Nurse Educator- Diabetes Program

UNC Health•Chapel Hill, NC

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inpatient Diabetes Education Team at UNC Health provides personalized diabetes self-management education to hospitalized patients of all ages, from newborns through end-of-life care. The team supports patients with new diagnoses, insulin use, glucose monitoring, lifestyle changes, and safe transitions after discharge. It also trains and collaborates with clinical staff, works with Diabetes Resource Nurses, and develops educational programs and materials. Services span acute care, intermediate care, intensive care, the emergency department, and Advanced Care at Home. The Nurse Educator coordinates staff development and educational needs for patient-care nursing staff, patients, and families. This advanced education position operates under minimal supervision and collaborates to address educational needs within a specialty practice area, service, or patient population. The role serves in a lead capacity for special projects or subject-matter expertise and contributes to diabetes education initiatives, nursing education and competency development, quality improvement and safety efforts, program evaluation, and policies related to diabetes and endocrinology care. This is a full-time, exempt, onsite position in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, with a Monday–Friday day schedule from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. There are no weekend or holiday requirements. The position is employed by UNC Health Care System, with UNC Health benefits. The hiring range is $35.87–$51.57 per hour; offers are determined by experience and internal equity.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.
Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in North Carolina.
Three years of experience in tertiary care, including two years of clinical experience in the assigned specialty.
The position description identifies prior nurse education experience as part of the ideal candidate profile.
The ideal candidate profile specifies at least three years of RN experience, including a minimum of two years caring for patients with diabetes.

Responsibilities

Acts as a resource and role model in evidence-based practice and leads unit- or service-based clinical practice groups.
Assists with orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units, serves as a resource to faculty, and mentors graduate students.
Assists nursing staff in designing and implementing clinical nursing research and performance-improvement projects.
Supports nursing units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure new staff are oriented and meet 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, and clinical pathways for patients and families, and facilitates their implementation.
Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials, self-instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
Works with other subject-matter experts to develop and evaluate patient and family education materials.
Serves as a clinical resource and role model and provides clinical supervision to help staff develop clinical knowledge, skills, and abilities.
Provides diabetes self-management education to hospitalized patients, including education on new diagnoses, insulin use, glucose monitoring, lifestyle changes, and transition planning after discharge.
Supports clinical staff training and collaboration with Diabetes Resource Nurses, and contributes to diabetes education initiatives, program evaluation, quality improvement, safety efforts, and related policy development.