RN Diabetes Educator

Methodist Healthcare System; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, prescription, dental, vision

Wellbeing support

Paid time off and family leave

401(k) retirement plan with match

Education support

Job summary

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant in San Antonio, TX is seeking an experienced RN Diabetes Educator to lead patient education and self-management support for diabetes care. You will assess learning needs, develop individualized education plans, collaborate with nutritionists, physicians, and care teams, and document outcomes to improve quality of life for patients with diabetes.

Preferred: 1 year of direct diabetes education; bilingual in English/Spanish; Texas RN license with BLS; CDE

Qualifications

• Graduate of a professional school of nursing.
• Minimum of 3 years clinical nursing experience.
• Preferable: 1 year of direct diabetes education.
• Current Texas nursing license and BLS certification.
• CDE or BC-ADM certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Educate patients and families on diabetes self-management.
• Develop and document individualized education plans and goals.
• Assess learning needs and adapt teaching methods accordingly.
• Collaborate with physicians, dietitians, case managers, and nursing staff.
• Evaluate education outcomes and adjust plans to improve health quality.

Skills

Diabetes education

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

RN licensure (Texas)

BSN preferred

Job description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At HCA Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) RN Diabetes Educator today with Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant.

Job Summary And Qualifications

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).

What qualifications you will need:

Education: Graduate of a professional school of nursing. Preferable: Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

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:

• Current license to practice professional nursing in the state of Texas
• Maintenance of current Basic life support training If certified, maintenance of current recognized certification:
• Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators OR
• Board Certified- Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) through the American Association of Diabetes Educators

Benefits

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn More About Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant has been nationally recognized for its record setting kidney, liver and pancreas transplant programs. It is home to the Texas Transplant Institute and is the largest living donor kidney transplant program in the US. According to the United Network of Organ Sharing database, the center reached a major milestone in 2019 by performing 231 living donor kidney transplants in a single year setting a new national record - that’s 65 more transplants than the second center on the list.

In addition to transplant care, Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant is a full service hospital with over 260 beds that provides specialized services for liver cancer care, emergency care, weight loss surgery, urology surgery, vascular surgery, inpatient rehabilitation, colorectal surgery and behavioral health care. It is a designated Center of Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Excellence by the American Society for Bariatric Surgery.

Our Sexual Assault Response Team provides a compassionate environment for sexual assault survivors ages 13+, serving as a model for hospitals and agencies all over the world. Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant prides itself on providing the highest quality of patient care possible as proven by their consecutive Grade A scores from the Leapfrog’s Hospital Safety Grade survey and ranking in the nation’s top quartile for patient experience.

For more information, please visit our website at www.sahealth.com and select Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant under Locations.

"The great hospitals will always put the patient and the patient's family first, and the really great institutions will provide care with warmth, compassion, and dignity for the individual."- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.

HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

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