HIV Nurse Practitioner

• Problem Solving and Decision Making
• Reviews research patients’ labs within 2 working days of receipt and takes appropriate action if abnormal

• Patient Focus
• Effectively engages patients in their care.
• Makes sure that patient calls are returned (by self or other staff) within 2 working

• days
• Addresses patient concerns brought up during visit, and documents assessment and

plan for these concerns

• Professionalism
• Demonstrates professionalism and integrity in all aspects of patient care

• Workplace Computer and Equipment
• Maintains complete, legible, and comprehensive documentation
• Utilizes EMR resources to manage patient care, flags, protocols, referrals
• Serves on MST Task Force and advocates for referral to MST for all HIV patients starting a new medication regimen or undergoing a medication regimen change.

• Checking, Examining & Recording
• Consistently completes progress notes of patient encounters by end of next business day
• Consistently removes inactive medications from patient’s med lists
• Consistently removes inactive medications from patient’s problem lists
• Is timely with respect to completion of necessary paperwork such as disability forms
• Completes paperwork and billing in a timely and complete manner
• Completes clinic billing and coding documentation in a complete and accurate manner
• Documents social history (ever) in 90% of patients seen at least 3 times as PCP.
• Allergies are documented (ever) in 90% of patients seen at least 3 times as PCP.
• Health habits and risk factors are documented (ever) in 90% of patients seen at least 3 times as PCP.
• Sexual history is updated within the last two years in 50% of cases audited.
• Immunizations are up to date in at least 50% of patients reviewed in chart audit
• Self-management goal has been documented/updated within one year for patients with chronic disease at least 40% of time in chart audit

• Compliance, Policies and Procedures
• Keeps current with respect to organizational policies and procedures, and puts them into action accordingly
• Shows meaningful progress toward their quality improvement goals

• Interpersonal Skills
• Is approachable to the nurse or midlevel provider on call.

Skills and abilities

• Ability to work with a multidisciplinary clinical team
• Computer skills including Microsoft office suite, electronic medical records and practice management system

Education and/Or experience

• Required: NP with completion of a one-year residency training program with focus on HIV Care, and training in a combination of internal medicine, family practice and experience working with HIV/AIDS and Infectious Diseases.
• Desired: AAHIVM certification.
• Required: Minimum 1-year experience in treating people living with HIV/AIDS in a ethnically, culturally, and racially diverse environment.
• Required: Active X license
• Desired: Experience working in a non-profit healthcare environment
• Current Maryland License to practice medicine
• Federal DEA license
• LGBTQ candidates are highly desired.

Working conditions/Physical demands

Work is typically performed in an office environment.

The specific statements shown in each section of this description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job.

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