Certified Diabetes Educator (Endocrine Clinic)

Certified Diabetes Educator

Fairview is seeking a Certified Diabetes Educator to join our team at M Health Fairview Clinics & Surgery Center. This is a 0.8FTE (64hours/2 week pay period) on the Day shift, 7:30am-4:00pm or 8:00am-4:30pm.

The Endocrinology Clinic provides a wide range of services for endocrine needs including subspecialty programs for diabetes, thyroid disease, and reproductive health patients. Our dedicated team of providers, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and other health care givers care for the whole patient and use resources from the community to assist with ensuring the patient has what they need to improve their health.

What you will do as a Certified Diabetes Education Specialist:

• Provides direct patient education in an individual or group setting
• Following specific curriculum developed for diabetes education
• Assesses patient's physical, psychosocial, behavioral and educational needs (to include self-management, SBGM, nutrition, physical activity, medication taking, and health maintenance labs) and interprets the information to identify individualized clinical and educational needs
• Teaches technical stills, concepts of diabetes self management and facilitates behavior change for patients with Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes as well as those with pre-diabetes
• Documentation of required assessments, interventions, evaluations, and follow-up is consistent with established departmental and ADA standards
• Individualizes education presentation & materials to the patient and patient circumstance
• Care coordination is goal/outcome focused and revised and/or patient is referred for additional services to help in attaining their goals
• Patient response is documented including rationale for all actions/decisions
• Maintains program content so that is current and consistent with ADA standards and Fairview/M Physicians Diabetes Care
• Uses knowledge of the organization to meet immediate and possible critical needs of patients to be seen or contacted by a provider
• Works collaboratively with the other members of the health care team; including physicians, pharmacists, hospital staff and clinic staff
• Demonstrates accountability for professional practice by accepting responsibility for assessment of performance and peer review
• Encourages and supports the quality clinical initiatives related to diabetes care
• Aware of the measures and monitors that are in place
• Strives to help patients meet the established goals
• Demonstrates ability to provide applicable care/service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level of population served

What you will need:

• Associates Degree
• Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
• BLS certification or certification within orientation period
• Some experience as a primary diabetes educator

Location: 909 Fulton St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455

Benefits: This is a fully benefit eligible position: Competitive wages, Healthcare (including vision & dental), 401K, parking & tuition assistance and more!

Hours: 0.8 FTE 32 hours per week