RN-Nurse Practitioner - Skilled Nursing

Kaweah Delta Health Care District•Visalia, CA

6d•$73 - $109

About The Position

Kaweah Health is a publicly owned, community healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California. With more than 5,000 employees, Kaweah Health provides state-of-the-art medicine and high-quality preventive services in our acute care hospital, specialized health centers and clinics. Our eight-campus healthcare district has 613 beds and offers comprehensive health services across a broad continuum of care. It takes a special person to work for Kaweah Health. We serve a region where the needs are great, which makes the rewards even greater. Every day, we care for people facing unique challenges and in need of healing. Throughout it all, our focus is to make a difference, and we do — in the health of our patients, our loved ones, and our community. Benefits Eligible Full-Time Benefit Eligible Work Shift Day - 8 Hour or less Shift (United States of America) Department 6587 Skilled Nursing-Short Stay-W The Nurse Practitioner is dedicated to enhancing the health and well-being of patients/families, nurses and the healthcare system by positively influencing patient outcomes utilizing evidence based practice and promoting excellent bedside practice through collaboration, leadership and mentoring.

Requirements

CA Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration
CA RN license
BLS
One year of recent RN specialty experience in an adult, critical care, or medical-surgical setting.
Must complete credentialing through Medical Staff Interdisciplinary Practice Committee.
Excellent written and oral communication skills and effective interpersonal relationships.
Critical thinking, creative thinking, and creative skill in problem solving.
Computer literate.

Nice To Haves

National Nurse Practitioner certification from American Academy of Nurse Practitioners (AANP) or American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC); for Hospice Advanced Practice Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (ACHPN).
MSN or DNP
One year of recent practice as a Nurse Practitioner with an emphasis in adult assessment and management of medical and/or surgical conditions.

Responsibilities

Responsible for enhancing Patient Throughput throughout the Medical Center and Chronic Disease Management Clinic.
Uses knowledge and assessments of patients to design, implement and evaluate plans of patient care related to specialty area.
Uses advanced theoretical and empirical knowledge of physiology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, and health assessment: Manages populations with disease states and non-disease based etiologies to improve and to promote health care outcomes.
Collaborates with the interdisciplinary team on most complex patients within specialty area on a consistent basis.
Focuses on population health management across the care continuum.
Collaborates between the medical staff, nursing unit and ancillary departments to facilitate problem-solving.
Designs, implements, and evaluates innovative individual and/or population-based programs of care to achieve high quality, cost-effective outcomes: Provides relevant patient instruction and education.
Coordinates patient care including ordering, interpreting, and evaluating laboratory tests and radiographic studies to expedite treatment.
Follows up on all abnormal findings.
Orders transfers within the hospital or to other facilities to the appropriate level of care.
Consults with medical staff, medical residents, nursing, case management, social work and clinical documentation staff as needed to meet documentation and throughput goals.
Completes history and physical or medical screening exam, discharge summary/instructions and provides patient prescriptions as indicated to enhance throughput.
Documents the necessary components in the medical record to meet documentation standards for the assigned DRG or APR-DRG, including appropriate patient status and level of care.
Documents and orders the necessary components to meet CMS, core measure and Value-Based purchasing requirements.
Serves as a leader/consultant/mentor/change agent in advancing the practice of nursing among other nurses and across organizations to achieve outcomes: Utilizes direct clinical practice to consult, educate, coach, and mentor staff nurses in achieving optimum patient outcomes.
Serves as a change agent in health care settings by developing high-quality health care standards, assisting in the implementation of standards, order sets, clinical pathways, and facilitating goal setting while measuring achievements, and evaluating outcomes.
Advances nursing practice through innovative evidence-based interventions, best-practice guidelines, and modification of professional standards and organizational policies that direct the care of nursing personnel and other providers of healthcare to improve outcomes.
Evaluates the standards of clinical practice with all appropriate disciplines in the specialty area: Uses clinical inquiry and research in an advanced specialty area of practice.
Promotes use and understanding of evidence based practice.
Reviews standards of practice and national guidelines for specialty area to determine appropriateness and to reflect current nursing clinical practice.
Leads multidisciplinary groups to facilitate collaboration with other disciplines in the attainment of outcomes across the continuum of care: Performs consultative functions.
Provides clinical expertise and makes recommendations to physicians, other health care providers, patients, and health care organizations.
Attends appropriate Medical staff committees.
Completes and maintains appropriate procedural training for the population being served (i.e. Cardiac Stress Testing).