Nurse Practitioner - Gastroenterology

About the Role

Provides direct and indirect nursing care by utilizing advanced scientific knowledge, nursing theory, and skills to assess, plan, and implement appropriate health and nursing care to patients. 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.

Responsibilities

• Evaluates physical and psychosocial health status of the patient through a comprehensive health history and physical examination, using skills of observation, inspection, palpation, percussion, and auscultation, and using or ordering diagnostic instruments or procedures basic to nursing evaluation.
• Assesses normal and abnormal findings from history, physical examination, and diagnostic reports.
• Diagnoses patients' health status and health care issues.
• Oversees and directs nursing, medical, and clerical personnel in provision of patient care.
• Plans, implements, and evaluates care.
• Consults with patient, support systems, and members of the health care team to provide for acute and ongoing health care or referral of the patient.
• Manages the plan of care prescribed for the patient.
• Initiates and maintains accurate records, appropriate legal documents, and other health and nursing care reports.
• Develops individualized teaching plans with the patient based on overt and covert health needs.
• Counsels individuals, families, and groups about health and illness and promotes health maintenance.
• Recognizes, develops, and implements professional and community educational programs related to health care.
• Participates in periodic and joint evaluation of services rendered.
• Conducts research and analyzes health needs of individuals and populations, designing programs targeting at-risk groups and cultural and environmental factors that foster health and prevent illness.
• Participates in policy analysis and development of new policy initiatives in the area of practice specialty.
• Contributes to the 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 throughout nursing practice.
• Performs other duties and accepts responsibility as assigned.
• May perform patient care to the extent necessary to maintain clinical expertise, competency, and licensing required to fulfill job responsibilities and direct the provision of care on the unit.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in nursing in a relevant field of specialty.
• Advanced Practice Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).
• Registered Nurse License (Hawaii).
• National Provider Identifier required at hire.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.
• Nurse Practitioner National Certificate.

Preferred Qualifications

• Nurse Practitioner experience in the specialty area.
• Demonstrated knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and database PC applications.
• Valid Hawaii APRN Recognition with Prescriptive Authority (must meet education requirements for Hawaii state APRN prescriptive authority).

Skills

• Customer service
• Conflict resolution
• Counseling
• Problem solving
• Decision making
• Oral and written communication
• Interpersonal relations
• Adaptability
• Change management
• Results orientation
• Teamwork

Pay

$79.32 - $81.40 per hour.

Schedule

• Full-time
• 40 hours per week
• Day shift: Monday–Friday, 08:30 AM–05:00 PM
• Onsite at Mapunapuna Medical Offices, Gastroenterology-Regular Clinic

Travel

Yes, 10% of the time.