registered nurse - Pomona, NJ, United States - Atlanticare Regional Medical Center, Inc.
Description
POSITION SUMMARY
The Diabetic Educator is responsible for coordinating the care of the patient with diabetes from admission through discharge and referral.
It guides, assists, and serves as an expert resource to nursing staff and other health care team members to ensure delivery of high quality care to patients with diabetes.
The Diabetic Educator provides education to diabetic patients in an acute setting as well as provides both clinical and educational support to health care providers.
Principal duties and responsibilities include:
the organization, development, and implementation of Diabetes Education programs in an acute setting; support clinical diabetes care at all units; build on and/or develop relationships with insurance carriers, pharmaceutical companies, and key distributors; provide training/educational programs, presentations, and seminars for patients and health care providers as required.
Participate in hospital based committees as assigned.QUALIFICATIONS
EDUCATION:
Graduate of an accredited school of nursing required. BSN preferred.
LICENSE/
CERTIFICATION:
Current license as a registered Nurse in the State of New Jersey. Certification from the American Association of Diabetes Educators as a Certified Diabetic Educator (CDE). BLSHCP required.
EXPERIENCE:
Minimum 3-5 years clinical experience and 2-3 years experience in diabetes education required. Excellent verbal and written communication skills, as well as leadership skills. Excellent customer service skills.
PERFORMANCE EXPECTATIONS
Demonstrates the competencies as established on the Assessment and Evaluation Tool for this position.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Potential for exposure to the hazards and risk of the hospital environment, including exposure to infection disease, hazardous substances, blood-borne pathogens, and potential injury.
REPORTING RELATIONSHIP
This position reports to the Director of Clinical Education and indirectly to the Director of Nursing Practices.
The above statement reflect the general details considered necessary to describe the principle functions of the job as identified and shall not be considered as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the position.