Diabetes Specialty Care Nurse Practitioner

Job Description A bit more about this role:

This position represents an amazing opportunity for an endocrinology or diabetes specialized nurse practitioner (APRN) with a big heart and entrepreneurial spirit. Your primary focus will be delivering world class diabetes care to our members. In this role you will be working in a next generation virtual diabetes clinic that dramatically expands access to specialty care for America's most vulnerable seniors.

You will also utilize and help improve our home-grown technology and electronic health information platform to carry out these visits. On a day-to-day basis you will work closely with our virtual speciality clinic team members at Devoted Medical including Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES), physicians and other APRNs, medical assistants, pharmacists and social workers. You will be a key member of our interprofessional team.

The diabetes clinic is one of several of Devoted's virtual specialty care programs that were designed as “micro centers of excellence” that deliver highly tailored, specialized care to patients with a specific chronic condition - e.g. diabetes, congestive heart failure, hypertension, etc.

• Conduct focused and thorough assessments of patients with diabetes through virtual consultations including ordering advanced diagnostics, interpreting lab and imaging data, and developing a treatment plan in collaboration with the speciality care clinic team.

• Formulate accurate diagnoses and develop individualized treatment plans for patients with diabetes, including medication management, lifestyle modifications, and monitoring recommendations.

• Collaborate closely with other members of the care team including PCPs, endocrinologists, and other Devoted team members including pharmacy, clinical nursing, social work, certified diabetes educators, as well as interfacing with family members and caregivers to coordinate holistic care for the member, ensure continuity of care and deliver a collaborative care plan.

• Serve as the clinical advisor and provide clinical escalation support for the speciality clinic staff and other teams during business hours.

• Participate in regular panel review discussions to offer advice and provide guidance around medical management.

• Perform comprehensive assessment including comprehensive diagnosis/disease review, medication review, and assessment for quality of care (STARS/HEDIS) interventions as well as social and home health/DME needs.

• Utilize our home grown electronic health information system for visits while also providing feedback on how to improve the interface.

• Maintain accurate and up-to-date patient records, ensuring compliance with relevant legal and ethical guidelines.

• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and ongoing professional development to stay current on best practices and advancements in diabetes care.

• Adhere to all relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards, including patient privacy and telehealth regulations.

• Skilled nurse practitioner with thorough understanding of Diabetes management including diseases process, treatment modalities, medication management and lifestyle modification.

• You are experienced working on an interprofessional team and enjoy team-based care.

• You have great clinical and non-clinical judgment.

• You are thorough and take the time to address the needs of your patients.

• You are deeply empathetic and humanistic, and want to go the last mile for your patients.

• You enjoy a fast-paced, high-energy, organization. Agility and collaboration are key as we will change and improve quickly.

• You welcome learning and using new technologies that are being developed in parallel. You thrive on knowing your work can help make these technologies better for you and your patients.

• You learn from every experience and are not afraid to fail - that's how you're wired.

• Finally and most importantly, you have a passion for making healthcare better, solving complex problems, and supporting the delivery of healthcare that we would want for our own family members.

• APRN with 5 or more years working in…