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Nurse Practitioner II - Endocrinology- Sacramento Downtown 40hrs

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Sacramento County, CA - USA

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Not Disclosed

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Vacancy

1 Vacancy

Job Description

Job Summary:

The Nurse Practitioner (NP) is responsible for the essment of selected patients in the designated service. The NP performs physical examinations confers with patients in person and by phone/electronically collaborates with others in the department to ure smooth flow of patient care consistent with elished quality indicators and participates in the overall coordination of patient care. The NP reports to the Chief of the designated service and to the Department Manager.


Essential Responsibilities:
  • Practices under the standard procedure elished for the NP role consistent with Kaiser Permanent policy and in accordance with requirements set forth by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
  • Conducts ageappropriate essments of patients including history taking and physical examination consistent with department protocol.
  • Performs essment/data collection in an ongoing systematic manner focusing on physiologic psychosocial cultural spiritual and cognitive status; patient/family education family involvement and patient advocacy.
  • Consults with supervising physician or other clinicians as dictated by patient need and essment findings.
  • Participates with physicians and other clinicians in the department to ure effective patient care consistent with quality indicators for patients cared for in the designated service.
  • Reviews medical record for follow up or ordering of diagnostic studies under elished protocols.
  • Elishes and maintains communication with other health care providers and departments to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness and to promote consistency and continuity of care.
  • Elishes effective working relationships with members of the health care team patients and families. Acknowledges staff rights and cultural and ethical beliefs.
  • Delegates appropriately and coordinates duties/activities of health care team members. Evaluates effectiveness of care given by team members.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of and applies safety principles as identified by the institution. Performs efficiently in emergency situations following elished protocols remaining calm informing appropriate people and doenting events.
  • Demonstrates responsibility and accountability for own professional practice. Participates regularly in staff development activities for unit and department personnel. Demonstrates knowledge of legal issues including patient confidentiality and risk management in all aspects of patient care and unit functioning.
  • Participates in unit and department Performance Improvement activities. Participates in nursing research activities as requested. Identifies and solves problems effectively.
  • Demonstrates a service philosophy in all interactions with patients families and all members of the health care team. Demonstrates proficiency in the use of computers and telecommunication modalities to doent track and convey information.
  • If practicing in a specialty role it fulfills the expectations elished for the particular role.
  • Perform other related duties as necessary.


Requirements

Basic Qualifications:
Experience
  • Minimum of 6 months experience as a nurse practitioner.
  • One (1) year (within the past three (3) years) experience as a NP providing care for endocrine conditions. Specialized training in the field of endocrinology required.
Education
  • Masters Degree in Nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permanente employee who was grandfathered in prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1 2008)
  • Completion of a Masters Program in Adult NP Family Practice NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult or Family NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients.
License Certification Registration
  • Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number (California)
  • Nurse Practitioner Certificate (California)
  • Registered Nurse License (California)
  • Basic Life Support
  • Nurse Practitioner National Certificate
  • National Provider Identifier required at hire
Additional Requirements:
  • Must meet credentialing requirements elished for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (Masters Degree in Nursing and National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Credentialing Center; National Certification Corporation for Obstetric Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties; National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.)
  • Candidates must meet requirements to apply for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number) at the time of hire and apply within 30 days of hire
  • Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement.
  • Specialized training in the field of endocrinology required.
Preferred Qualifications:
Employee Status:
Regular
Travel:
Yes 5 % of the Time
Job Level:
Individual Contributor
Job Type:
Standard

Basic Qualifications: Experience Minimum of 6 months experience as a nurse practitioner. One (1) year (within the past three (3) years) experience as a NP providing care for endocrine conditions. Specialized training in the field of endocrinology required. Education Masters Degree in Nursing (unless already a Kaiser Permanente employee who was grandfathered in prior to California Business and Professions Code requirement in January 1, 2008) Completion of a Masters Program in Adult NP, Family Practice NP or Pediatric NP required: Adult or Family NP if practice limited to adults; Family or Pedi NP if practice limited to pediatric patients. License, Certification, Registration Nurse Practitioner Furnishing Number (California) Nurse Practitioner Certificate (California) Registered Nurse License (California) Basic Life Support Nurse Practitioner National Certificate National Provider Identifier required at hire Additional Requirements: Must meet credentialing requirements elished for nurse practitioners within the Kaiser system (Masters Degree in Nursing and National Certification from one of the following organizations: American Academy of Nurse Practitioners; American Credentialing Center; National Certification Corporation for Obstetric, Gynecologic and Neonatal Nursing Specialties; National Certification Board of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and Nurses.) Candidates must meet requirements to apply for PTAN (Provider Transaction Account Number) at the time of hire and apply within 30 days of hire Also refer to Position Specifications outlined in the appropriate collective bargaining agreement. Specialized training in the field of endocrinology required. Preferred Qualifications: Employee Status: Regular Travel: Yes, 5 % of the Time Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Type: Standard

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