Nurse Educator- Diabetes Program

Description

The Inpatient Diabetes Education Team at UNC Health consists of nurses and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES) who provide personalized diabetes self-management education to hospitalized patients of all ages, from newborns to end-of-life care. They support patients in areas such as new diagnoses, insulin use, glucose monitoring, and lifestyle changes, while also helping ensure safe transitions after discharge. In addition to patient education, they support clinical staff through training, collaboration with Diabetes Resource Nurses, and development of educational programs and materials. The Team Works Across Multiple Care Settings To Include Acute Care Intermediate Care Intensive Care Emergency Department, and Advanced Care at Home.

Brief Summary

Coordinates staff development and educational needs of patient care nursing staff, patients, and families. This is an advanced level position in education, which is performed under minimal supervision. Assignments may be characterized as those requiring collaboration to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area and/or service. Serves in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise. Work may be performed collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.

Responsibilities

• Acts as resource and role model in use of evidence based practice.
• Leads unit/service based clinical practice groups.
• Affords assistance in orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units.
• Serves as resource to faculty. Mentors graduate students.
• Affords assistance to nursing staff in design and implementation of clinical nursing research/performance improvement projects.
• Affords assistance to nursing units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure that all new staff are oriented and meeting competency expectations.
• Collaborates in conducting learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programs.
• Collaborates in coordinating orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staff.
• Collaborates in developing evidence-based standards of care, comprehensive nursing plans, clinical pathways for patients and families and facilitates implementation of same.
• Collaborates in developing, implementing, and evaluating educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.
• Collaborates in serving as a clinical resource and role model, provides clinical supervision to staff in developing clinical knowledge, skills and abilities.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.

Licenses/Certifications

• Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.
• Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification.
• Valid NC Driver's License.

Professional Experience Requirements

• Three (3) years of experience in tertiary care with two (2) years clinical experience in the assigned specialty.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Knowledge of evidence based practice.
• Ability to collaborate to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area and/or service.
• Ability to serve in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise.
• Ability to perform work collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.

Other Information

Salary Range: $35.87 - $51.57 per hour (Hiring Range). Job Details: Legal Employer: STATE Entity: UNC Medical Center Organization Unit: Wound, Ostomy Care Nurses Work Type: Full Time Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00 Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity. Work Assignment Type: Onsite Work Schedule: Day Job Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: Yes. This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation. UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.