Diabetes Educator

Department/Unit:

Medicine - Community Endocrinology

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$77,075.00 - $119,466.00The Educator uses the educational design process to close the knowledge, skills, and/or practice gaps identified through needs assessment and to impact evidence-based practice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the professional development of others and supports life-long learning as individuals transition across learning/practice environments, and professional roles.

• Applies a systematic process to shift individuals, teams, and organizations from current state to desired state and close performance gaps.

• Applies a variety of learning technologies to address learning and performance needs, encourage knowledge sharing, and promote collaboration.

• Provides leadership to project and learning activity implementation, scientifically measuring the impact on organizational goals.

• Helps establish and participates in an education program teaching self-control skills to persons with diabetes and their families/ significant others. This education program includes an assessment, individualized implementation plan and follow-up evaluation.

• Obtain regular continuing education in areas of diabetes management and will also participate in The Endocrine Group's continuous quality improvement
  process.

Qualifications:

• CDE - Certified Diabetes Educator Certification is required

• Didactic and experiential preparation in diabetes management is preferred

• RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure and/or Compact State Licensure NYS is required

• RD - Registered Dietician is required

Communication:
• Presents self in a professional courteous manner.
• Establishes and maintains professional rapport with the physicians and office staff.
• Establishes and maintains good rapport with patients and significant other appropriately.

Customer Relations

• Identifies self with name when answering the telephone.
• Greets each patient by introducing self.
• Responds appropriately to patient requests as they occur.
• Reports all patient complaints to the Diabetes Education Coordinator as the occur.
• Maintains strict patient confidentiality, with the exception of reporting all medical related information to the Diabetes Education Coordinator or Physician.

Infectious Disease:
• Follows appropriate use of Universal Precautions without deviation.
• Reports incident of observed or suspected non-compliance with Universal Precautions immediately to the Manager.

Quality Improvement:
• Participates in Continuous Quality Improvement program under the direction of the Coordinator.
• Welcomes new ideas, changes and responsibilities to achieve greater success and productivity within the organization

Physical Demands

• Standing - Constantly
• Walking - Constantly
• Sitting - Rarely
• Lifting - Frequently
• Carrying - Frequently
• Pushing - Occasionally
• Pulling - Occasionally
• Climbing - Occasionally
• Balancing - Occasionally
• Stooping - Frequently
• Kneeling - Frequently
• Crouching - Frequently
• Crawling - Occasionally
• Reaching - Frequently
• Handling - Frequently
• Grasping - Frequently
• Feeling - Constantly
• Talking - Constantly
• Hearing - Constantly
• Repetitive Motions - Constantly
• Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination - Constantly

Working Conditions

• Extreme cold - Rarely
• Extreme heat - Rarely
• Humidity - Rarely
• Wet - Rarely
• Noise - Constantly
• Hazards - Frequently
• Temperature Change - Rarely
• Atmospheric Conditions - Rarely
• Vibration - Rarely

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!​

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

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