The Department of Medicine is seeking a **_Nurse Practitioner_** to work collaboratively within a multidisciplinary healthcare team at the Beacham Center for Geriatric Medicine to optimize team performance and patient outcomes. The Nurse Practitioner is responsible for providing comprehensive and age-appropriate care to both well and ill patients. The Nurse Practitioner provides primary and urgent care, educates patients and intervenes in acute or chronic illness. **Specific Duties & Responsibilities** + Uses advanced clinical and theoretical knowledge to identify acute and/or chronic health problems through a comprehensive, age-appropriate assessment of patients/families. + Provides evidence-based primary and urgent care and provides patient education for self-care chronic disease management. + Effectively uses resources. + Prioritizes and organizes work to meet the changing priorities of the functional unit and/or cost center. + Authority for coordinating and making decisions regarding patient care. + 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 and medical director. + Provides guidance and direction to other unit staff where applicable to promote quality, safety, and excellence in care. + Analyzes findings and applies, as appropriate, to improve the management of patient care. + Identifies care continuity needs of patients. + Participates in quality improvement/patient safety projects. + Supports providers in phone follow up, in-basket message management/triage, patient paperwork, Medicare annual wellness visits, and medication refills. + Coordinates care for a group of primary complex patients to achieve clinical and organizational outcomes. + Responsible for other clinical duties as assigned. **Special Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities** + Clinical skills in specialty area or equivalent. + Successfully completes all training courses required for access to Epic and other clinical software systems. + General computer knowledge and capability to use computer. + Requires effective use of resources and cost awareness. + Ability to incorporate into practice theoretical concepts and advanced clinical skills with patients, families, and interdisciplinary health care team members. + Ability to analyze data to synthesize and summarize information and to make judgments regarding patient care. + Analytical ability necessary to diagnose patients and to develop and implement plans of action for long and short-term management of acute and chronic health. + Ability to apply principles of evidence-based practice, scientific process, and service excellence in practice. + Ability to interact successfully with the public. Ability to perform effectively despite sudden deadlines and changing priorities. Ability to maintain personal composure in high stress situations. + Interdisciplinary health care team to enhance collaboration and problem-solving. + Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, in order to provide information to patients and health care personnel. + Ability to demonstrate and convey a favorable image of the organization and to conform to proper standards of professional dress, attitude and demeanor. + Ability to demonstrate a high level of interpersonal skills required to interact with patients, patients’ families/visitors and clinical staff. + Ability to perform with a high degree of accuracy and with meticulous attention to detail. + Demonstrate a strong ability to use initiative and judgment and to identify, analyze and solve problems. + Ability to demonstrate self-direction and initiation. + Ability to work independently and as a part of a team. + Able to operate patient care equipment, computers, and general office equipment. **Minimum Qualifications** + Master's Degree in Nursing; Registered Nurse license and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner. Must be licensed as NP in State of Maryland + Additional experience may substitute for master's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula. **Additional Minimum Qualifications:** Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR certification required. Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment. Classified Title: Nurse Practitioner Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG Starting Salary Range: $100,000 - $152,900 ($130,000 targeted; Commensurate with experience) Employee group: Full Time Schedule: M-F 8:30a - 5p Exempt Status: Exempt Location: Johns Hopkins Bayview Department name: ​​​​​​​SOM DOM Bay Geriatric Medicine Personnel area: School of Medicine Equal Opportunity Employer: Johns Hopkins University is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other occupationally irrelevant criteria. The university promotes affirmative action for minorities, women, disabled persons, and veterans.