Registered Nurse-Eye Care ( Job Number: 207631 )
Location: Lone Tree Colorado
Description: Kaiser Permanente is currently interviewing Registered Nurse-Eye Care ( Job Number: 207631 ) right now, this job will be placed in Colorado. More complete informations about this job opportunity please give attention to these descriptions. Practices professional nursing by the performance of both independent nursing functions & delegated medical functions in accordance! w/ accepted practice standards. Such functions include the initiation & performance of nursing care through health promotion, supportive or restorative care, disease prevention, diagnosis & treatment of human disease, ailment, pain, injury, deformity, & physical or mental condition using specialized knowledge, judgment, & skill involving the application of biological, physical, social, & behavioral science principles. CRS 12-38-103 (10). Makes members/patients & their needs a primary focus of one's actions; develops & sustains productive member/patient relationships. Actively seeks information to understand member/patient circumstances, problems, expectations, & needs. Builds rapport & cooperative relationship w/ members/patients. Considers how actions or plans will affect members; responds quickly to meet member/patient needs & resolves problems.
Essential Functions:
- (Adopted from Colorado State Nurse Practice Act CRS 12-38-103) Evaluating hea! lth status through the collection & assessment of health data ! CRS 12-38-103 (10)
- Collects subjective & objective data
- Analyzes reports, & record data
- Uses data to identify health care problems & create plan
- Prioritizes patient’s needs
- Triage patients either in person or via telephone & implements proper course of action in accordance w/ established protocol/guideline or in consultation w/ provider
- Conducts telephone calls backs to patients requiring follow-up care
- Evaluates emergency situations & initiates appropriate nursing interventions
- Health teaching & health counseling to patients and/or their families
- Executing delegated medical functions which delivers aspects of care that implement & are consistent w/ the medical plan as prescribed by a licensed or otherwise legally authorized physician or person acting under the physician’s delegated authority
- Administers intravenous therapy & other medications
- Providing therapy & treatment! that is supportive & restorative to life & well being either directly to the patient or indirectly through consultation with, delegation to (per Colorado State Board of Nursing rules & regulations for delegation), supervision of, or teaching others
- Referring to medical or community agencies per KP guidelines those patients who need further treatment, evaluation, or assistance
- Review & monitor therapy & treatment patient plans
- Initiate appropriate consultations and/or actions accordingly
- facilitates the coordination & 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 & role modeling integrated effective nursing practice, service, innovation & providing outstanding support for physician practices
- Patient advocate
- In addition to defined technical requirements, accountable for consistently ! demonstrating service behaviors & principles defined by the KP Service ! Quality Credo, the KP Mission as well as specific departmental/organizational initiatives
- Also accountable for consistently demonstrating the knowledge, skills, abilities, & behaviors necessary to provide superior & culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, & to purchasers, contracted providers & vendors
Basic Qualifications:
- Ophthalmology experience required
- Skills required include visual acuity, history, pupil exam, applanation tonometry, refractometry, visual fields, knowledge of eye medications & minor procedures
- Applicant must be a graduate of board approved RN program & completed a minimum of 750 clock hours of faculty planned clinical experience & guided learning activities which required direct supervision by faculty, associate nursing instructional personnel (ANIP) or preceptor who is physically present or immediately accessible
- Currently licensed as a RN in! the State of Colorado
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) & Taxonomy code required at time of hire
- Demonstrated customer service skills, customer focus abilities & the ability to understand KP customer needs
- Slit lamp examination skills, fundus photography & ultrasound preferred
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This job starts available on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 02:43:32 GMT