Job Description

We are searching for a Diabetes Educator III. Someone who provides assessment, goal setting, education and behavioral intervention, and on-going case management to patients and caregivers to promote diabetes self-management in the inpatient and ambulatory settings. Contributes to the development of position papers, guideline development, or other literature to advance the specialty. Develops processes to improve transitions of care and ensure appropriate self-management education and resources. Creates innovative strategies to achieve the Quadruple Aim (population health, quality of patient care experience, costs associated with care, and meaningfulness of the provider's experience).

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Qualifications:

• Associate's Degree Nursing, Bachelor's Degree, or Master's Degree in Nutrition, Public Health, Education, or Nursing
• CDCES - Cert Diab Care and Educ Spec Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education Or BC-ADM - Cert-BC Adv Diabetes Mgmt Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education
5 years Diabetes care as a licensed Dietitian or Nurse required

Responsibilities:

• Provides individualized diabetes self-management education and training to individuals and groups according to the Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice, and Standards of Professional performance for Diabetes Educators.
• Uses the ADCES 7 Self-Care Behaviors as a framework to teach, reinforce, and evaluate self-management skills.
• Assesses person’s skills and knowledge level, education, health literacy/numeracy, culture, readiness to learn, preferred learning style and language, barriers to learning, financial barriers, confidence and skills with technology use, and support needs.

• Records daily activities and patient related encounters using appropriate formats within the electronic medical record.

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