Jennifer Saxton

• Lead Physician Assistant
• Rapid Response Responder
• Independently managed medically complex inpatients admissions, daily rounding and discharge planning under physician collaboration
• Coordinated care across specialties and facilitated transfers to tertiary hospitals for streamlined inpatient management.
• Partnered with interdisciplinary staff in the Short Stay Unit to develop and implement innovative admission and discharge strategies that enhanced hospital efficiency, optimized bed utilization, and decreased length of stay.
• Led daily multidisciplinary rounds with RN's, case management, pharmacy, patients and family.
• Reduced readmission rates by improving communication and coordination between hospital and primary care providers.
• Cross Coverage - Independently triaged all nursing communications and implemented appropriate care for internal medicine patients in our 262 bed hospital
• Mentored APP students and junior staff, promoting clinical excellence and evidence-based best practices.

Additional Professional Activities:

○ Blood Management Committee: a multidisciplinary hospital group responsible for ensuring safe, high quality, and efficient blood transfusion practices as well the use and protocols for anticoagulation reversal agents.

○ Advanced Practitioner Steering Committee: Collaborated with APPs across specialties hospital-wide to recognize and celebrate their contributions to healthcare, while expanding APP representation across the Johns Hopkins Health System

○ Multidisciplinary Peer Review - routine participation in reviews and discussions.

○ Johns Hopkins Medicine Medication Management at Transitions and Clinical Handoffs (MedMATCH) Taskforce clinical workflow assessment - representative for short stay unit addressing importance of medication reconciliation

• Primary Care Provider for large volume practice caring for acute and chronic medical conditions in a diverse population.
• Delivered compassionate and comprehensive GYN Care
• Educated patients on preventive care and healthy lifestyle choices, enhancing their understanding and promoting long-term health.

• Provided comprehensive clinical care to hospitalized patients from admission to discharge.
• Provided leadership through mentoring physician assistant students.

• Provided Comprehensive medical care to a diverse population from newborns to geriatric patients.
• Collaborated with occupational health to manage and treat work-related injuries, facilitating timely recovery and return to work.
• GYN as well as newborn care