Diabetes Educator
About The Position
The Diabetes Educator provides individualized diabetes education and support to patients and families, recognizing that each patient's self-management needs and level of caregiver involvement are different. The role includes assessment, goal setting, care planning, implementation, and evaluation and follow-up, using evidence-based guidelines and appropriate community resources. The educator communicates patient and family needs to the health care team and provides diabetes education to health care team members. The educator contributes to the development and evaluation of educational materials, programs, and system-wide standards of care; participates in annual program review, quality improvement, research when appropriate, and community and professional education; and helps patients identify appropriate diabetes supplies. The position also supports cost-effective education across inpatient, outpatient, and home-care settings, maintains required continuing education, and may participate in rural outreach and media coverage opportunities.
Requirements
- Registered Dietitian or Registered Nurse; BSN preferred.
- Completion of 30 hours of continuing education in diabetes education principles during the prior two years.
- At least two years of experience in diabetes education in an acute-care or ambulatory-care setting.
- Applicable state licensure.
- Certified Diabetes Educator certification is required within two years of employment.
Nice To Haves
- Basic familiarity with computers.
- BSN.
- Certified Diabetes Educator certification preferred.
Responsibilities
- Provides patient and family instruction about diabetes care.
- Assists with developing diabetes education materials and programs in collaboration with the health care team.
- May participate in outreach education in rural communities.
- Provides diabetes education to members of the health care team.
- Communicates ongoing analysis of patient and family needs verbally or in writing to appropriate health care team members.
- Completes at least 15 hours of continuing education per year in diabetes and education principles.
- Provides individual assessment, goal setting, planning, plan implementation, evaluation, and follow-up.
- Uses evidence-based guidelines to guide practice.
- Helps develop and implement evaluation of educational offerings.
- Uses continuous quality improvement and LEAN principles to improve service and measure outcomes.
- Participates in developing educational offerings.
- Assists in developing the program plan and participates in yearly program review.
- Informs patients about the existence and sources of appropriate diabetes supplies.
- Disseminates information about research developments and diabetes.
- Networks with other diabetes educators to stay current on education modalities.
- Participates in research projects when appropriate.
- Participates in cost-effective patient education across inpatient, outpatient, and home-care settings.
- Assists in developing system-wide standards of care for diabetes education.
- Maintains education hours efficiently and productively according to the budget plan.
- Uses appropriate community resources to assist patients and families as needed.
- Participates in planning and presenting community and professional educational programs.
- Participates in the diabetes community through work in community programs.
- Participates in media relations and coverage for the center when opportunities arise.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
