Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist

UnitedHealth Group•Sugar Land, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation’s leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together. The Certified Diabetes Educator participates in the development, implementation, and evaluation of diabetes education programs throughout Kelsey-Seybold Clinic.

Requirements

RN
CDE and RN
2+ years of related clinical experience, patient education, program development
Proven excellent Written and verbal communication skills
Proven excellent organizational skills

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s and/or Master’s Degree
Supervisory/ management experience

Responsibilities

Collaborates with physicians, Health Services Coordinators, and nursing staff to identify patient populations requiring intensive patient education programs
Assists in staff education related to diabetes
Works with Marketing Department and Health Promotion to develop custom patient education materials and other marketing activities. Collaborates with Patient Services, Nutritional Services, the Foundation and other areas as needed
Ensures clinic site compliance with organizational, professional, regulatory and governmental standards of care. Translates and implements changes needed with the clinic site to promote clinic compliance with regulatory standards. Determines the intent of standards as they are related to clinic operations and initiates planning and interventions designed to meet them within specified time frames. Stays current with national specialty standards and promotes professionalism through participation in professional organizations and/or utilization of literature
Establishes, maintains, and monitors diabetes education programs throughout the clinic
Provides direct teaching and/or management of high-risk patients with diabetes in accordance with an endocrinologist established algorithms
Ensures delivery of safe and efficient care. Reviews with health service coordinators perceived problems in patient education resources, staff education needs, resource availability, patient transition problems, financial data, multidisciplinary team functioning and patient and family expectations. Addresses infection control data to determine effect on complications and initiates controls within the environment to decrease/stabilize this factor. Validates with responsible physicians that care provided to patients is consistent with identified medical regimens. Collaborates with various ancillary services to assure appropriate supplies, equipment, laundry, pharmaceutical and computer-related issues and items are available to clinic site at all times for smooth and efficient patient care delivery
Attends Diabetes Committee meetings and other meetings as assigned
Functions as a Case Manager for Diabetes patients. Selects vendors of educational materials and obtains approval from clinic experts
Performs other duties as assigned