Diabetes Educator - Outpatient Nutrition
Geisinger Health System
Job Summary
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist - RN serves in an advanced role providing in-depth analysis of the patient with diabetes and providing specialized care and in-depth education for persons with diabetes and their families. Serves as a team member in assessing needs, planning and providing education and care, evaluating outcomes and coordinating follow up care for persons with diabetes.
Job Duties
- Provides diabetes self-management education and training which includes evaluation of the individual’s skills, support, and barriers to care.
- Assess general diabetes knowledge, evaluate physical findings, anthropometric measurements, and physical findings.
- Teach person appropriate essential self-care behaviors to improve effective self-management of their disease. These may include healthy eating, being physically active, monitoring of blood sugar, medication administration and adherence, problem solving, healthy coping skills, and risk reduction behaviors.
- Develops diabetes management plans appropriate to patient's immediate diabetes needs.
- Reviews and assesses lab results and adapts clinical recommendations and care plan accordingly.
- Serves as a resource for patient and family. .
- Documents in accordance with established standards.
- Investigates and problem solves patient care issues with care team and facilitates change to promote quality outcomes.
- Enhance quality of diabetes care through collaboration with other services and initiate referrals to appropriate support services.
- Works within the multidisciplinary team for diabetes education and management and collaborates with other disciplines to identify and resolve patient care issues.
- Conducts diabetes education through group classes as indicated.
- Participates in departmental initiatives to meet strategic goals.
- Precept students as indicated. Mentor and train new staff members, colleagues, and other members of the care team as applicable.
- Practices with a high degree of autonomy
- Evaluates evidence-based best practice and shares back to team including proposing adjustments to supporting reference materials, policies, etc.
- Provides guidance to providers and other healthcare professionals.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary care team and functions as the diabetes expert
- Collaborates with inter/intra professional team members to achieve department goals and optimize service
- Serve as Designated Point Person for new hires as indicated.
- May include specialty program management and program evaluation outcomes Work is typically performed in a clinical environment. Accountable for satisfying all job specific obligations and complying with all organization policies and procedures. The specific statements in this profile are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements considered necessary to successfully perform the job. Additional competencies and skills outlined in any department-specific orientation will be considered essential to the performance of the job related to that position. Position Details Hiring Incentive: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus for Qualified Applicants Diabetes Educator RDN / Registered Diabetes Educator RDN / Diabetes Educator RN / Certified Diabetes Educator RN
- Outpatient diabetes educator position in an ADA-accredited clinic setting.
- Responsibilities include Diabetes Self-Management Training (DSMT), insulin pump education, and Continuous Glucose Monitor (CGM) education.
- Will consider candidates with relevant RN or RDN experience and credentials.
- Certified Diabetes Educator (CDCES) or Diabetes Educator experience preferred.
- Non-CDCES candidates will be considered if they have at least 2 years of healthcare experience as an RN or RDN and are willing to obtain certification.
- Non-CDCES candidates must sit for the CDCES certification exam within 2 years of hire.
- Monday-Friday, 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM
- Travel as needed for training
- Exempt Position
- Eligible for 1-2 work-from-home days per week after training, contingent upon telemedicine support and departmental coverage.
- Bachelor's Degree required
- CDCES certification required within 2 years of hire
- Bachelor's Degree required
- Minimum 2 years of related experience required
- Current CDCES/CDE certification required
- Licensed Registered Nurse required
- Minimum 2 years of relevant experience*
- CDCES certification required within 2 years of hire
- Licensed Registered Nurse required
- Minimum 4 years of relevant experience*
- Current CDCES/CDE certification preferred/required per role level
At Geisinger, our innovative ideas are inspired by the communities we serve – like our Fresh FoodFarmacy, a program that delivers life-saving healthy alternatives to patients with diabetes. With additional tools like our MyCode Community Health Initiative, one of the first health system genome sequencingprograms, and our new asthma app suite that we developed in partnership with AstraZeneca, it’s no wonder we’re ranked one of the Top 5 Most Innovative Healthcare Systems by Becker's Hospital Review. We continually work towards continuous improvement in a culture where everyone has a voice and firmly believe that better begins with all of us.Founded more than 100 years ago, Geisinger serves more than three million residents throughout central, south-central and northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey. Our physician-led system is comprised of 30,000 employees, including 1,600 employed physicians, and consists of 1 ... 3 hospital campuses, the Geisinger Health Plan, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine and two research centers. What you do at Geisinger shapes the future of health and improves lives – for our patients, communities, and you.
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