DIABETES EDUCATOR

Clara Barton Medical Center; Hoisington (KS); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Clara Barton Medical Center is seeking a Diabetes Educator/Instructor to deliver individualized diabetes self-management education and training to patients, adhering to Scope of Practice and AADE accreditation standards. The role emphasizes patient empowerment, goal setting, and collaborative care with the healthcare team.

The position involves developing personalized educational plans, evaluating outcomes, and contributing to program materials and quality initiatives to improve DSMES services.

Qualifications

• DSMES program participant assessment and education planning

Responsibilities

• Instruct DSMES program participants
• Collect assessment data and complete participant evaluations
• Develop individualized educational plans with goals and outcomes
• Provide DSMES interventions using interactive, patient-centered coaching
• Create follow-up DSMES plans and monitor progress
• Evaluate effectiveness of education against goals
• Assist in curriculum development and training materials as needed
• Participate in quality improvement activities for the DSMES program
• Support provider marketing efforts to sustain referrals

Job description

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13632367

JOB SUMMARY

The Diabetes Educator/Instructor is a healthcare professional certified as a diabetes educator. The staff member in this position provides individualized diabetes self-management education/training and support (DSMES) to individual patients according to Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice, and standards of Professional Performance for Diabetes Educators and AADE accreditation requirements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Instruction of program participants.

Clinical & Depart Duties

• Collects DSMES program participants assessment data and completes individual and comprehensive patient assessment on each participant.
• Develops individualized educational plan with participant that includes education goals, intervention content, teaching methods and patient-selected desired outcomes.
• Provides DSMES interventions that utilizes primarily interactive, collaborative, skill-based training methods and uses the patient empowerment/motivational interview style of counseling.
• Develops individualized follow-up DSMES plan with participant.
• Evaluates effectiveness of educational services provided by measuring attainment of agreed upon goals/strategies.
• May participate in development of DSMES program curriculum, patient training materials and hard-copy and/or e-documents that support each facet of DSMES program.
• Contributes to and participates in continuous quality improvement process to measure attainment of DSMES program and to identify and address opportunities for improvement.
• May contribute to and participate in ongoing provider marketing activities in order to maximize DSMES referrals and to ensure existing providers continue to refer.