Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant, LMH Health Primary Care- South Iowa

LMH Health; Lawrence (KS); On-site; USD 95,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Community focus

Tuition reimbursement

Professional development

Excellent benefits

Job summary

LMH Health in Kansas is seeking a Nurse Practitioner (APRN) to provide direct patient care in accordance with organizational policies. The role leads care coordination based on patient/family needs, clinical priority setting, and collaboration with physicians and the health team.

The position requires a Master’s degree in Nursing, current BLS for healthcare providers, and an active Kansas APRN license. Prior clinic experience is preferred, with opportunities for professional development and

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Nursing.
• Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers.
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas.

Responsibilities

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families to guide treatment decisions.
• Communicate and collaborate with the clinical team to implement and monitor care plans.
• Assess and coordinate discharge planning with the healthcare team.
• Apply teamwork and leadership to coordinate patient-centered care using information and technology.
• Provide patient-centered nursing processes including EBPs, safety and improvement.
• Demonstrate professionalism: lifelong learning, governance, ethics, and best practices.
• Perform other duties within NP scope.
• Regular and reliable attendance is essential.

Skills

Communication

Teamwork

Clinical reasoning

Education

Master’s degree in Nursing

Job description

Something special starts here.

You can’t define it, but you know it when you see it: the difference between an average life and the good life. When your cup is full – with joy, purpose and lifelong health – it shows. At LMH Health, we are all about healthy people, healthy communities and healthy futures, and that makes us your destination for an exceptional career. From flexible, work-life harmony to competitive pay and great advancement potential, find everything you’re looking for at LMH Health.

You’ll find everything you’re looking for at LMH Health:

• Join a team that cares about the community
• Tuition reimbursement to support continuing education
• Professional development and recognition
• Excellent benefits

We’re looking for you.

Job Description

I. JOB SUMMARY

The Nurse Practitioner (APRN) provides direct care in accordance with established policies, procedures and protocols of the healthcare organization, while complying with laws and regulations in maintaining patient information. This position leads the coordination of care for patients by applying effective decision making skills based on patient/family healthcare needs and priorities.

II. ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develop therapeutic relationships with patients and families promoting decision making based on the assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and treatments.
• Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation focusing on patients identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
• Assesses and coordinates patient’s discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
• Competently applies collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by: Utilizing information, resources and technology
• Provide Patient Centered Care Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence Based Practices (EBP), safety and process improvement
• Exemplifies professionalism: applies lifelong learning; contributes to the science of nursing; participates in governance; shares knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; builds the ethical, moral and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care.
• Performs other duties in line with current basic nurse practitioner scope.
• Regular and reliable attendance is an essential function of this position

III.JOB QUALIFICATIONS

Required :

• Master’s degree in Nursing
• Current Basic life Support for Healthcare Providers
• Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas

Preferred :

• Prior relevant clinic experience

Our Cultural Beliefs

• People First
• Integrity Matters
• Better Together

At LMH Health,we value inclusion and diversity. We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.