Nurse Coordinator

Location

Louisville, KY | United States

Job description

Overview

We are hiring at UofL Physicians for a

Nurse Coordinator, Department of Medicine, Endocrinology Division

1st Shift, Monday – Friday.

About Us

UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with seven hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 1000 providers, the Frazier Rehabilitation Institute and the Brown Cancer Center.

With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Our Mission

As an academic health care system, we will transform the health of the communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care

Job Summary:

The Nurse Coordinator will provide outpatient clinical care andpatient/family services on an initial and ongoing basis. The Coordinator will serve as thepatient/family’s liaison between the EP Director, cardiac cath lab, nurse practitioners, andcardiologists on all EP related issues. The individual is the subject matter expert onmanagement of out-patient EP services and serves as a key member of the Electrophysiologyteam.

Responsibilities

• Responsibilities:

  • Oversight of the planning, implementation, and evaluation of the DSME Program.
  • Arranges and coordinates the activities of the advisory group.
  • Liaises between the staff, the advisory group, other departments and administration.
  • Monitors and facilitates maintenance of staff qualifications.
  • Assess, plan, implement, and evaluate the educational needs of diabetic patients.
  • Implement an individual teaching plan, coordinate continuing education, and provide follow-up diabetes and health care management.
  • Provide initial and follow-up insulin pump education, CGMS, and glucometers.
  • Provide management via internet and telemedicine for diabetes and gestational diabetes patients.
  • Conduct diabetes self-management education (DSME) group classes.
  • Assist with developing a comprehensive AADE /ADA accredited program in diabetes education (DSME) under direction of endocrine faculty.
  • Conduct specialized endocrine tests with repeated blood sampling.
  • Help coordinate osteoporosis treatments.
  • Coordinate hospital transitional care visits.
  • Assist with CFRD (cystic fibrosis related diabetes) Program.
  • Schedule and organize Nuclear Medicine/ Endocrine tests including radioiodine scans.
  • Obtain prior authorizations and provide prescription refill support.
  • Communicate verbally, and via electronic medical record, to health care team, goals of treatment as needed.
  • Document all plans of care and record patient meter readings in medical chart.
  • Answer telephone inquiries.
  • Adhere to timely documentation using electronic medical records.

Qualifications

Education:• Graduation from an accredited nursing program

Experience:• Five years’ nursing experience in an environment commensurate with the practice settingand programmatic needs of the EP Cardiology patient population (i.e. cardiology clinic,cath lab, EP lab, etc.).

• Demonstrates effective physician relations, communication skills and organizationalskills.

• Supervisory experience (preferred)

Licensure:• Active Kentucky or Compact LPN

Certification:• Basic Life Saving (BLS) accredited by the American Heart Association (AHA) (required)• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) (preferred)• CCDS, CEPS, or CDRMS certification from IBHRE (preferred)

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