Urgent Search! ARNP - Nurse Practitioner - Nursing Home Services - Per Diem Olympia/Tacoma/Silverdale
Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Seattle
Posted on: November 3, 2025
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Job Description:
Job Description Description: SEEKING EXPERIENCED ARNP - ADVANCED
REGISTERED NURSE PRACTITIONER - PER DIEM NURSING HOME SERVICES
TACOMA/OLYMPIA/SILVERDALE - APPROX. 4-6 SHIFTS PER MONTH - SOME
MONTHS MORE MAY BE AVAILABLE Job Summary: Provide mid-level
practitioner services to geriatric population in sub-acute skilled
nursing facility (SNF) stays and residential care. Perform in-depth
physical assessment and management of illnesses or conditions
within the ARNP scope of practice and in collaboration with MD,
pharmacists, and other interdisciplinary team members. May diagnose
and manage acute episodic and chronic health problems
independently. Essential Responsibilities: - Provides comprehensive
evaluation and management of acute, episodic, and chronic health
problems for patients in skilled nursing facility and residential
care stays, ensuring complete and appropriate assessment and plan
of care in a timely manner within ARNP scope of practice.
Collaborates with attending physician and provides mid-level
practitioner services, including initial evaluation, ongoing
medical monitoring, triage of changes in patient condition for the
MD/ARNP team, and ensures appropriate medical discharge planning.
Uses prescriptive authority, in compliance with State and Federal
law, to appropriately order medications, treatments, and therapies.
Orders and interprets lab work, x-rays, and other tests.
Facilitates day to day plans for ongoing medical care; makes
telephone encounter or episodic visits as necessary in response to
patient, family, and SNF/LTC facility concerns. Performs annual
physical assessments for residential patients. - Provides primary
contact for health and medical care for Kaiser Foundation Health
Plan of Washington members during a nursing home stay. Monitors
quality of care and provides expert clinical resource for nursing
home staff. Educates patients and families about medical treatment
options. Participates in family care conferences when needed for
health care planning. Coordinates care within KFHPW care continuum.
Monitors quality of care and provides expert clinical resource for
nursing home staff. - Ensures complete, accurate, legible, and
timely submission of paperwork. Attends staff meetings.
Participates in after-hours call coverage rotation. Participates in
precepting ARNP students. Makes presentations to facilities,
communities, and colleagues. Participates in Nursing Home Services
quality improvement projects. Basic Qualifications: Experience -
Minimum two (2) years of geriatric clinical experience in acute and
chronic health problems. - Per the National Agreement, current KP
Coalition employees have this experience requirement waived.
Education - Masters degree in nursing from an accredited school of
nursing. License, Certification, Registration - Registered Nurse
License (Washington) required at hire OR Compact License:
Registered Nurse required at hire - Nurse Practitioner License
(Washington) required at hire - Driver's License (Washington)
required at hire - Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner
Certificate with Prescriptive Authority (Washington) required at
hire - Basic Life Support required at hire Additional Requirements:
- Geriatric clinical expertise in acute and chronic health
problems. Preferred Qualifications: - Two (2) years of geriatric or
long-term care experience as a nurse practitioner. - Expanded
prescriptive authority for Schedule II-IV medications.
Keywords: Kaiser Permanente, Seattle , Urgent Search! ARNP - Nurse Practitioner - Nursing Home Services - Per Diem Olympia/Tacoma/Silverdale, Healthcare , Seattle, Washington
