Diabetes Educator (Rn)

Job Description
Position Summary
The Registered Nurse/ Dietician will perform professional nursing, consultation, and educational services for persons with diabetes, and provide community health education. The educator will also develop curriculum on health and act as a health care consultant by providing information on the management of diabetes for patients. Collaborate with other health care team members in information exchange for planning and developing appropriate patient care.
Principal Responsibilities and Tasks
1. The following statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all job duties performed by personnel so classified.
2. Coordinates and manages the work of professional educators engaged in educating and counseling patients with diabetes and their families including the assessment of physical, psychosocial, and economic needs and the development of comprehensive and across-discipline care plans.
3. Work with Primary Care Providers to deliver evidence-based, patient-centered care and effectively provide chronic disease self-management support.
4. Provide individualized nutrition counseling for diabetic or prediabetes patients, utilizing a multidisciplinary approach with a Registered Dietician to provide medical nutrition therapy (MNT).
5. Maintain and update education materials and keeping current with operational guidelines of monitoring devices and glycemic medication delivery systems.
6. Educates, promotes, enforces and supports the audit of quality and safety assurance standards.
7. Makes presentations to public and private groups to promote the program.
8. Oversees and participates in the preparation of program activities and related reports.