Diabetes Nurse Educator

Beth Israel Lahey Health•Dedham, MA

1d•$34 - $73•Onsite

About The Position

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Beth Israel Lahey Health Primary Care (BILHPC) is building a high performance primary care model that will enable the organization to be a leader in patient experience, provider and care team work life and quality of care both regionally and nationally. Additionally we are working to establish a diabetes education program which will provide quality care and medication-assisted therapy for patients with diabetes in an outpatient setting.

Requirements

Graduate from an accredited Nursing Program required.
1-3 years related work experience required.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Strong patient communication and patient education skills.
Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
License Registered Nurse required, or Registration Licensed Practical Nurse required, and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
Certified Diabetic Care Educator and Specialist (CDCES) required.
CPR Certification

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree preferred.
Experience in using diabetes technologies preferred

Responsibilities

Perform all of the duties of a Team Nurse, including: Coordinate and facilitate quality clinical management of a broad based outpatient population across the continuum of care. Collaborates with providers to identify needs for preventive care, evidence-based chronic disease management and care coordination. Provides general and specific healthcare education. Works directly with patients to identify and monitor self-management goals.
Collaborates care with community based providers. Follows up on ED visits and inpatient discharges. Assists providers with exams, treatments and procedures as needed.
Provides skilled telephonic triage and assessment, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources. Performs a direct patient care role. Nursing visits include : Annual Wellness Visits (AWVs) and Chronic Care Management (CCM) of our BIDHC patients.
Responsible for INR management and teaching for those patients on Coumadin using a standardized protocol.
Administers vaccines and medications by parenteral, oral, rectal or nasal route by orders of the prescribing provider and by the Medication Administration policy guidelines established by BIDHC. Provides patient education as appropriate for the administered medication.
Performs a wide range of nursing activities as needed under the direction of the provider such as wound care, point of care testing etc. Accurately documents all aspects of patient care in the Electronic Health Record in a timely basis. Schedules tests and referrals for specialty care on order of provider.
Monitors and ensures follow up of all abnormal test and imaging results under the direction of the provider.
Oversees the inventory and ordering management of clinical supplies and equipment as necessary. Ensures safe, accurate and clinically appropriate collection, storage and processing of all biologic specimens.
Provides oversight, delegation and acts as a resource to unlicensed staff including MAs, Certified Nursing Assistants and Nursing Students. Provides on-going education and training to practice staff. Updates clinical knowledge and skills though consultation, review of literature and formal and informal education including CEUs. Maintains compliance with organizational mandatory annual training.
Ensures that PHI (Patient Health Information) will only be used for the purposes of patient TPO (treatment, payment and operations). Ensures patient safety practices to prevent/eliminate risk of patient harm. Adverse patient events and near misses will be promptly reported to the BIDHC Risk Management Dept.
Perform clinical and psychosocial assessment of diabetes patients in either an individual or group setting.
Identify educational needs for diabetes self-management knowledge and skills.
Develop and implement a plan of care based on clinical expertise, scientific principles and the patients' lifestyle and culture.
Empower diabetes patients with knowledge and skills to attain optimal control and prevent acute/chronic complications.
Educate in areas of medication administration, self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG), continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS), pump therapy, nutrition, exercise, recognition & treatment of acute complications and preventive health skills in accordance with current clinical practice recommendations utilizing learning objectives and behavioral goals.
Monitor patients' response to therapy and revise plan as indicated.
Prevent/decrease incidence of complications by supporting preventive health risk behaviors. (Ophthalmology, podiatry, lipids, A1C, urine M/A)
Conduct ongoing quality improvement studies.
Support hospital policies and procedures while sustaining a safe environment.
Recognize the importance of continuous diabetes education and self-learning needs while maintaining current skills and knowledge.
Provides educational sessions and tools for care team.