Diabetes Educator

Location Detail: 85 Jefferson Street Hartford (10068)

Shift Detail: 8am to 4:30pm

Work where every moment matters.

Every day, more than 40,000 Hartford HealthCare colleagues come to work with one thing in common: Pride in what we do, knowing every moment matters here. We invite you to become part of Connecticut’s most comprehensive healthcare network.

Hartford Hospital is one of the largest and most respected teaching hospitals New England. We are a Level 1 Trauma Center that provides cutting edge treatment to its patients. This is made possible by being home to the largest robotic surgery center in the Northeast and the Center for Education, Simulation and Innovation (CESI), one of the most-advanced medical simulation training centers in the world. When hospitals cannot provide the advanced care, expertise and new treatment options their patients require, they turn to us.

At The Diabetes Life Center, we strive for a balance of career and lifestyle. We offer a stimulating work environment that inspires excellence. Join us in our vision to be nationally respected for patient care and most trusted for personalized coordinated care.

Job Summary:

Provides diabetes education to patients, families, hospital staff and in the community using current intervention techniques to restore, maintain and promote optimal health in persons with diabetes. Reports to Manager.

Job Responsibilities:

· Acts as an educational resource to hospital staff, patients and family members by collaboratively planning and implementing patient care to assure promotion, restoration and maintenance of health through Diabetes Self-management skills.

· Conducts inservices through formal and informal education to assure hospital staff, patients and family members develop knowledge and skills for Diabetes Self-management.

· Screens and teaches diabetes management skills by promoting diabetes education in the outside community to assure newly diagnosed persons are restored to optimal health.

· Develops, assesses, revises and evaluates teaching programs and services by collaborating with Manager to assure individual and group needs are being met according to appropriate standards.

· Maintains appropriate documentation by demonstrated adherence to department and regulatory standards to assure patient safety and compliance.

· Works efficiently as a team member both within and across clinical settings to provide quality service to hospital units through communication, cooperation and collaboration.

· Demonstrates competence, including knowledge and behaviors, to meet age specific patients needs of toddler, school age, adolescent, adults and geriatric population.

Qualifications

• Current Connecticut RN License
• Bachelors of Science Degree in Nursing
• Masters of Science preferred
• Certified Diabetes Educator credential applied for within two years of employment, and obtained within 3 years of employment.
• Minimum of two years recent clinical experience in medical-surgical area.
• Strong communication skills required
• Bilingual in Spanish helpful

We take great care of careers.

With locations around the state, Hartford HealthCare offers exciting opportunities for career development and growth. Here, you are part of an organization on the cutting edge – helping to bring new technologies, breakthrough treatments and community education to countless men, women and children. We know that a thriving organization starts with thriving employees-- we provide a competitive benefits program designed to ensure work/life balance. Every moment matters. And this is your moment.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action employer, the organization will not discriminate in its employment practices due to an applicant’s race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, and veteran or disability status.