• Additional experience may substitute for bachelor's degree. Related master's degree may be considered in lieu of experience.

• Master's Degree in Nursing.
• Experience with pediatric craniofacial patients and hospital care coordination.

Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross BCLS CPR certification required.

Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment.

Acceptable completion of the JHH or BMC credentialing process.

Physical Requirements

Sitting, standing and walking for extended period. 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). Ability to move standard equipment through a hospital or clinical environment.

Classified Title: Sr. Clinical Nurse
Job Posting Title (Working Title): CO Sr. Clinical Nurse
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MF
Starting Salary Range: Min $74,400 - Max $130,400 Annually ($102,400 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Part-time
Schedule: M-F/18.75
Exempt Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM Plastic Surgery
Personnel area: School of Medicine

Total Rewards
The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Actual compensation may vary based on factors such as geographic location, work experience, market conditions, education/training and skill level. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here:

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.

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