What are the responsibilities and job description for the Advanced Practice RN (APRN) Specialty-Endocrinology position at baptisthealth?
Job Summary: The Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) is responsible for practicing medicine to include conducting examinations and writing prescriptions. Within physician –APRN collaborative agreement, the APRN exercises autonomy in medical decision-making and provides a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services with no supervision requirement. May practice in several specialty areas including occupational medicine, surgery, urgent care, family/internal medicine and specialty.
Endocrine Disorders
Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville physicians, nurses, and other medical team members are equipped to provide care for a wide range of endocrine disorders and conditions, including:
- Adrenal gland disorders
- Cushing’s syndrome
- Diabetes mellitus
- Graves’ disease
- Growth disorders
- Hashimoto’s disease
- Hypertension (high blood pressure)
- Hyperthyroidism
- Hypothyroidism
- Infertility
- Metabolic bone disease (MBD)
- Pituitary disorders
- Thyroid and other glandular cancers
The goal in every case is restoration of the patient’s good health, to the extent possible, by reestablishing the body’s proper hormonal balances.
Endocrinological Services
The medical professionals at Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville offer a comprehensive suite of diagnostic and treatment options for addressing health issues related to the endocrine system:
- Diagnostic procedures, including imaging studies, urine testing, hormone analysis, and identification of genetic abnormalities.
- Medication therapy
- Hormone therapy
- Minimum Education, Experience, Training, and Licensures/Certifications/Registrations Required:
- BSN required; MSN required
- Successful completion of advanced practitioner training and certification as a practitioner from an approved nurse practitioner program
- Eligible at all times to be insured for professional liability
- Active RN license in Kentucky or compact state
- Current unrestricted license to practice as an APRN in the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- BLS Certification