Certified Nurse Practitioner

(ID: 2025-1355) Axle is a bioscience and information technology company that offers advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications to research centers and healthcare organizations nationally and abroad. With experts in biomedical science, software engineering, and program management, we focus on developing and applying research tools and techniques to empower decision-making and accelerate research discoveries. We work with some of the top research organizations and facilities in the country including multiple institutes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Axle is seeking a Certified Nurse Practitioner to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) located in Baltimore, MD. Benefits We Offer: 100% Medical, Dental Vision Coverage for Employees Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays 401K match up to 5% Educational Benefits for Career Growth Employee Referral Bonus Flexible Spending Accounts: Healthcare (FSA) Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK) Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP) Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN) Overview: The purpose of this position is to provide direct medical care and treatment for individuals enrolled in human subjects research at the National Institute on Drug Abuse Intramural Research Program. Responsibilities: Provide clinical coverage of clinical and research procedures and promote the safety of patients over time. - 1 Enter medical orders and review lab and other diagnostic tests and laboratory studies test results for normal and abnormal findings with guidance from a physician or collaboration with other staff. - 2 Communicate and collaborate with the multidisciplinary research team to ensure that patient management strategies are successful in meeting patient care and research needs. - 3 Perform intake and preliminary evaluation of potential subjects through e-Interviewing, review of medical records, completion of safety screening, consultation with treating professionals, and with medical staff. - 4 Screen healthy subjects and patients and interview subjects to obtain social and medical history and medication history. - 5 Prescribes and recommends drugs or other forms of treatment under the direction of a physician. Initiate and coordinate visits, drug orders, laboratory procedures, consultations, and treatments for patients based on clinical needs or protocol requirements. Monitor patients for toxicities of treatment and other possible adverse reactions to drugs or procedures that may require emergency treatment or revision of the prescribed regimen. Administer and adjust trial medication under the guidance of a physician. Provide documentation and monitoring and grading of side effects related to a variety of study interventions including drugs and psychological behaviors. Monitor drug compliance by subjects throughout the life of the protocol and document missed doses of medication. Obtains medical histories. Take histories and perform physical examinations or perform daily progress evaluations for inpatients or follow-up visits for outpatients and document appropriately. Review patient’s charts to collect relevant clinical data and analyze trends in patient responses collected through structured and semi structured interviews with patients and patients’ families. Communicate with patients’ home physicians and family care institutions for the release of medical records, imaging studies and pathology slides. Performs physical exams. Perform physical examinations of adult patients with complex and difficult multi-system diseases, enter results into patient charts and address any concerns that arise from research participants following completion of examination. Perform comprehensive medical histories research and document findings per institutional and protocol standards. Perform clinical data recording and medical chart ... (truncated, view full listing at source)