Diabetes Educator

Diabetes Educator

The Diabetes Educator performs professional consultations, encourages healthy lifestyles, and helps to educate individuals, families, and communities about diabetes. In this role you will provide medical therapy services to patients, including assessment of nutritional status, nutrition care planning, counseling, and evaluation. You will also provide individualized and age-specific diabetes self-management education. This position acts as a liaison between the provider and the patient to provide quality education.

With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

Assess, monitor, and implement treatment plans for patients at various stages of the disease, focusing on prevention of complications and management of stable diabetes.

Educate patients and families on various subjects, including diabetes and the disease process: medication, diet and nutritional monitoring; foot care, prevention and care of complications; blood glucose monitoring, and the techniques of self-monitoring and injection; technology, understanding new developments.

Provide ongoing assessment and recommendations to the treatment team and patient/family for adjustments in the plan of care, as required.

Develop and individualize interdisciplinary nutrition care plan with short and long-term goals.

Create an educational setting conducive to learning with adequate resources to facilitate the learning process.

Required Associates or Bachelors Degree in Nursing or RN Diploma or Bachelors Degree in Dietetics/Nutrition

Required Registered Nurse (RN) - State Licensing Board or Registered Dietitian (RD) - State Licensing Board

Required Basic Life Support Program (BLS) - American Heart Association

Preferred 1 year Nutrition/Diabetes Care Preferred

Preferred Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) - National Certification of Diabetic Educators

Travel is required: Never or Rarely

Equal Opportunity Employer

It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law. Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights. Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.