Acute Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant : Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS)

The University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) is an academic private health system, focused on delivering compassionate, high quality care and putting discovery and innovation into practice at the bedside. Partnering with the University of Maryland School of Medicine, University of Maryland School of Nursing and University of Maryland, Baltimore who educate the state’s future health care professionals, UMMS is an integrated network of care, delivering 25 percent of all hospital care in urban, suburban and rural communities across the state of Maryland. UMMS puts academic medicine within reach through primary and specialty care delivered at 11 hospitals, including the flagship University of Maryland Medical Center, the System’s anchor institution in downtown Baltimore, as well as through a network of University of Maryland Urgent Care centers and more than 150 other locations in 13 counties. For more information, visit www.umms.org.

The University of Maryland Medical Center is currently recruiting a Nurse Practitioner for our Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (OMFS) team at our downtown campus. This is a full-time inpatient position. We seek a highly proficient and independent individual to participate in the care of patients as part of a multi-disciplinary, multi-specialty team. The care provider will assist with the care of head and neck cancer patients from the perioperative to post-operative period with future opportunity of overseeing a survivorship clinic.

Requirements

•             Previous (>1-year) APP experience preferred

•             Experience in Oncology practice preferred.

•             Acute care certification required

Position:

•             M-F dayshift, 40 hours per week 6a- 4 p

Eligibility of or training for RNFA or RNFA certification necessary’

Physician Assistant with interest in long term follow up care coordination will be considered

1. Master of Science Degree with completion of an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner program. Registered and currently recorded with the Maryland Board of Examiners of Nurses and Certified as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Maryland. Certified in area of specialty. (DEA and CDS eligible).
2. CPR required
3. ACLS/BCLS as required for inpatient work.
4. A minimum of one (1) year experience as a Registered Nurse is required.
5. Demonstrated ability to promote professionalism through involvement in professional organizations, teaching, research, publishing, and/or certification in area of specialty.
6. Ability to demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care appropriate to the patient population(s) served. Ability to demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possesses the ability to assess data reflective of the patient's requirements relative to his or her population-specific and age specific needs.
7. Highly effective verbal and written communication skills are required to interact with patient families, departmental units, medical and nursing staff on all essential matters. Demonstrated/documented effective interpersonal skills.
8. Maintains updated hospital safety and other mandatory training.
9. Updated immunizations as recommended per practice area.

Working Conditions

1. Weekend, shift work, holiday, on-call and overtime may be required.
2. There is potential for regular exposure to patients possessing infectious diseases in the work environment; requires observance of "Universal Precautions" by wearing gloves, goggles, and mask, is required.

Patient Safety

Ensures patient safety in the performance of job functions and through participation in hospital, department or unit patient safety initiatives.

1. Takes action to correct observed risks to patient safety.
2. Reports adverse events and near misses to appropriate management authority.
3. Implements policies, procedure, and standards consistently in the performance of assigned duties.
4. Develops effective working relationships and maintains good communication with other team members.
5. Identifies possible risks in processes, procedures, devices and communicates the same to those in charge.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Compensation:

• Pay Range: $54.34-$77.08
• Review the 2024-2025 UMMS Benefits Guide