Department: WOO Clinical Nutrition Service
Shift: TBD
Job ID: 412983
We are searching for a Diabetes Educator -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will provide assessment, goal setting, education and behavioral intervention, and ongoing case management to patients and caregivers to promote diabetes self-management in the inpatient and ambulatory settings.
Think you’ve got what it takes?
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required, master's preferred.
- CDCES from the Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education OR BC-ADM from the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists required.
- 1 year required as a specialized diabetes care as a licensed dietician or nurse.
Responsibilities:
- Teaches patient/family skills for diabetes self-management. Assesses patient family knowledge, individualized the education plan based on learner’s social, economic, cultural and age-appropriate need.
- Evaluates patient needs at appropriate intervals and suggests appropriate management strategies, including IIM and diabetes technology.
- Documents all patient care related activities within the medical record according to established guidelines and formats.
- Develops and provides education materials and resources for TCH staff, patients, caregivers, and the community.
- Maintains practice at appropriate levels by attending continuing education activities and staying abreast of current evidence-based practice.
- Implements proper protocols for diabetes patient management.
- Provides case management related services including requests for durable medical equipment, preauthorization paperwork, and coordination of care with other healthcare providers.
- When appropriate, a Diabetes Education Specialist/Diabetes Educator with an RD/RDN credential may assess and provide nutritional care to patients.
About Texas Children’s
Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands is north Houston’s first true, free-standing pediatric hospital designed, equipped and staffed exclusively to provide care in more than 25 areas of specialty care for children and adolescents. Hospital facilities include 24 emergency center rooms, outpatient exam rooms, radiology rooms, operating rooms and acute care beds, as well as a pediatric intensive care unit (PICU).
Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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