IP/OP Diabetes Educator

Southern Illinois Healthcare; Carbondale (IL); On-site; USD 47,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern Illinois Healthcare invites applications for a Diabetes Educator to join a collaborative interprofessional team. The role emphasizes education for patients and families across inpatient and outpatient settings, using data-driven approaches to guide care plans and population health strategies.

The Educator will deliver interactive, evidence-based diabetes education, develop individualized goals, and document outcomes while participating in quality improvement and policy development.

Qualifications

• RN with Illinois license or RD with CDCES certification
• Willingness to obtain CDCES within 2 years
• Minimum 3 years in related field

Responsibilities

• Collects assessment data for DSMES participants
• Develops individualized educational goals and plans
• Delivers interactive, skills-based diabetes education
• Evaluates learning outcomes and documents results
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives
• Collaborates with care teams to coordinate education plans

Skills

Interprofessional collaboration

Patient education

Data collection & outcome measurement

Evidence-based practice

Education

Associate degree in Nursing

B.S. in Human Nutrition & Dietetics

Tools

EMR systems

Job description

Position Summary

• The Diabetes Educator works collaboratively as an active member of the interprofessional team to provide therapeutic patient and family centered care in the inpatient and outpatient settings. This position will provide education to individuals and families on a wide variety of topics with an emphasis on diabetes education. The Educator systematically and continuously collects and assesses data related to patient health status to develop, execute and evaluate the plan of care. This position utilizes evidence to drive clinical decisions and practice related to individual and population health. The Diabetes Educator establishes goals and strategies for meeting care coordination needs across settings with the patient, family, and/or other care providers. The educator considers factors related to safety, effectiveness and fiscal accountability in planning and delivering care. The educator participates in continuous quality improvement initiatives and assumes responsibility for their professional development.

Principal Accountabilities

• Standards of Performance: Respect, Integrity, Compassion, Collaboration, Stewardship, Accountability, Quality
• Commitment to Care: (1) Commitment to deliver positive patient and colleague experiences (2) Commitment to support a collaborative, inclusive community (3) Commitment to build trust (4) Commitment to embrace my personal responsibility.

Education

• Associate degree in Nursing or Bachelor of Science in Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Licenses and Certification

• 15 contacts hours of approved diabetes related continuing education annually
• Current Illinois RN License, CDCES or willingness to obtain within 2 years of hire OR
• Current Illinois RD License with current CDCES certification

Experience and Skills

Technical Experience: 3 years in related field

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Collects DSMES program participant assessment data in a collaborative and ongoing manner.
• Collaboratively develops educational goals, learning objectives and a plan for educational content and teaching methods with DSMES program participants.
• Provides educational interventions that utilize primarily interactive, collaborative, skills-based training methods and maximizes the use of interactive training methods
• Collaboratively develops an individualized follow-up plan with each program participant.
• Evaluates effectiveness of educational services provided by measuring attainment of learning objectives.
• Conducts a follow-up assessment upon completion of DSMES program services, using outcome measures.
• Documents assessment data, educational plan, educational services provided and evaluation results in each participant’s educational records.
• Utilizes a team approach to provide services and collaborates and communicates with team members when needed
• Participates in the development of training materials.
• Contributes to, and participates in, a continuous quality improvement process to measure DSMES program and to identify and address opportunities for improvement
• Participates in planning and developing nutrition and diabetes management related policies, procedures, and goals.
• Participates in programs to meet continuing education requirements.
• Other duties as assigned.

Compensation (Commensurate with experience):

$33.75

To

$52.31