Diabetes Educator - Anderson Diabetes Clinic

Community Health Network • Anderson, IN

16h • Onsite

About The Position

Join Community Community Health Network was created by our neighbors, for our neighbors. Over 60 years later, “community” is still the heart of our organization. It means providing our neighbors with the best care possible, backed by state-of-the-art technology. It means getting involved in the communities we serve through volunteer opportunities and benefits initiatives. It means ensuring our dedicated caregivers can learn and grow to stay at the top of their fields and to better serve our patients. And above all, it means exceptional care, simply delivered — and we couldn’t do it without you. Make a Difference The diabetes educator provides an educational experience for patients and their significant others to promote effective diabetes self-management. The role of the diabetes educator is multidimensional with boundaries for accountability to self, patient, profession and other members of the health care team and some responsibilities include assesses patient strengths/educational needs using available data and resources; collaborates with team to establish/prioritize individualized plan with patient/significant other; incorporates generally accepted technology and knowledge into patient education experience based on standards of practice for own discipline, ADA, AADE and other regulatory agencies; promotes safe practice of diabetes self-management related to medication administration, meal planning, exercise, blood glucose monitoring and other aspects of care; empowers patient/significant other with knowledge and skills in self-care for optimal health and psychosocial adaptation to maintain/improve quality of life; consults with other health care professionals and organizations to utilize appropriate resources (human, financial and material) which promote consistency and continuity of care of high value; and other related tasks as needed. The position is located in Anderson, Indiana and will consider a Registered Nurse or Registered Dietician.

Requirements

• Graduate of National League for Nursing (NLN), Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE), Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN), or National League for Nursing Commission for Nursing Education Accreditation (NLN CNEA) accredited school of nursing, or three years of related professional nursing experience.
• Licensed as a Registered Nurse (RN) with a valid license to practice in the state of Indiana as listed in the Nurse Licensure Compact (NLC) OR Licensed as a Registered Dietician in Indiana (LD) required and Registered Dietician Certification (CDR) required.
• Bachelor Degree required.
• Certified as a diabetes educator required.
• Two years or more of Registered Nurse or Registered Dietician experience required.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Excellent team skills.
• Compassionate and caring.
• Accountable and self-directed.

Nice To Haves

• One to two years of educating patients in the area of diabetes preferred.
• EPIC experience a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient strengths/educational needs using available data and resources
• Collaborates with team to establish/prioritize individualized plan with patient/significant other
• Incorporates generally accepted technology and knowledge into patient education experience based on standards of practice for own discipline, ADA, AADE and other regulatory agencies
• Promotes safe practice of diabetes self-management related to medication administration, meal planning, exercise, blood glucose monitoring and other aspects of care
• Empowers patient/significant other with knowledge and skills in self-care for optimal health and psychosocial adaptation to maintain/improve quality of life
• Consults with other health care professionals and organizations to utilize appropriate resources (human, financial and material) which promote consistency and continuity of care of high value
• Other related tasks as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees