Clinical Nurse Specialist-Adult Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinics
Serve as the clinical expert
Serve as the clinical expert for adult diabetes and endocrinology care, leading evidence-based practice initiatives that improve outcomes, reduce preventable emergency department visits and hospital readmissions, and optimize chronic disease management.
Partner with endocrinology, diabetes education, and primary care teams to strengthen diabetes management across the continuum, supporting specialty clinics while empowering primary care teams to confidently manage appropriate patients.
Lead quality improvement, practice change, and care redesign initiatives that enhance care coordination, improve access to specialty services, and promote safe, effective outpatient diabetes management.
Mentor and consult with nurses and interdisciplinary teams on complex diabetes care, including medication management, diabetes technologies, insulin regimens, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM), insulin pumps, and patient self-management strategies.
Support the integration of evidence-based practice, research, and new technologies while serving as a key resource for ambulatory nursing staff, diabetes educators, and organizational leaders across multiple practice settings.
Qualifications
- Master's Degree or doctoral degree in Nursing Required
- Master's Degree or doctoral degree (DNP or PhD) with CNS role focus Preferred
- Work Experience: 2 years of recent adult diabetes and/or endocrinology nursing experience is highly preferred, with advanced knowledge of outpatient diabetes management, current diabetes medications, and diabetes technology strongly preferred.
- 3 years of relevant clinical nursing experience Required
- Previous experience as a clinical nurse specialist Preferred
- Experience in an academic medical center Preferred
Licenses & Certifications
- Basic Life Support CPR/BLS certification Upon Hire Required
- CNS certification Preferred
- Certification in specialty area of practice Preferred