Diabetes Educator RD — Empowering Patient Self-Management

1000 Wellstar Health System, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Wellstar Health System, Inc. is seeking a Diabetes Educator/Dietitian to coordinate diabetes self-management and nutritional care.

You will assess patients, educate families, and document care across inpatient and outpatient settings, collaborating with the diabetes care team and community partners. Responsibilities include developing nutrition care plans, applying the Nutrition Care Process, and adhering to ADA and Joint Commission standards while contributing to quality improvement and

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years clinical dietetics experience with emphasis on patient assessment, treatment and education.
• Experience with diabetes care and education is preferred.
• Pediatric experience and bilingual abilities are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and promotes quality services based on client expectation and needs.
• Collaborates with patient and/or family member, and health care team to assess DSMES needs of patients.
• Provides services and establishes goals based on the identified needs of patients and/or family members.
• Applies knowledge and skills in developing, implementing and maintaining nutrition care plans.
• Continuously evaluates DSMES processes and patient outcomes and implements quality practice by following system policies, procedures, and evidenced based research.
• Provides care according to organizational ethics, licensure and Standards of Professional Practice for Dietetics Professionals.
• Applies Joint Commission and/or regulatory standards in the provision of DSMES.
• Utilizes patient experience and empathy skills when interacting with patients and family members.
• Participates in appropriate committees and team member huddles.
• Engages in quality improvement initiatives and projects.
• Provide medical nutrition therapy according to system policy and AND Nutrition Care Process practice standards.
• Utilizes the Nutrition Care Process when assessing patients.
• Responsible for nutrition screen, assessment, diagnosis, intervention, and monitoring/evaluation of identified at risk patients.
• Apply psycho-social, age appropriate, evidence-based nutrition care.
• Document all patient encounters in the health care record in accordance with hospital and department policies and procedures.
• Assess patients learning needs, barriers to learning, preferred learning styles and educational level and provides nutrition education accordingly.
• Utilizes community resources through the continuum of care to foster positive patient outcomes.
• Identifies expected outcomes of patient care.
• Locates, reviews, and utilizes best practice research findings for their application in optimally managing a disease or condition and improving patient outcomes.
• Upholds all system/organizational/departmental policies and procedures and clinical competencies put forth by this job description and professional association including legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements and standards ensuring, by way of example, fulfilment of American Diabetes Association standards, Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals and Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes.
• Participates in data collection and chart audits.
• Consults appropriate experts and uses appropriate resources and evidence to address practice questions.
• Bases clinical practice on sound scientific principles, current research and theory.
• Shares and reports research and patient outcomes utilizing various media.
• Demonstrates knowledge related to clinical practice.
• Communicates sound scientific principles, research, and theory to health care team members and dietetic interns in optimally managing patients' care.
• Shares knowledge and expertise with dietetic interns, patients, family members and health care team members.
• Documents understanding of relevant information and results of communication with dietetic interns/technicians/patients/families and healthcare team members.
• Contributes to the development of new knowledge and services.
• Seeks out information effectively and independently to provide effective services.

Skills

Communication

Nutrition Care Process

Critical thinking

Organization

Empathy

CPR

Education

Bachelors Dietetics or Nutrition or Masters Dietetics-Preferred

Tools

Epic

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Wellstar Health System, Inc. is seeking a Diabetes Educator/Dietitian to coordinate diabetes self-management and nutritional care.

You will assess patients, educate families, and document care across inpatient and outpatient settings, collaborating with the diabetes care team and community partners. Responsibilities include developing nutrition care plans, applying the Nutrition Care Process, and adhering to ADA and Joint Commission standards while contributing to quality improvement and