Nurse Practitioner - Chronic Care
About the role
Nurse Practitioner - Chronic Care
At Kaiser Permanente, our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, and scientists who are contributing toward being an industry-leading voice for advancing evidence-based care. Whether supporting the patient directly in our hospitals or clinics, providing care at home, serving our patients through innovative virtual technology, or managing care delivery teams, Kaiser Permanente nurses utilize scientific evidence and our integrated care model to optimize the total health of our members and the communities we serve.
Success Profile
We’re looking for Nurse Leaders who possess the following traits:
- Collaborative
- Compassionate
- Flexible
- Leadership
- Socially Conscientious
- Trustworthy
Benefits
We offer several benefits to our nurses.
Culture
At Kaiser Permanente, we cultivate an environment of compassion, integrity, trust, and open communication that helps our teams do their best work. We believe that lifelong learning will expand our knowledge so we can better serve our patients. Our practice is rooted in research and evidence-based care. Our nurses reflect the rich diversity of our members and communities and provide culturally responsive and competent care that promotes understanding of our members' needs and preferences. At Kaiser Permanente, nurses are highly skilled professionals who exemplify leadership, critical thinking, and collaborative problem solving and deliver the right care, at the right time, in the right setting.
Essential Responsibilities
Provides direct nursing care by utilizing advanced scientific knowledge, nursing theory and skills to assess, plan, and implement appropriate health and nursing care to patients, in addition to performing registered nursing functions. Provides indirect nursing care. Plans, guides, evaluates, and directs nursing care given by other personnel associated with the health care team. Teaches and counsels individuals or groups. Utilizes theories and skills to increase communication and knowledge among all members of health care team. Serves as a consultant and resource of advanced nursing knowledge and skills to those involved directly or indirectly in patient care. Participates in joint and periodic evaluation of services rendered. Conducts research and analyzes health needs of individuals and populations and designs programs which target at-risk groups and cultural and environmental factors which foster health and prevent illness. Participates in policy analysis and development of new policy initiatives in the area of practice specialty. Contributes to development, maintenance, and change of health care delivery systems to improve quality of health care services and consumer access to services. Incorporates the KP Nursing Vision, Model and Values through out their Nursing Practice. Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.
Qualifications
- Masters degree in nursing in relevant field of specialty.
- Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)
- Registered Nurse License (Hawaii)
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
- Basic Life Support from American Heart Association
- Nurse Practitioner National Certificate
Skills
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in customer service, conflict resolution, counseling, problem solving, decision making, oral communication, written communication, interpersonal relations, adaptability, change management, results orientation, and teamwork.
- Demonstrated knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.
- Valid Hawaii APRN Recognition with Prescriptive Authority (must meet education requirement(s) for Hawaii state APRN prescriptive authority).
Pay
Ranked among the nation's best: Every hospital that's part of the Kaiser Permanente system earned “high performing” recognition in the latest U.S. News and World Report's annual rankings. That means all 39 of our hospitals are among the top 20% in the nation.
Awarded for excellence: We're proud that so many of our hospitals have earned Magnet status. It shows our real commitment to outcomes, safety, quality, efficiency, and, most importantly, to our nurses.
Recognizing nurses during Nurses Month in 2022: We're thanking each one of our 65,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses for everything they've done for us and for the nation. Thank you for choosing to be a nurse and for leading our transformation of care.
Explore a career in nursing: When you join Kaiser Permanente as a nurse, you'll help us boldly transform care while also building a career that offers more opportunities for you to grow. Experience nursing excellence: At Kaiser Permanente our nurses are leaders, clinicians, researchers, innovators, scientists, and more. It takes an extraordinary team to offer extraordinary care.