Endocrinology Advanced Practice Provider - Full Time

RWJBarnabas Health•New Brunswick, NJ

About The Position

Endocrinology Advanced Practice Provider - Full Time Job Overview: Seeking an Advanced Practice Nurse-for the Inpatient Programs and the Outpatient Ambulatory Endocrinology Service. The primary purpose of the Endocrinology Practice Nurse position is to serve as an expert in the delivery of advanced nursing care to patients with endocrine disorders, especially patients with diabetes mellitus. For the latter, the advanced practice nurse will also be a Certified Diabetic Educator CDE/ CDCES (certified diabetes care and education specialist). About Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital New Brunswick Founded in 1884, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, is an academic medical center whose Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, and women's and children's care, including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children's Hospital (BMSCH). BMSCH serves as the focal point of New Brunswick's growing children's health campus, which includes the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, PSE&G Children's Specialized Hospital, and Ronald McDonald House - New Brunswick. The free-standing, state-designated, acute care children's hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that is specially designed to care for children. From pediatric surgery, urology, and cardiology to oncology, hematology, and pulmonology, BMSCH's specialists and intensivists provide advanced care for children of all ages--from fragile newborns to adolescents. As the flagship cancer hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, RWJUH New Brunswick is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. Featuring a Level 1 Trauma Center and the first Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH's New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness. About RWJBarnabas Health RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey's largest integrated health care delivery system, providing treatment and services to more than three million patients each year. With 12 acute care hospitals, 3 children's hospitals, a growing number of our outpatient facilities and physician practices, our healthcare system is committed to providing the highest quality of patient care and health education to the community and region. Our dedication to serving the people of New Jersey extends far beyond the care we provide within our hospital walls. We support programs that promote health and wellness in our communities and provide access to services that would otherwise be unavailable. We are committed to the ongoing improvement of the health, quality of life, and vitality of our communities. We strive to bring the best healthcare to meet the evolving needs of residents in New Jersey -- whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education. Our partnership with Rutgers University creates the state's largest academic healthcare system dedicated to providing high-quality patient care, leading-edge research, and world-class health and medical education, further advancing our mission of providing high-quality healthcare in New Jersey. The new collaboration also aligns RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers' education, research, and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care .

Requirements

Graduate of an accredited School of Nursing with a minimum of a Masters' Degree required
RN License
APN License
Certified Nurse Practitioner by the Board of Nursing with prescriptive authority in the State of New Jersey ( CDS and DEA)
BLS
Diabetes experience

Nice To Haves

Certification as a Diabetic Educator, CDE OR CDCES (certified diabetes care and education specialist)

Responsibilities

In collaboration with the attending physician, maintains responsibility for the coordination and direct care of patients within the scope of practice for Endocrinology, maintains clinical protocols as necessary, and provides patient education.
Responsible for patient care in a high volume outpatient environment and shows flexibility and makes independent decisions in sometimes high stress situations.
Expertly handles unexpected and highly sensitive situations related to the diverse problems of patients with diabetes mellitus
Assists physicians in evaluating patients and providing diagnoses and treatment plans during outpatients visit .
Performs full medical histories and physical examinations, formulate diagnoses, treatment plans, and orders on patients seen in clinic .
Participates in development and implementation of patients' diabetes education. This includes demonstration of blood glucose monitoring equipment and insulin pump use, and care and nutritional instruction to control sugar spikes.
Coordinates multidisciplinary health care services and arranges diagnostic tests as ordered by physicians, determines when patients may benefit from social work or nutrition services.
Educates patients and staff on guidelines for the administration and self-injection of insulin and other drugs designed to control the increase in blood glucose i.e. AIC result.
Helps implement protocols for diabetes mellitus and other endocrine disorders.
Triages patient inquiries and communicates test results.
Responsible for the pre-certification and pre-authorization of prescriptions and for calling in prescription refills.
Establishes priorities for nursing care through patient assessment and develops nursing care plans.
Records medical information within the patients' electronic medical record
Orients new staff.
Assists in reviewing and revising policies and procedures.
Assesses patient eligibility and reviews patient medical history for inclusion in clinical studies.