Diabetes Nurse Practitioner - High Risk/Maternal Fetal Medicine Office - Knoxville

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Job Type

Full-time

Description

High Risk Obstetrical Consultants is looking to add a dynamic Nurse Practitioner to our diabetes team. The mid-level practitioner will provide diabetic services to our Type 1, Type 2 and Gestational Diabetic patients. The below is an overview and may not be inclusive of all responsibilities.

Position Overview

The Nurse Practitioner provides specialty appropriate patient diagnosis, treatments/procedures, education, consultation, and follow-up under the supervision of one or more physicians.

About the Position

This is a full-time position consisting of 4 ½ days per week. The candidate will be responsible for compassionately caring for pregnant women. You must also be able to devise a detailed treatment plan that will further the care and treatment of our patients.

• Assessing appropriate gestational progress
• Educating patients about diabetes in pregnancy
• Eliciting comprehensive health histories
• Ordering and interpreting common laboratory and other diagnostic tests
• Prescribing medication
• Scheduling new referrals in an appropriate time frame.
• Ordering immunizations
• Adjust oral medication and insulin adjustments as appropriate
• Educating diabetic patients on carbohydrate counting, meal planning, use of glucose monitors, logging results, insulin pens, and insulin pumps to assist with calculated doses
• Build a rapport with providers to discuss ongoing patient plans of care
• Record detailed and accurate documentation in the medical chart
• Effective communication with all team members

Benefits available including health insurance, dental insurance, 401K with Match and paid time off.

Requirements

• Current Nurse Practitioner License
• Certified Diabetes Educator or willingness to achieve certification
• A minimum of two years diabetic education experience.
• Comfortable with computer platforms such as Word, Excel, Outlook