Educator - Diabetes , Part Time

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Contributes to the professional development of others and supports life-long learning as individuals transition across learning/practice environments, and professional roles.
• Applies a systematic process to shift individuals, teams, and organizations from current state to desired state and close performance gaps.
• Applies a variety of learning technologies to address learning and performance needs, encourage knowledge sharing, and promote collaboration.
• Provides leadership to project and learning activity implementation, scientifically measuring the impact on organizational goals.
• Helps establish and participates in an education program teaching self-control skills to persons with diabetes and their families/significant others. This education program includes an assessment, individualized implementation plan and follow-up evaluation.
• Obtains regular continuing education in areas of diabetes management and participates in The Endocrine Group's continuous quality improvement process.

Qualifications

• CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator Certification is required
• Didactic and experiential preparation in diabetes management is preferred
• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure NYS is required
• RD - Registered Dietician is required

Communication

• Presents self in a professional courteous manner.
• Establishes and maintains professional rapport with the physicians and office staff.
• Establishes and maintains good rapport with patients and significant other appropriately.

Customer Relations

• Identifies self with name when answering the telephone.
• Greets each patient by introducing self.
• Responds appropriately to patient requests as they occur.
• Reports all patient complaints to the Diabetes Education Coordinator as the occur.
• Maintains strict patient confidentiality, with the exception of reporting all medical related information to the Diabetes Education Coordinator or Physician.

Infectious Disease

• Follows appropriate use of Universal Precautions without deviation.
• Reports incident of observed or suspected non-compliance with Universal Precautions immediately to the Manager.

Quality Improvement

• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement program under the direction of the Coordinator.

Physical Demands

• Standing - Constantly
• Walking - Constantly
• Sitting - Rarely
• Lifting - Frequently
• Carrying - Frequently
• Pushing - Occasionally
• Pulling - Occasionally
• Climbing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Frequently
• Kneeling - Frequently
• Crouching - Frequently
• Crawling - Occasionally
• Reaching - Frequently
• Handling - Frequently
• Grasping - Frequently
• Feeling - Constantly
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Constantly
• Repetitive Motions - Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly
• Working Conditions - Extreme cold - Rarely, Extreme heat - Rarely, Humidity - Rarely, Wet - Rarely, Noise - Constantly, Temperature Change - Rarely, Atmospheric Conditions - Rarely, Vibration - Rarely

Workforce Members

Workforce members are expected to ensure that:

• Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties.
• Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose.
• Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.