Nurse Educator- Diabetes Program

UNC Health • Chapel Hill, NC

4d • $36 - $51 • Onsite

About The Position

Nurse Educator needed for the Diabetes Program. UNC Health is seeking a Nurse Educator (NE) Diabetes Program for the UNC Medical Center located in Chapel Hill & Hillsborough, North Carolina. The Diabetes NEs focused areas of support will include diabetic education and efforts on diabetic care improvements; house-wide educational initiatives; professional development of staff; also serve as a key support clinical practice groups, policies, unit-specific education, and clinical residency orientation. The Diabetic NE team assists in the development of patient education materials, protocols, and procedures that enhance the diabetes education provided to UNC Health patients, and advanced Care at Home Patients. The Diabetic NEs collaborate with interdisciplinary team members to provide patient centered holistic care. Pediatric diabetes education experience is preferred. This position is onsite, Monday thru Friday, 40 hours a week, regular business hours. No weekend or Holiday requirement. Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 teammates, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve. Summary: Coordinates staff development and educational needs of patient care nursing staff, patients, and families. This is an advanced level position in education, which is performed under minimal supervision. Assignments may be characterized as those requiring collaboration to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area and/or service. Serves in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise. Work maybe performed collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• For Home Health/Hospice: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification
• For Home Health/Hospice: Valid NC Driver's License
• Three (3) years of experience in tertiary care with two (2) years clinical experience in the assigned specialty.

Nice To Haves

• Pediatric diabetes education experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Acts as resource and role model in use of evidence based practice. Leads unit/service based clinical practice groups
• Assists in orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units. Serves as resource to faculty. Mentors graduate students
• Assists nursing staff in design and implementation of clinical nursing research/performance improvement projects.
• Assists nursing units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure that all new staff are oriented and meeting competency expectations
• Conducts learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programs
• Coordinates orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staff
• Develops evidence-based standards of care, comprehensive nursing plans, clinical pathways for patients and families and facilitates implementation of same.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
• In conjunction with other subject matter experts, develops and evaluates patient family education materials.
• Serves as a clinical resource and role model, provides clinical supervision to staff in developing clinical knowledge, skills and abilities

Benefits

• This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits.
• If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level