Description

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.  

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES  

Develop patient/family-centered relationships and assist with decision-making based on assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions and patient/family preference.  

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 care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy.  

Performs other duties in line with current basic nurse practitioner scope.  

JOB QUALIFICATIONS  

Required:   

Master’s degree in Nursing  

Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas  

Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers  

Preferred:   

Experience in a similar setting or Emergency Department 

  

BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS (common to all positions)  

Patient 1st – I consider the patient 1st in everything we do  

Better Together – I am part of the LMH team that works together to achieve excellence  

Speak Up – I communicate openly and welcome feedback to make us better  

Be Bold – I boldly take risks to creatively explore, innovate, and learn from our experiences  

Own It – I take accountability for my actions and hold others accountable for theirs  

In Joy – I create a workplace that is both fun and meaningful  

HIPAA  

This position will have access to the following Protected Health Information (PHI) in order to carry out the duties related to their position in the organization based on the following criteria:  

 Primary – required (routine) to do the job  

Secondary – required for the job, but mostly be exception  

None – no approved access