Description:
Job Summary:
Provide high quality health care to Kaiser Permanente members in a cost effective manner and in accordance with accepted professional practice standards.
Essential Responsibilities:
- Provide high-quality health care through direct assessment, diagnosis, and formulation/implementation of treatment plan for patients with common acute and chronic illnesses and injuries (may include performing histories and physicals; ordering, interpreting, and following up on diagnostic studies; ordering medications; assisting with surgery; performing minor surgery; rounding on patients; and assuming on-call responsibilities). Perform health maintenance services, including patient education, for well members. Refer patients for specialty consultations or difficult problems. Document in writing all care in patients permanent medical record in accordance with accepted medical/legal standards. Provide all medical care in accordance with accepted practice standards, hospital/clinic protocols (including supervision by a physician), and State licensing guidelines.
- Coordinate, develop or organize patient or department services or programs. Example include, but are not limited to: Assist in developing department/hospital protocols. Screen incoming department referrals. Coordinate CME activities for department. Develop written patient education materials. Provide in-service training. Proctor NP students. Chair or participate on committees such as Breastfeeding Task Force, Regional Controlled Substance Abuse Committee, etc.
- Performs other duties as requested.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
Education
- Graduate of ANA-approved NP training program or equivalent requirements to meet State Licensure.
- High school diploma or GED.
License, Certification, Registration
- This job requires credentials from multiple states. Credentials from the primary work state are required at hire. Additional Credentials from the secondary work state(s) are required post hire.
- Registered Nurse License (Washington) within 6 months of hire OR Compact License: Registered Nurse within 6 months of hire
- Nurse Practitioner License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire
- Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner License (Washington) within 6 months of hire
- Registered Nurse License (Oregon) within 6 months of hire
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
- Nurse Practitioner National Certificate from American Association for Nurse Practitioners
- Drug Enforcement Administration Registration
Additional Requirements:
- Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases.
- Working knowledge of State health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.
- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients.
- Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common medical diseases and injuries.
- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.
- Minor surgery or surgical assist skills.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Two (2) years of clinical experience.
- Thorough and working knowledge of all common diseases in specialty field; familiarity with less common diseases.
- Working knowledge of State health care laws, licensing board regulations and controlled substance regulations.
- Important to know limitations and when to refer patients.
- Ability to assess, diagnose and effectively treat common medical diseases and injuries.
- Ability to use appropriate procedural/testing equipment, to see large volume of patients, and to interface with large provider and support staff.
- Minor surgery or surgical assist skills.
- Graduate of ANA-approved NP training program.
Notes:
- Scheduled 4 days/week, with variable day off.
- Sees patients for Medicare Wellness and/or cross-coverage Primary Care appts, dependent on access needs.
