The Pulmonology Advanced Practice Provider would be responsible for clinic office visits, inhaler education, and common pulmonary conditions treated. This position would be responsible for follow-up visits following the physician plan of care and would not be taking on new patients. The person in this position would collaborate directly with the physician for acutely ill patients seen in the clinic.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop patient/family-centered relationships and assist with decision-making based on assessment of patient medical histories, symptoms, examinations, diagnosis, conditions, and patient/family preference.
- Communicate and collaborate concisely and continuously among the clinical team, including physicians, both verbally and in documentation, focusing on patients identified problems and needs by implementing and monitoring patient care plans, as well as recording and communicating patient conditions as appropriate, to optimize their health outcomes.
- Assess and coordinate patient's discharge planning needs with members of the healthcare team.
- Competently apply collaborative teamwork and leadership as a member of an inter-professional team to coordinate patient-centered care for quality patient and unit outcomes of care processes by:
- Utilizing information, resources, and technology.
- Provide Patient Centered Care Nursing processes including Patient/Family, Evidence Based Practices (EBP), safety, and process improvement.
- Exemplify professionalism: apply lifelong learning; contribute to the science of nursing; participate in governance; share knowledge to expand the scale and scope of best practices with others; build the ethical, moral, and regulatory base for best practices and processes of patient and unit care.
- Perform care according to the population served on the unit as referenced in the Administrative, Scope of Services Policy.
- Perform other duties in line with current basic nurse practitioner scope.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Required:
- Master’s degree in Nursing
- Current Advanced Practice Registered Nurse license to practice in Kansas
- Current Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers
Preferred:
- 2+ years of APP experience
BEHAVIORAL EXPECTATIONS (common to all positions)
- Patient 1st – I consider the patient 1st in everything we do.
- Better Together – I am part of the LMH team that works together to achieve excellence.
- Speak Up – I communicate openly and welcome feedback to make us better.
- Be Bold – I boldly take risks to creatively explore, innovate, and learn from our experiences.
- Own It – I take accountability for my actions and hold others accountable for theirs.
- In Joy – I create a workplace that is both fun and meaningful.
HIPAA
This position will have access to the following Protected Health Information (PHI) in order to carry out the duties related to their position in the organization based on the following criteria:
- Primary – required (routine) to do the job.
- Secondary – required for the job, but mostly by exception.
- None – no approved access.
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