Nurse Practitioner ( Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine)

We are seeking a Pediatric Acute Care Nurse Practitioner to join the Blalock Taussig Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center for the Pediatric Cardiac Intensive Care Unit (PCICU). The Nurse Practitioner will work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary health care team and would be responsible for providing comprehensive care to critically ill children with congenital and acquired heart disease.

The 12 bed PCICU provides state-of-the-art cardiac critical care to infants, children, and adolescents with both medical and post-surgical cardiac disease. Our multi-disciplinary team provides the full spectrum of contemporary cardiac critical care including pediatric heart transplant, a robust extracorporeal support team including ECMO and mechanical circulatory devices including Berlin Heart, PediMag/CentriMag, and ventricular assist devices. Our PCICU NPs independently manage their own patients and work directly with attending cardiac intensivists as an integral part of our care team.

As the birthplace of pediatric cardiac surgery, Johns Hopkins has been at the forefront of caring for children with congenital heart disease. The PCICU team is the centerpiece of our rapidly growing Heart Center. Our team works closely with cardiovascular surgery, cardiac anesthesia, and cardiology to provide a team-based approach to patient care in all locations within the Heart Center. Additionally, the PCICU NP works closely with physicians and other APPs in our cardiac step-down unit. The ability to work collaboratively with a variety of disciplines and roles is integral to the PCICU NP role.

The Department of Pediatric Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at Johns Hopkins is one of the premier departments in the country and one of the most highly funded pediatric critical care divisions with current areas of research including ECMO, quality and safety in congenital heart care, simulation and CPR quality, early mobility, and developmental outcomes for critically ill children.

As part of the PCICU NP group, opportunities for professional development including, but not limited to research, publication, quality improvement, multidisciplinary and/or interdepartmental collaborative efforts are available. Johns Hopkins University benefits incorporate funds to support annual conference attendance, continuing education, and more. Mentorship from senior nurse practitioners and faculty are foundational to our standing as an academic center focused on advancing the care of pediatric heart disease. The ability to work effectively with faculty and multi-disciplinary teams is particularly important. At least two years of experience working in a pediatric cardiology, cardiac surgery or cardiac ICU is preferred for new graduate nurse practitioner candidates.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities 

• Conducts comprehensive and/or episodic health assessments for critically ill children with congenital and acquired heart disease.
• Records and documents assessment data necessary to maintain, coordinate, and/or expedite required services. 
• Perform history and physical exams, discriminating between normal and abnormal findings.

• Identify differential diagnosis.

Establishes a Plan of Care 

• Order appropriate lab, radiographic and other studies.

• Appropriately interpret results of lab, radiographic and other studies.

• Performs tests and procedures as indicated within scope of practice.

• Establish a plan of care related to patient’s identified problems, including medication and therapeutic procedures.

• Consult with other team members regarding proposed treatment guidelines as necessary.

Implements Plan of Care in safe and effective manner. 

• Prescribe and regulate medications and performs other related procedures within the Maryland Board of Nursing scope of practice for the Nurse Practitioner.

• Record patient visit/interaction in concise clear logical and timely manner.

• Arrange referrals to appropriate specialties when needed.

• Triage patient telephone calls, messages, and interactions appropriately.

• Tracks patient compliance with treatment plan.

Organizes workload to meet patient and organizational needs

• Utilize time management to see patients in an efficient manner as identified by departmental goals.

• Maintain consistent level of productivity. Identifies problems that impede overall functioning and initiates appropriate interventions.

• Work collaboratively with the health team members to facilitate smooth operations of the unit.

Communicates with healthcare team members to assure patient and organizational needs are met. This will include

• Supervise activities of team members as appropriate.

• Identify areas of weakness in operational systems and make recommendations for improvements.

• Communicate significant information in an organized, logical, and concise manner to co-workers.

• Provide constructive feedback as it relates to performance in an appropriate manner.

• Adheres to the confidentiality policy as outlined in the interdisciplinary Clinical Practice Manual.

• Make recommendations to administrative leadership related to clinical and administrative operations.

Analyzes research findings and current trends in pediatric cardiac critical care and applies the information, as appropriate, to improve the management of patient care.

Participates in the development of the interdisciplinary team.

• Supports the orientation of newly hired nurse practitioners and nurse practitioner students.

• Supports the education of the interdisciplinary team.

Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team to assure organizational gals are met.

• Supports quality and safety initiatives.

• Supports the institutions Core Values.

• Master's Degree in Nursing. Registered Nurse license and certified as a Nurse Practitioner.

• Additional experience may substitute for a master's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

Classified Title: Nurse Practitioner  
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG  
Starting Salary Range: $112,572 - $152,900 Annually ($140,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.) 
Employee group: Full Time 
Schedule: Varies 
FLSA Status: Exempt 
Location: School of Medicine Campus  
Department name: 10002728-SOM Ane Pediatric Anesthesiology 
Personnel area: School of Medicine