Overview
Looking to be part of something more meaningful? At HonorHealth, you’ll be part of a team, creating a multi-dimensional care experience for our patients. You’ll have opportunities to make a difference. From our Ambassador Movement to our robust training and development programs, you can select where and how you want to make an impact.
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HonorHealth is one of Arizona’s largest nonprofit healthcare systems, serving a population of five million people in the greater Phoenix metropolitan area. The comprehensive network encompasses six acute-care hospitals, an extensive medical group with primary, specialty and urgent care services, a cancer care network, outpatient surgery centers, clinical research, medical education, a foundation, an accountable care organization, community services and more. With nearly 15,000 team members, 3,700 affiliated providers and close to 2,000 volunteers dedicated to providing high quality care, HonorHealth strives to go beyond the expectations of a traditional healthcare system to improve the health and well-being of communities across Arizona. Learn more at HonorHealth.com.
Responsibilities
Job Summary
Oversees inpatient diabetes services throughout the hospital. Participates in assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care on a daily basis. Responsible for educating nursing, physician and ancillary staff, assuring that orders are developed and followed. Performs metabolic management daily for patients with hyperglycemia. Incumbent is a professional nurse.
- Participates in order development and review to evaluate their effect on hyperglycemia.
- Review daily lab reports for patients requiring metabolic management for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia. Makes recommendations to physicians regarding medical management and medication adjustment.
- Designs, implements and manages a system for organizing, planning and controlling work flow related to clinical activities.
- Responsible for orientation and skills lab training for diabetes management and education.
- Provides direct patient education and coordination of care in planning for discharge and transition to outpatient services.
- Evaluates and develops patient educational materials and gives patient and/or family members instructions on diabetes self management education.
- Trains, oversees and provides current patient information to nurses and other health care personnel in order to assure comprehensive patient care.
- Participates in achieving length of stay goals for diabetes population by reviewing unit glycemia results.
- Participates in diabetes research trials.
- Assists in the yearly diabetes conference for inpatient nursing.
- Maintains cooperative, collaborative relationship with surgery, periop services, lab, pharmacy, nutrition services, intensivists, hospitalists and other physician groups to ensure optimal care of patients with diabetes.
- Orients, trains and mentors new staff.
Qualifications
Education
Bachelor's Degree BSN from a NLN/CCNE accredited school of nursing Required
Experience
5 years professional nursing experience Required
5 years nursing experience including patient education and/or staff development skills Required
Licenses and Certifications
Nursing RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure OR possesses a temporary license from the Arizona State Board of Nursing to practice as a Registered Nurse; permanent license from the Arizona State Board of Nursing required within four (4) months of employment. Upon Hire Required
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