Practices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance with accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation & performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles.
Essential Functions:
- Evaluating health status through the collection & assessment of health data
- Examines & treats patients, orders & interprets diagnostic tests & makes diagnosis.
- Collects subjective & objective data.
- Analyzes, reports, & records data.
- Uses data to identify health care problems & create plan.
- Prioritizes patient's needs.
- Triages patients either in person or via telephone & implements proper course of action.
- Follows up with patients
- Evaluates emergency situations
- Practices within scope of practice perimeters as inferred by licensure, standard nursing practice, knowledge, skill level, sound clinical judgment, & KP guidelines.
- Accurately documents patient data, actions or interventions, responses, & plans for care/follow-up according to guidelines &/or standard nursing practice.
- Health teaching & counseling to patients &/or their families.
- Executing delegated med. functions which deliver aspects of care that implement & are consistent with the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician.
- Providing therapy & treatment that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or through consultation with, delegation to (per CO State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others.
- APN specializing in surgery may provide pre-op & post-op care - 1st or 2nd assts during major surgery
- Refers to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance.
- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans.
- Initiate appropriate consultations &/or actions accordingly.
- Facilitates the coordination & integration of care between health care services; manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources.
- Leads health care team by influence/role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, exemplary service, innovation & providing outstanding support for physician practices.
- Patient advocate.
- Maintains clinical competence through attending staff development programs, is responsible for maintaining professional certification.
- Participates in monitoring quality of care according to professional standards and established criteria
- Carries out clinical & admin procedures that may be promulgated by the Health Plan
- Trains students
- Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships
- Other duties as assigned - See Compensation Job Description
- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the Kaiser Permanente Service Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives
- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors
Qualifications:
Basic Qualifications:
- Currently licensed as a Registered Nurse in the State of Colorado. Listed on the Advanced Practice Registry and is in compliance with those requirements.Must be a graduate of an RN program that meets Colorado State Board of Nursing curriculum requirements.
- Masters Degree in Nursing
- Graduation from a NLN accredited Nurse Practitioner program
- BLS required within 90 days of employment and and must be maintained as current.
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) and Taxonomy code required at time of hire.
- Prescriptive authority required or in progress.Must be obtained within 2 years of hire date if a newer graduate
- DEA Registration (or actively working to obtain this registration if new graduate)
- Must obtain and maintain credentialing and/or privileges both internally and externally by the affiliated hospital. Ongoing credentialing required.
- For positions in Pediatrics or a position as family nurse practitioner in a pediatric setting, education and certification required for. Pediatric nurse practitioner or Family Nurse Practitioner for a Pediatric setting,
- For positions requiring the administration of procedural sedation, ACLS certification and procedural sedation competency required within 90 days of hire.
Preferred Skills -
Variable hours. Floats between three locations: Franklin, Rock Creek, Lone Tree
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen.
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