Per Diem Nurse Practitioner

1 month ago

Visalia, California, United States Kaweah Health Full time
About the Role

Kaweah Health is a community-driven healthcare organization that provides comprehensive health services to the greater Visalia area in central California.

As a Per Diem Nurse Practitioner, you will be part of a team that delivers 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 a broad continuum of care, making this a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.

Responsibilities
  • Design, implement, and evaluate plans of patient care related to specialty area.
  • Manage populations with disease states and non-disease-based etiologies to improve and promote health care outcomes.
  • Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team on most complex patients within specialty area on a consistent basis.
  • Focus on population health management across the care continuum.
  • Collaborate between the medical staff, nursing unit, and ancillary departments to facilitate problem-solving.
  • Design, implement, and evaluate innovative individual and/or population-based programs of care to achieve high-quality, cost-effective outcomes.
  • Provide relevant patient instruction and education.
  • Coordinate patient care, including ordering, interpreting, and evaluating laboratory tests and radiographic studies to expedite treatment.
  • Follow up on all abnormal findings.
  • Order transfers within the hospital or to other facilities to the appropriate level of care.
  • Consult with medical staff, medical residents, nursing, case management, social work, and clinical documentation staff as needed to meet documentation and throughput goals.
  • Complete history and physical or medical screening exam, discharge summary/instructions, and provide patient prescriptions as indicated to enhance throughput.
  • Document the necessary components in the medical record to meet documentation standards for the assigned DRG or APR-DRG, including appropriate patient status and level of care.
  • Document and order the necessary components to meet CMS, core measure, and Value-Based purchasing requirements.
  • Serve as a leader/consultant/mentor/change agent in advancing the practice of nursing among other nurses and across organizations to achieve outcomes.
  • Utilize direct clinical practice to consult, educate, coach, and mentor staff nurses in achieving optimum patient outcomes.
  • Serve as a change agent in healthcare settings by developing high-quality healthcare standards, assisting in the implementation of standards, order sets, clinical pathways, and facilitating goal setting while measuring achievements and evaluating outcomes.
  • Advance nursing practice through innovative evidence-based interventions, best-practice guidelines, and modification of professional standards and organizational policies that direct the care of nursing personnel and other providers of healthcare to improve outcomes.
  • Evaluate the standards of clinical practice with all appropriate disciplines in the specialty area.
  • Use clinical inquiry and research in an advanced specialty area of practice.
  • Promote use and understanding of evidence-based practice.
  • Review standards of practice and national guidelines for specialty area to determine appropriateness and to reflect current nursing clinical practice.
  • Lead multidisciplinary groups to facilitate collaboration with other disciplines in the attainment of outcomes across the continuum of care.
  • Perform consultative functions.
  • Provide clinical expertise and make recommendations to physicians, other healthcare providers, patients, and healthcare organizations.
  • Attend appropriate Medical staff committees.
  • Complete and maintain appropriate procedural training for the population being served (i.e., Cardiac Stress Testing).
About Kaweah Health

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 a broad continuum of care, making this a unique opportunity to make a difference in the lives of our patients and their families.

Benefits

Benefits-eligible positions offer a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, as well as a 401(k) retirement plan.

Non-benefits-eligible positions do not offer a benefits package.

Work Schedule

Per Diem Nurse Practitioners work on an as-needed basis, with varying schedules and shifts.

Day shifts are available, with a maximum of 8 hours per shift.

Department

The Professional Services department is responsible for providing administrative support to the medical staff and other departments within the healthcare district.

As a Per Diem Nurse Practitioner, you will work closely with the Professional Services team to provide high-quality patient care and support the needs of our patients and families.

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