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RN Certifed Diabetes Educator - Diabetes Education (Part-time Days) - Methodist Specialty and Transplant Hospital
•30 days ago
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
|---|---|
| Location | San Antonio, Texas |
About this job
General Statement of Duties :
The Diabetes Nurse Educator is a professional nurse, who independently directs, initiates and implements patient diabetes teaching and learning with a body of expertise knowledge and advanced skills, and ultimately inducing positive outcome to empower and promote behavior changes necessary for optimal health, psychological adaptation and quality of life for the patient with a chronic disease, Diabetes Mellitus. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, and working closely with nursing staff, physicians, dieticians, case managers, physical therapists, the diabetes nurse educator will assess, plan, implement, document, and evaluate educational instructions and outcomes given in a self-management directed program of diabetes education.
Essential Job Functions :
Functions independently and collaboratively with hospital health care professionals and director in the interest and the achievement of optimal care for the patient with diabetes.
Focuses primary area of responsibility to the education of patients, their families and appropriate support systems about diabetes self management and related care issues.
Counsels patients and/or significant other(s) concerning self-management treatment responses to potential acute and chronic situations.
Utilizes the integration of a continuous nursing process beginning with a learning and training needs in-depth assessment, planning the teaching-learning process, and documents the education plan which includes but not limited to specific short and/or long-term behavior goals for diabetes self-management.
Documents patients and/or significant other(s) responses to education and progress toward achievement of educational objectives and behavior change goals.
Evaluates the outcomes of the diabetes education delivered to the patient with diabetes (with respect to plans of care and their implementation).
Required Knowledge, Skill, Abilities and Other Job-Related Characteristics (KSAOs)
Minimum Education and Experience:
1. Education: Graduate of a professional school of nursing.
Preferable: Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
2. Experience: Minimum of 3 years clinical nursing experience.
Preferable: 1 year of direct diabetes education
Bilingual in both English and Spanish language
Minimum License and Certificates & Training Required :
1. Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas
2. Maintenance of current Basic life support training
Required - Certified Diabetes Educator, maintenance of current recognized certification:
1. Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators OR
2. Board Certified- Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) through the American Association of Diabetes Educators
Reporting Relationships:
Supervised By: Diabetes Education Supervisor
Supervision Of: None
Job Description Appendix A:
Physical Requirements
Environmental and Physical Demands/Hazardous Conditions :
WORKING CONDITIONS
( X ) INSIDE: Spends approximately _36_ hours or more per week inside.
( X) OUTSIDE: Spend approximately _4_ hours per week outside (driving/running work related errands).
( ) BOTH: The activities occur inside and outside in approximately equal amounts.
WORK POSITIONS: (defined in 5% increments of work time): Sitting 15 % Standing 70 % Walking 15 %
LIFTING/CARRYING DEMANDS
(X ) SEDENTARY WORK: Lifting 10 lbs. maximum and occasional lifting and/or carrying articles.
( ) LIGHT WORK: Lifting 20 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying articles weighing up to 10 lbs.
( ) MEDIUM WORK: Lifting 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
( ) HEAVY WORK: Lifting 100 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
( ) VERY HEAVY WORK: Lifting objects in excess of 100 lbs. with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing more than 50 lbs.
( X) Ability to lift, push and pull with assistance (mechanical or co-worker) the weight of an average patient specific to the department.
The Diabetes Nurse Educator is a professional nurse, who independently directs, initiates and implements patient diabetes teaching and learning with a body of expertise knowledge and advanced skills, and ultimately inducing positive outcome to empower and promote behavior changes necessary for optimal health, psychological adaptation and quality of life for the patient with a chronic disease, Diabetes Mellitus. Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, and working closely with nursing staff, physicians, dieticians, case managers, physical therapists, the diabetes nurse educator will assess, plan, implement, document, and evaluate educational instructions and outcomes given in a self-management directed program of diabetes education.
Essential Job Functions :
Functions independently and collaboratively with hospital health care professionals and director in the interest and the achievement of optimal care for the patient with diabetes.
Focuses primary area of responsibility to the education of patients, their families and appropriate support systems about diabetes self management and related care issues.
Counsels patients and/or significant other(s) concerning self-management treatment responses to potential acute and chronic situations.
Utilizes the integration of a continuous nursing process beginning with a learning and training needs in-depth assessment, planning the teaching-learning process, and documents the education plan which includes but not limited to specific short and/or long-term behavior goals for diabetes self-management.
Documents patients and/or significant other(s) responses to education and progress toward achievement of educational objectives and behavior change goals.
Evaluates the outcomes of the diabetes education delivered to the patient with diabetes (with respect to plans of care and their implementation).
Required Knowledge, Skill, Abilities and Other Job-Related Characteristics (KSAOs)
Minimum Education and Experience:
1. Education: Graduate of a professional school of nursing.
Preferable: Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
2. Experience: Minimum of 3 years clinical nursing experience.
Preferable: 1 year of direct diabetes education
Bilingual in both English and Spanish language
Minimum License and Certificates & Training Required :
1. Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas
2. Maintenance of current Basic life support training
Required - Certified Diabetes Educator, maintenance of current recognized certification:
1. Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators OR
2. Board Certified- Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) through the American Association of Diabetes Educators
Reporting Relationships:
Supervised By: Diabetes Education Supervisor
Supervision Of: None
Job Description Appendix A:
Physical Requirements
Environmental and Physical Demands/Hazardous Conditions :
WORKING CONDITIONS
( X ) INSIDE: Spends approximately _36_ hours or more per week inside.
( X) OUTSIDE: Spend approximately _4_ hours per week outside (driving/running work related errands).
( ) BOTH: The activities occur inside and outside in approximately equal amounts.
WORK POSITIONS: (defined in 5% increments of work time): Sitting 15 % Standing 70 % Walking 15 %
LIFTING/CARRYING DEMANDS
(X ) SEDENTARY WORK: Lifting 10 lbs. maximum and occasional lifting and/or carrying articles.
( ) LIGHT WORK: Lifting 20 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying articles weighing up to 10 lbs.
( ) MEDIUM WORK: Lifting 50 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 25 lbs.
( ) HEAVY WORK: Lifting 100 lbs. maximum with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
( ) VERY HEAVY WORK: Lifting objects in excess of 100 lbs. with frequent lifting and/or carrying of objects weighing more than 50 lbs.
( X) Ability to lift, push and pull with assistance (mechanical or co-worker) the weight of an average patient specific to the department.