RN Diabetes Educator

HCA Healthcare • San Antonio, TX

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About The Position

The Diabetes Nurse Educator independently directs, initiates, and implements diabetes education for patients, drawing on professional nursing expertise and advanced skills to promote behavior change, self-management, health, psychological adaptation, and quality of life. Using a multidisciplinary approach, the educator works closely with nursing staff, physicians, dieticians, case managers, and physical therapists to assess, plan, deliver, document, and evaluate a self-management-focused diabetes education program.

The position focuses on educating patients, families, and support systems about diabetes self-management and related care. The educator counsels patients and significant others about treatment responses and potential acute and chronic situations, sets and documents educational objectives and behavior goals, tracks responses and progress, and evaluates education outcomes.

Requirements

• Graduate of a professional school of nursing.
• At least 3 years of clinical nursing experience.
• Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas.
• Maintain current Basic Life Support training.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
• One year of direct diabetes education experience.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Current Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) certification through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators, if certified.
• Current Board Certified-Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) certification through the American Association of Diabetes Educators, if certified.

Responsibilities

• Work independently and collaboratively with hospital health care professionals and the director to support optimal care for patients with diabetes.
• Educate patients, their families, and appropriate support systems about diabetes self-management and related care issues.
• Counsel patients and/or significant others concerning self-management treatment responses to potential acute and chronic situations.
• Assess learning and training needs, plan the teaching-learning process, and document education plans, including short- and/or long-term diabetes self-management behavior goals.
• Document patient and/or significant-other responses to education and progress toward educational objectives and behavior-change goals.
• Evaluate diabetes education outcomes in relation to plans of care and their implementation.

Benefits

• Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health, and telemedicine benefits.
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services.
• Paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage, and leaves of absence.
• 401(k) plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay, based on years of service.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support, and financial wellbeing counseling.
• Tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships, and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing.
• Fertility and family-building benefits and adoption assistance.
• Life insurance and supplemental health protection plans.
• Auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection, and consumer discounts.

What This Job Offers

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