Pediatric Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist - Part Time

About the role

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Pediatric Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist - Part Time. In this role, the successful candidate will provide comprehensive diabetes self-management education and training to individuals and groups according to the scope of practice and standards of professional performance for Diabetes Educators for patients at the Robert I Grossman MD, and Elisabeth J. Cohen, MD, Pediatric Diabetes Center and patients admitted to NYU Langone Orthopedic Hospital/RUSK and Hassenfeld Childrens Hospital at NYU Langone.

Responsibilities

• Support the diabetes practice and serve as an active member of the interdisciplinary team
• Provide comprehensive diabetes education for patients, families, caregivers, and staff
• Collect blood glucose data and perform surveillance of outcome measurements
• Deliver nutrition therapy and maintain evidence-based hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia management order sets and protocols
• Monitor, track, and conduct root cause analysis to prevent errors and patient harm
• Develop individualized medication management plans and care plans that facilitate smooth transitions across care settings
• Participate in quality initiatives and performance development and implementation using evidence-based practices
• Support physicians in caring for all pediatric diabetes center patients living with all types of diabetes and pre-diabetes through appropriate interventions and education to achieve identified treatment goals
• Participate in clinical co-management with physicians and other care providers, including providing input into patient education, identifying barriers to care, care coordination and transition, and making appropriate modifications of diabetes medical regimes based on critical assessment of patient clinical factors and blood glucose data
• Establish policies, protocols, and standards of practice in accordance with best practices
• Develop and implement the diabetes education curriculum and assist in planning diabetes center events
• Encourage research to validate practice and improve quality

Requirements

• The Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) must be a health professional (RN/RD/NP/PA) who is either registered or licensed by an appropriate accrediting body in their respective field with a minimum of a bachelor's degree; a master's degree is preferred
• Certification by the National Certification Board of Diabetes Educators
• Basic Life Support for Healthcare Providers certification
• A background in pediatrics with a minimum of one year of diabetes education experience, either in a hospital setting or outpatient practice
• Clinical competence in the use of diabetes medications including insulin
• Clinical management of all patients with diabetes
• Expertise in all aspects related to education and successful use of continuous subcutaneous insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring
• Ability to manage and modify individual diabetes plans of care based on optimizing glycemic control and specified targets
• Diabetes Care & Education Specialist license
• Effective communication skills with all levels of the organization

Pay

The salary range for the role is $43.37 - $62.99 Hourly. Actual salaries depend on a variety of factors, including experience, specialty, education, and hospital need. The salary range or contractual rate listed does not include bonuses/incentive, differential pay, or other forms of compensation or benefits.