Physician Assistant

The Department of Medicine is seeking a Physician Assistant, to work collaboratively as a member of an advanced practice team to provide comprehensive care to critically ill patients in the Oncology Intensive Care Unit and to manage emergent situations within the Weinberg Oncology Building.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for standardized, comprehensive care to patients who are critically ill with multiple medical conditions with primary oncological and hematologic processes.
• Obtain history and perform physical examinations on patients newly admitted to the ICU.
• Triage patients in the Weinberg Oncology Building to the ICU setting if necessary and provide critical care support to those teams during the day.
• Become knowledgeable in life support systems such as mechanical ventilation, continuous veno-venous hemodialysis (CVVHD), artificial nutritional support and vasopressor support.
• Remain up to date on oncologic and hematologic treatments and their side effects.
• Orders and interprets laboratory tests, radiographic exams, and other diagnostic studies.
• Performs bedside procedures including but not limited to ultrasound guided placement of arterial lines, central lines, peripheral IVs, and dialysis catheters; lumbar punctures, paracenteses, thoracenteses, NG/NJ tubes, point of care ultrasound and other treatments as necessary.
• Initiates or modifies routine, complex and emergent medication regimens and therapies.
• Communicates with healthcare team members to assure patient and organizational needs are met.
• Assist with coordinating patients' discharge from the hospital to various settings.
• Educate patients and families regarding the nature of their clinical problems, prognoses, and options for continued care.
• Provides leadership, guidance, and teaching to the junior NP/PAs, NP/PA students, and pulmonary fellows in the Oncology ICU.
• Involved in departmental research initiatives.
• Potentially cross-covers in the MICU as part of their Advanced Practice team.

Additional Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Must have advanced clinical skills and the ability to apply theoretical concepts as part of a multi-disciplinary healthcare team providing care to patients and their families.
• Must have the ability to diagnose and implement a medical care plan for the short and long-term care of acute and chronic health conditions in the intensive care unit.
• Be able to apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to function effectively and adapt to a dynamic and often changing work environment.
• Demonstrate excellent organizational skills and the ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Possess advanced interpersonal skills necessary to collaborate and communicate effectively with all interdisciplinary healthcare team members to enhance problem-solving in the patient's best interest.
• Provide detailed and comprehensive documentation of all patient care-related services as part of the hospital medical record.
• Must have general computer knowledge and the ability to use computerized medical information systems.

Working Conditions

• Applicants must be willing to work a rotating schedule 7 days/week including weekends and holidays, as required to meet patient care needs.

• Bachelor's Degree, Certification by the NCCPA or similar national certifying body; Completion of a CAAHEP certified Physician Assistant program. Must be licensed as PA in State of Maryland or other state where practicing.
• Experience may be considered in lieu of bachelor's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.

**Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR certification required. Must maintain current licensure and certification during duration of employment. Completion of the JHH credentialing process is required prior to start date**

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: Physician Assistant
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $102,000 - $151,400 ($114,320 targeted; Commensurate with experience)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: 3 Shifts, 12.5 hours, Monday-Sunday
Exempt Status:Exempt
Location:School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM DOM Pulmonary
Personnel area: School of Medicine