Diabetes Educator - Outpatient Nutrition

About the Role

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist – RN serves in an advanced role providing in-depth analysis of the patient with diabetes and delivering specialized care and education for persons with diabetes and their families. This position functions as a team member in assessing needs, planning and providing education and care, evaluating outcomes, and coordinating follow-up care for persons with diabetes.

This is an 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.

Responsibilities

• Provides diabetes self-management education and training, including evaluation of the individual’s skills, support, and barriers to care.
• Assesses general diabetes knowledge, evaluates physical findings, anthropometric measurements, and physical findings.
• Teaches essential self-care behaviors to improve effective self-management of diabetes, such as healthy eating, physical activity, blood sugar monitoring, medication administration and adherence, problem-solving, healthy coping skills, and risk reduction behaviors.
• Develops diabetes management plans tailored to the patient's immediate needs.
• Reviews and assesses lab results, adapting clinical recommendations and care plans accordingly.
• Serves as a resource for patients and families, documenting care in accordance with established standards.
• Investigates and problem-solves patient care issues with the care team to promote quality outcomes.
• Enhances the quality of diabetes care through collaboration with other services and initiates referrals to appropriate support services.
• Works within a multidisciplinary team for diabetes education and management, collaborating 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.
• Precepts students and mentors new staff members, colleagues, and other members of the care team.
• Practices with a high degree of autonomy, evaluating evidence-based best practices and sharing insights with the team, including proposing adjustments to policies and reference materials.
• Provides guidance to providers and other healthcare professionals.
• Participates in multidisciplinary care teams as the diabetes expert.
• Collaborates with inter/intra-professional team members to achieve department goals and optimize service.
• Serves as the Designated Point Person for new hires as indicated.
• May include specialty program management and program evaluation outcomes.

Requirements

• Licensed Registered Nurse (RN) required.
• Minimum 2 years of relevant experience (4 years for Certified Diabetes Educator RN).
• Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) certification required within 2 years of hire for non-CDCES candidates.
• Current CDCES/CDE certification preferred or required per role level.
• Relevant experience may include a combination of related work experience and education (Bachelor’s Degree = 2 years of experience).
• Bachelor’s Degree required.

Qualifications

Will consider candidates with relevant RN or RDN experience and credentials. Diabetes Educator experience or Certified Diabetes Educator (CDCES) preferred. Non-CDCES candidates must have at least 2 years of healthcare experience as an RN or RDN and be willing to obtain certification within 2 years of hire.

Schedule

• Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:30 PM.
• Travel as needed for training.
• Hybrid option eligible for 1–2 work-from-home days per week after training, contingent upon telemedicine support and departmental coverage.

Pay

Hiring incentive: $5,000 sign-on bonus for qualified applicants.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits for full-time and part-time positions from day one, including vision, dental, and domestic partner coverage.
• Atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation, and collegiality.
• Diverse and inclusive workforce.