Diabetes Educator III

Texas Children's Hospital•Houston, TX

23h

About The Position

The Diabetes Educator III provides assessment, goal setting, education, behavioral intervention, and ongoing case management to patients and caregivers to promote diabetes self-management in inpatient and ambulatory settings. The role contributes to position papers, guideline development, and other literature that advances the specialty, and develops processes to improve transitions of care and ensure access to appropriate self-management education and resources. The position also creates innovative strategies to advance the Quadruple Aim: population health, quality of the patient care experience, costs associated with care, and meaningfulness of the provider’s experience. The educator provides individualized diabetes self-management education and training, assesses patient learning needs and barriers, evaluates needs over time, interprets monitoring and technology data, and translates findings into recommendations aligned with the plan of care. The role documents patient encounters in the electronic medical record and uses research and quality improvement findings to inform practice.

Requirements

Associate’s degree in Nursing, or a bachelor’s or master’s degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Education, or Nursing.
CDCES certification from the Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education, or BC-ADM certification from the Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education.
Five years of diabetes care experience as a licensed dietitian or nurse.

Responsibilities

Provides individualized diabetes self-management education and training to individuals and groups in accordance with the Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional Performance for Diabetes Educators.
Uses the ADCES 7 Self-Care Behaviors® framework to teach, reinforce, and evaluate self-management skills.
Assesses patients’ skills, knowledge, education, health literacy and numeracy, culture, readiness to learn, preferred learning style and language, learning barriers, financial barriers, technology confidence and skills, and support needs.
Evaluates patient needs at appropriate intervals and suggests management strategies, including IIM and diabetes technology.
Interprets data generated from monitoring tools.
Translates technology data findings into actionable recommendations based on the plan of care.
Records daily activities and patient-related encounters in the electronic medical record using appropriate formats.
Uses technology and databases to search for publications and appropriately filter data.
Applies critical thinking to evaluate research and quality improvement findings.
Contributes to position papers, guideline development, or other literature to advance the specialty.
Develops processes to improve transitions of care and ensure appropriate self-management education and resources.
Creates strategies to achieve the Quadruple Aim.