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Nurse Practitioner - Wound Care

Kaiser Permanente

Wailuku, HI

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JOB DETAILS
SKILLS
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Basic Life Support (BLS), Change Management, Clinical Competency, Community Programs, Conflict Resolution, Consulting, Customer Support/Service, Health Education, Healthcare, Interpersonal Skills, Legal Documents, Licensing, Medical Diagnosis, Needs Assessment, Nurse Practitioner, Nursing, Nursing Credentials, Patient Care, Policy Analysis, Policy Development, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Problem Solving Skills, QoS (Quality of Service), Quality Management, Quality of Care, Record Keeping, Registered Nurse (RN), Research Skills, Risk, Spreadsheets, Team Player, Training/Teaching, Treatment Plan, Word Processing, Wound Care
LOCATION
Wailuku, HI
POSTED
Today
Description:
Job Summary:

Provides direct nursing care by utilizing advanced scientific knowledge, nursing theory and skills to assess, plan, and implement appropriate health and nursing care to patients, in addition to performing registered nursing functions. Provides indirect nursing care. Plans, guides, evaluates, and directs nursing care given by other personnel associated with the health care team. Teaches and counsels individuals or groups. Utilizes theories and skills to increase communication and knowledge among all members of health care team. Serves as a consultant and resource of advanced nursing knowledge and skills to those involved directly or indirectly in patient care. Participates in joint and periodic evaluation of services rendered.
Essential Responsibilities:


  • Evaluates physical and psychosocial health status of the patient through a comprehensive health history and physical examination, using skills of observation, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, and using or ordering diagnostic instruments or procedures that are basic to nursing evaluation of physical signs and symptoms.

  • Assesses normal and abnormal findings from history, physical examination, and diagnostic reports.

  • Diagnoses patients health status and health care issues.

  • Oversees and directs nursing, medical and clerical personnel in provision of patient care.

  • Plans, implements, and evaluates care.

  • Consults with patient, support systems, and members of health care team to provide for acute and ongoing health care or referral of patient.

  • Manages plan of care prescribed for patient.

  • Initiates and maintains accurate records, appropriate legal documents, and other health and nursing care reports.

  • Develops individualized teaching plans with patient based on overt and covert health needs.

  • Counsels individuals, families, and groups about health and illness and promotion of health maintenance.

  • Recognizes, develops, and implements professional and community educational programs related to health care.

  • Participates in periodic and joint evaluation of services rendered.

  • Conducts research and analyzes health needs of individuals and populations and designs programs which target at-risk groups and cultural and environmental factors which foster health and prevent illness.

  • Participates in policy analysis and development of new policy initiatives in the area of practice specialty.

  • Contributes to development, maintenance, and change of health care delivery systems to improve quality of health care services and consumer access to services.

  • Incorporates the KP Nursing Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice.

  • Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.

  • May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency and licensing necessary to fulfill job responsibilities and to direct the provision of care on the unit.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience


  • N/A

Education

  • Masters degree in nursing in relevant field of specialty.
License, Certification, Registration
  • Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)
  • Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)
  • National Provider Identifier required at hire
  • Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
  • Nurse Practitioner National Certificate
Additional Requirements:

  • Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in customer service, conflict resolution, counseling, problem solving, decision making, oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, adaptability, change management, results orientation, and teamwork.
Preferred Qualifications:

  • Nurse Practitioner experience in specialty area.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.
  • Valid Hawaii APRN Recognition with Prescriptive Authority (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii state APRN prescriptive authority).

About the Company

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Kaiser Permanente

At Kaiser Permanente, we are relentless in our pursuit of excellence. Driven by our mission to provide the highest quality preventive medicine, we are committed to eliminating health care disparities, and to making lives better through innovation, technology, and research. Our desire to deliver the best possible care inspires us to promote wellness among our members, communities, and each other. It also fuels our belief that everyone — regardless of circumstance — deserves access to affordable care, which further drives our motivation to expand our reach. Founded nearly 80 years ago, our unique business model sets us apart — positioning us to drive improvements across the industry and around the world.
COMPANY SIZE
10,000 employees or more
INDUSTRY
Healthcare Services
FOUNDED
1945
WEBSITE
http://www.kp.org/careers