Advanced Practice Nurse Practitioner — Clinical Leader & Educator

Kaiser Permanente; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii seeks an experienced Nurse Practitioner to provide direct nursing care using advanced knowledge and nursing theory. You will guide and evaluate care, teach patients, counsel families, and contribute to health program development across the care team.

You will oversee nursing, medical and clerical staff, maintain records, and participate in policy and program improvements to elevate patient outcomes and care quality.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in nursing in relevant field.
• APRN license (Hawaii) and RN license (Hawaii).
• NPI required at hire.
• BLS from American Heart Association.
• Nurse Practitioner National Certificate.

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.

Skills

Customer service

Conflict resolution

Counseling

Problem solving

Decision making

Oral communication

Written communication

Interpersonal relations

Adaptability

Change management

Results orientation

Teamwork

Education

Master's degree in nursing

Job description

Kaiser Permanente in Hawaii seeks an experienced Nurse Practitioner to provide direct nursing care using advanced knowledge and nursing theory. You will guide and evaluate care, teach patients, counsel families, and contribute to health program development across the care team.

You will oversee nursing, medical and clerical staff, maintain records, and participate in policy and program improvements to elevate patient outcomes and care quality.