Diabetes Nurse Educator/Nurse Coordinator-OB/GYN
University of Maryland Emergency Medicine
Location
Baltimore, Maryland
Salary
$83,400 - $125,000 / YEAR
Quick overview
This role primarily involves providing diabetes education for gestational and pre-existing diabetes across three outpatient OB/GYN locations, including counseling and CGM data management. Additionally, the coordinator supports clinical operations at the Redwood practice, focusing on triage, scheduling, and care plan follow-up for high-risk obstetric patients.
Requirements summary
Candidates must possess an active RN license, with a BSN preferred, and a minimum of two years of clinical experience, strongly preferring prior OB experience. Experience with diabetes education, CGM platforms, or nutrition counseling is preferred, alongside strong communication and teaching skills.
Job description
The OB Diabetes Educator / OB-GYN RN Coordinator provides nursing support across three outpatient OB/GYN practices. The Diabetes Educator responsibilities (60%) cover all outpatient OB/GYN locations—Redwood, Penn Street, and Midtown—while the RN OB/GYN Coordination responsibilities (40%) are housed at and support the Redwood practice specifically. This role supports high-risk obstetric patients, ensures continuity of care, and facilitates multidisciplinary collaboration
- Essential functions
- Provide diabetes education for gestational and pre-existing diabetes, including glucose monitoring, medication guidance, and lifestyle counseling across Redwood, Penn Street, and Midtown practices.
- Offer nutrition counseling in person and via telemedicine as appropriate.
- Monitor and interpret CGM data, support device setup, troubleshoot issues, and oversee CGM trends for all diabetes patients.
- Conduct diabetes follow-up in person, via telemedicine, and through the live diabetes roster.
- Ensure timely coordination and communication with Maternal-Fetal Medicine, endocrinology, and nutrition services.
- Provide a warm handoff to primary care or endocrinology postpartum for all diabetic patients.
- Serve as a member of the OB/GYN coordination team housed at Redwood, supporting triage, scheduling workflows, provider documentation needs, and care plan follow-up.
- Support clinical coordination for the Redwood OB/GYN practice.
- EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Active RN license; BSN preferred. 2+ years clinical experience; OB experience strongly preferred.
- Experience with diabetes education, CGM platforms, or nutrition counseling preferred.
- Strong communication, triage, and patient-teaching skills.
- Total Rewards The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of University of Maryland’s Faculty Physician’s Inc. salary range for this position.
- Some candidates will not be eligible for the upper end of the salary range.
- Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, internal equity, responsibility factor and span of control, education/training and other qualifications.
- University of Maryland Faculty Physician’s Inc. offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement.
- More information can be found here: https://www.umfpi.org/jobs/summary-employee-benefits [https://www.umfpi.org/jobs/summary-employee-benefits].