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Mercy Health Services

Graduate Advanced Practice Provider (Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner)

Mercy Health Services Baltimore, MD 21202, US
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Summary

Join Our Team at Mercy Medical Center – Now Hiring a Graduate Advanced Practice Provider (PA/NP)!

 

Mercy Medical Center is honored to be recognized by Newsweek as one of America's Most Trustworthy Companies for three consecutive years (2023–2025) and as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women in 2025. Additionally, we are proud to be a multi-time recipient of Forbes' America's Best Midsize Employers award, most recently in 2025.

 

As a hospital founded by the Sisters of Mercy, we offer a supportive and empowering environment where dedicated medical professionals thrive. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact through your work and contributing to a mission of compassionate care, we invite you to apply today and join our Mercy family.

 

 

 

 


Responsibilities

 

The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Graduate Advanced Practice Provider ("GAPP") works with both Inpatient and Outpatient physicians in a challenging, but highly rewarding, academic community-hospital setting. Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Graduate Advanced Practice Practitioners collaborate with attendings, resident physicians, and students from allied schools within a team-based approach in Inpatient Medicine, Emergency Medicine, and Surgery rotations. The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Graduate Advanced Practice Practitioner will also work directly with physicians in high volume office settings during Outpatient rotations. The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner Graduate Advanced Practice Practitioner will also have the opportunity to engage in Quality and Patient Safety Department projects and initiatives. Patient care will remain within the scope of the Maryland Board of Physicians Quality Assurance practice under the supervision of physicians for Physician Assistants. Patient care will remain within the scope of the Maryland Board Nursing for Nurse Practitioners.

 

  • The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner GAPP will be assigned to clinical rotations in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner GAPP must participate in a structured educational program.
  • The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner GAPP is expected to perform the following during inpatient rotations:
    • Perform initial history & physical examinations and initiate admission orders.
    • See, examine, evaluate assigned patients daily, discuss with attending provider and document care in a daily progress note.
    • Assess acute patient problems.
    • Initiate emergency or urgent treatment.
    • Communicate significant changes in patient condition to the patient's attending provider.
    • Order and evaluate pertinent radiographic data on initial read only.
    • Meet with Medical Teams at the beginning of shift to identify and review patients ready to be discharged. Discuss issues related to discharges with appropriate resident or attending.
    • Meet with Case Management to proactively anticipate discharge dates.
    • Order, interpret, follow-up on pertinent laboratory data.
    • Perform final patient visit.
    • Assist in discharge planning and scheduling of follow-up visits and discuss same with patients.
    • Initiate referrals to Social Services.
    • Facilitate follow-up Home Health care needs
    • Complete assigned discharge summaries on patients in a timely fashion to include history of present illness, medical history, medications, allergies, social history, family history, physical examination, laboratory and x-ray data, hospital course (including rehabilitation plans, discharge medications, and discharge diagnosis).
    • Provide patient teaching and counseling regarding discharge treatment plan, medications, diagnostic tests, follow-up appointments, etc.
    • Discuss problems in patient discharges with the resident or attending provider/specialist
    • Prepare daily, written signout on patients and provide verbal signout to primary team
    • Exhibit flexibility in meeting the needs of the hospital
    • Other duties as assigned
  • The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner GAPP is expected to perform the following during outpatient rotations:
    • See, examine, and evaluate assigned patients, discuss with attending provider, and document care in the patient chart
    • Assess acute patient problems.
    • Initiate emergency or urgent treatment.
    • Communicate significant changes in patient condition to the attending provider
    • Order and evaluate pertinent diagnostic tests and discuss with attending provider.
    • Order, interpret, follow-up on pertinent laboratory data.
    • Consult with other healthcare professionals
    • Provide patient and family education and counseling regarding all aspects of care
    • Initiate appropriate referrals to other providers along with collaborating with other multidisciplinary team members including but not limited to case management, social work, and home health services.
    • Exhibit flexibility in meeting all needs of the practice
    • Other duties as assigned
  • The Physician Assistant / Nurse Practitioner GAPP is expected to perform additional duties as assigned by the Department of Quality and Patient Safety

Requirements

  • Must have completed a certified Physician Assistant or Nurse Practitioner program.
  • License Requirements: Maryland PA License, Maryland NP Certification
  • Certification Requirements: NCCPA, ANCC/AAN
  • Must have current CPR/BLS certification.

Benefits

Benefits Eligibility is based on your scheduled FTE status and Job Category

  • Competitive health, prescription, vision and dental benefits & wellness credit for eligible employees
  • 403(b) retirement plan with generous company match and “catch up” provision
  • Paid Time Off (PTO) & company paid holidays
  • Tuition reimbursement
  • Mental Health resources and other employee related wellness opportunities through our Employee Assistance Program
  • Employer paid Short & Long Term Disability benefits for eligible employees
  • Voluntary Benefits
  • Discounts on auto & home insurance and Verizon plans
  • Mercy’s Rewards & Recognition Program rewarding employees for going above and beyond in living Mercy’s Mission and Values

EEO Statement

Mercy Health Services is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) recruiting talent for Mercy Health Services, which serves the greater Baltimore Metro and surrounding Maryland areas.

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