Nurse Practitioner
Location: Kansas City, Kansas
Description: Swope Health Services is at present looking to employ Nurse Practitioner right now, this career will be reside in Kansas. More complete informations about this career opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Swope Health Services is seeking a Nurse Practitioner for Swope Health Services West. The Nurse Practitioner provides general healthcare assessment, treatment and follow-up com! mensurate with clinical skills and complying with clinical guidelines, administrative policies/procedures of Swope Health Services, State of Missouri and accrediting/funding agencies.
PRIMARY FUNCTIONS:
Conduct health assessments on adult patients (and pediatric patients if within scope of practice) with both acute and chronic medical conditions.
Develop impression of diagnosis and a treatment plan in collaboration with physician.
Conduct health education/counseling/prevention of individual patients/groups at Swope Health Services.
Participate in interdisciplinary patient staffings.
Coordinate/collaborate with Swope Health Services departments and community service organizations as required by funders, Swope Health Services and supervisors.
Responsible for integrating healthcare and health education in the Continuum of Care process.
Order/perform and interpret routine laboratory tests.
Develop a health promotion and maintenanc! e plan, including disease prevention, health education and cou! nseling.
Provide care for selected complicated patients as directed and supervised by department physician(s).
Arrange referrals as needed to other members of the health care team in accordance with SHS policies/procedures and/or third party payers
Attends and participates in professional staff and committee meetings.
Documents complete findings in EMR (Electronic Medical Record) in a timely fashion and completes/locks notes within the specified amount of time.
Participates in on-call after-hours rotation with other providers.
Consistently achieves productivity goals by seeing a combination of scheduled and unscheduled pts.
Submits the specified amount of pt. records to collaborating physician for review.
Coordinate/collaborate with other SHS Depts. prn.
Demonstrate compliance with continuing education requirements for licensure/certification in a timely manner.
Maintain pt. confidentiality at all times including maintaining computer ! security.
Complete all trainings required by SHS in a timely fashion.
Be available to work clinic hours as assigned by SHS including some evenings and occasionally Saturday clinics.
Conforms to the attendance policy.
Provide care for both scheduled and unscheduled pts. prn.
Will operate as a team player, realizing and respecting each team members role/importance in providing positive treatment outcomes.
Must complete Patient Safety Training curriculum.
Other duties as assigned by supervisor(s).
Registered Nurse in the State of Missouri and Kansas with ARNP License.
Master of Science in Nursing Degree.
Completion of a recognized nurse practitioner program in Family Medicine/Adult Medicine in a university based or university affiliated setting.
Ability to work in a culturally diverse population.
Able to function as part of a team.
Ability to exercise independent judgment.
Thorough knowledge of professional medical t! heory and practice.
CPR/ACLS Certification.
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If you! were eligible to this career, please give us your resume, with salary requirements and a resume to Swope Health Services.
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This career will be started on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 10:00:12 GMT