Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist

Responsibilities

• Provides effective individual and group Diabetes Self-Management Education and Medical Nutrition Therapy, individualizing teaching plans.
• Chooses appropriate educational materials and interventions based on assessment of each patient’s needs and the National Standards of the American Diabetes Association.
• Promotes positive behavioral changes to control risk factors for complications, via goal-setting.
• Schedules additional visits/telephone calls as appropriate to assist patients to reach or revise goals.
• Documents each patient’s assessment, education plan, intervention, evaluation, and follow-up in the permanent confidential education record visits per department procedure, within 48 hours of patient visit.
• Ensures that every patient seen has at least one follow-up visit, phone call or other contact.
• Obtains regular continuing education in the areas of diabetes management, behavioral interventions, teaching and learning skills, and counseling skills.
• Participates in departmental meetings and programs, special projects and community activities.
• Helps orient new staff, if appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field.
• Certification by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators as a Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) required.
• Experience: Minimum one-year experience.
• Interpersonal and communication skills.