RN-Nurse Practitioner

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 - 10 Hour Shift (United States of America)

Department

7390 Professional Services-APP

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.

POSITION HIGHLIGHTS

Key responsibilities for this position are to support the Cardiothoracic Surgery program at Kaweah Health by providing inpatient and outpatient care for patients being managed by the service.

Will collaborate closely with cardiothoracic surgeons and interdisciplinary teams within the medical center to effectively manage the care of patients on the service.

For inpatient care, will respond to cardiac surgery consults, conduct multidisciplinary ICU rounds and independent floor rounds to optimally manage patient disposition and care plans, and help to optimize and complete pre-operative workup for patients requiring surgery.  Skill development opportunities and clinical oversight in place to achieve advanced privileges for care of cardiothoracic surgery patients.

Will rotate to cover the outpatient clinic for patient visits and post-operative patient monitoring.

QUALIFICATIONS

License /Certification

Required:

CA Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) registration

CA RN license

BLS

Preferred: 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).

Education
Preferred: MSN or DNP

Experience

Required: One year of recent RN specialty experience in an adult, critical care, or medical-surgical setting.

Preferred: One year of recent practice as a Nurse Practitioner with an emphasis in adult assessment and management of medical and/or surgical conditions.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
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.

Department Specific Requirements

If assigned to Throughput: requires ACLS within one year of hire/transfer.

If assigned to Surgery, or Throughput and working in Surgery-Cardiac: requires ACLS and completion of a recognized RNFA training program within one year of hire/transfer.

 

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
Essential

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 i