Diabetes/Endocrine (APRN) UofL Health

UofL Health/UofL Physicians Group is seeking a Diabetes Advanced Practice Registered Nurse Practitioner.

Job Summary:

The Diabetes Nurse Practitioner will function as a provider within a Level 1 academic medical center caring for critically ill patients. The Diabetes APRN will function in collaboration with multiple physician groups in the care of adult patients with critical traumatic or acute illness. His/her primary responsibility will be to manage preexisting and new onset diabetes in critically ill, hospitalized patient in an intensive care and progressive care setting. They will perform physical exams, collect and document data, organize approved diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, order and schedule laboratory studies and professional consults, prescribe appropriate interventions and medications, and provide direct patient care services in the hospital setting. The Diabetes APRN will contribute to excellence in patient care, research, teaching, consulting and provide leadership within the organization and the nursing profession.

Job Requirements/Qualifications:

• Education/Accreditation/Licensure (required & preferred):
• Master’s degree required.
• Must hold valid Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure in the state of Kentucky.
• Minimum three years of relevant advanced practice nursing experience. Prefer academic medical center experience. Prefer ICU experience. Prefer previous experience with management of diabetes in an acute care setting.

Must hold valid Advanced Practice Nursing Licensure in the state of Kentucky

Essential Functions:

• Provide direct clinical services for critically ill surgical and medical adult patients with diabetes in collaboration with the patient’s primary physician team.
• Obtain patient health histories and complete physical examinations.  Document pertinent normal and abnormal findings and narrative summaries within the medical record.
• Order and interpret appropriate diagnostic and laboratory tests.  Explain the necessity, risks and benefits of anticipated procedures to patients, family and other staff. 
• Organize, perform and document approved therapeutic or diagnostic procedures based upon patient’s clinical status.
• Provide diabetic education along with the diabetes educator.
• Formulate and initiate treatment plan for acute illness management in collaboration with patient’s primary medical team and multi-disciplinary team members.
• Utilize prescriptive privileges within the confines of Kentucky state law.
• Asses patients for change in status and institute appropriate interventions. Initiate necessary emergency interventions to stabilize patients.
• Provide patient-family centered care by communicating effectively with patients and family members.
• Utilize current research and evidenced based practice decision making in all clinical practice.  Incorporate clinical research findings in the development and implementation of standards of care.
• Support clinical research as conducted by the organization.
• Serve as a clinical leader and expert to nursing staff and members of the multidisciplinary team.
• Demonstrate responsibility for professional practice through active participation in hospital led Nurse Practitioner initiatives, participation in professional organizations and continuing education.
•  Collaboratively work with service chiefs, physicians, nursing and other interdisciplinary departments to achieve hospital defined goals.
• Performs all other activities by proactively identifying problems and solutions for the welfare of the patients, community and hospital.
• Perform other duties as assigned

University of Louisville Hospital Core Expectations:

Collaboration and Teamwork: works cooperatively and collaboratively with others toward the accomplishment of shared goals.

Valuing Diversity: recognizing and embracing the unique talents and contributions of others.

Service Orientation: desire to serve and focus one’s efforts on discovering and meeting the needs of internal and external customers.

Achieves Results: reflects a drive to achieve and outperform. Continuously looking for improvements. Accepts responsibility for actions and results.

Organizational Alignment: ability to align people, processes and organizational structure with UMC’s strategic direction.

Developing Others: views people, their knowledge and capabilities as assets and provides opportunities that allow employees to continuously learn and develop.

Communication: practices attentive and active listening and can restate opinions of others; communicates messages in a way that has the desired effect.

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, Frazier Rehabilitation Institute, nearly 200 physician practice locations, and more than 1,000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. UofL Health – UofL Physicians has a vast network of community and academic physicians bringing the expertise, care and compassion that is at the core of our mission to every patient we serve. As a leading academic health system, we've attracted specialists from every discipline –– seasoned caregivers who have experience with a broad range of complex medical and surgical issues. 

Through our affiliation with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials, collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives. New discoveries, treatments and technology are happening every day right here at UofL Health. Our physicians are directly involved in transforming the future of care and passing knowledge on to the next generation of health care professionals. 

With more than 14,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care. As a UofL Physicians provider, you have access to the physicians and clinical staff throughout the organization. This advantage gives you access to more than 1,000 providers, many of whom are world-renowned experts with extensive experience and training. These specialists are partners in your patient's care. 

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UofL Health and its organizations are Equal Opportunity Employers and support a drug-free work environment.

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