Registered Nurse - Primary Care, Fort Collins

Job Summary

Practices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions and delegated medical functions in accordance with accepted practice standards. Functions include the initiation and performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, and physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, and skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, and behavioral science principles.

Essential Responsibilities

• Knows and complies with all Kaiser Permanente quality, safety, and emergency policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates quality and effectiveness in work habits and clinical practice in every interaction with patients, colleagues, providers, and leadership.
• Ensures patient safety in the preparation and provisioning of care related to but not limited to medications including the consistent use of 5 rights and 3 checks of medication administration, procedures, infection prevention, fall prevention, including consistent use of two patient identifiers and procedural time outs.
• Reports safety hazards, accidents and incidents, and unsafe working conditions promptly.
• Evaluates health status through the collection and assessment of health data.
• Collects subjective and objective data. Analyzes reports and records data. Uses data to identify health care problems and create plan. Prioritizes patients needs.
• Trikes patients either in person or via telephone and implements proper course of action in accordance with established protocol/guideline or in consultation with provider.
• Conducts telephone calls backs to patients requiring follow-up care.
• Evaluates emergency situations and initiates appropriate nursing interventions.
• Provides health teaching and health counseling to patients and/or their families.
• Executes delegated medical functions which delivers aspects of care that implement and are consistent with the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physicians delegated authority.
• Administers intravenous therapy and other medications.
• Provides therapy and treatment that is supportive and restorative to life and well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules and regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others.
• Refers to medical or community agencies per Kaiser Permanente guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance.
• Reviews and monitors therapy and treatment patient plans. Initiates appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly.
• Facilitates the coordination and integration of care between health care services; manages populations of patients to ensure appropriate utilization of health care resources.
• Leads health care team by influence and role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, service, innovation and providing outstanding support for physician practices.
• Patient advocate.

Experience

• Minimum one (1) year of experience as a Registered Nurse (RN) required.

Education

• Graduate of board approved RN program and completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience and guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible.
• High School Diploma OR General Education Diploma (GED) required.

Licenses, Certifications, Registrations

• Registered Nurse License (Colorado)

Additional Requirements

• Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities and the ability to understand Kaiser Permanente customer needs.