Diabetes Educator

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Who We Are:

Children's National Hospital offers one of the largest pediatric diabetes programs in the Mid-Atlantic region, providing comprehensive, personalized care for children and adolescents with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes.

About the Role: The Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) will be responsible for diabetes education/care of patients/families, including new onset and established diabetes, in children, adolescents, and young adults, in the inpatient and outpatient settings, individually and in group format.

The CDE will provide patient education and ongoing patient support in consultation with physician and advanced practice nursing staff. Perform complete educational and skills assessments for patients with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes managed on oral medications, insulin injections and insulin pumps. Provide diabetes self-management education to families including 1:1, group/classroom settings and electronically (telephone/web-based). The CDE will help to develop, document and implement education and treatment plans for patients as well as evaluating and meeting patient and family learning needs. The CDE will follow up with patient to evaluate achievement of learning goals and assist families with making decisions about diabetes self-care including meal planning/carbohydrate counting, planning for exercise, daily schedule adjustments, responding to high and low blood sugar readings and other questions. Assist family with sick day management guidelines to identify and coordinate resources.

The CDE will support research-based projects and assist to maintain the American Diabetes Association certification for Children's National's Diabetes Education Program at the Sheikh Zayed campus. Will participate school-based staff in-service days as needed. The CDE will participate in diabetes clinics as needed at all Children's National satellite clinic locations. All practice is based on the legal scope of practice, national and specialty CDE standards, Children's National Policies and Procedures, and in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations. Children's National supports the development of CDE relationships within the community; specifically those relationships associated with the health and well-being of the community at large.

What You'll Bring:

Minimum Education
Bachelor's degree in nursing or nutrition science or related (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
1 year One year of pediatric diabetes related experience. (Required)
1 year Experience with managing patient on insulin pumps and use of CGM systems (Preferred)

Required Licenses and Certifications
Registered Nurse (Required) Or Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (Required)
Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) Certification as a diabetes educator through the American Diabetes Association within 1 Year (Required)

Functional Accountabilities
Education

• Participate and promote family/patient and staff education; participate in CQI of educational process to determine opportunities for improvement; present at hospital, community, and national educational forums regarding the education/care of children and adolescents with diabetes as opportunities present.
• Educate patients/families with newly diagnosed and established diabetes (Type, 2, CFR, and secondary) according to the 10 Standards of practice for Diabetes Educators (Assessment, Use of Resources, Planning, Implementation, Documentation, Evaluation & Outcome Multidisciplinary Collaboration, Professional Development, Professional Accountability, and Ethics).
• Educate patients/families in the 10 content areas specified by the AADE, as appropriate (Disease Process, Nutritional Management, Physical Activity, Medications, Acute Complications, Risk Reduction, Goal setting/Problem Solving, Psychosocial Adjustment, and Preconceptual Care).
• Assist patient/family to educate other caretakers, including school staff, to ensure a safe transition to outpatient setting and optimal functioning in school setting.
• Provide on-call diabetes education on weekends and holidays.
• Obtain continuing education in topics specified by the National Standards (diabetes management, behavioral intervention, teaching, learning, and counseling).

Clinical

• Download blood sugar meters, start CGMs and collaborate with MD to interpret results and change therapy, as needed.
• Maintain current knowledge and skills related to diabetes self-management products and educational materials.
• Assist in developing tools/forms, as needed, to document teaching learning process per National Standards.
• Maintain skills in computer software used for diabetes care and education.
• Participate in daily morning huddles and departmental and diabetes team meetings.
• Facilitate patient flow and download blood glucose meters at diabetes clinics as needed.
• Recognize abnormal diabetes lab results and takes appropriate action in collaboration with MD.
• Provide phone triage/point of contact for patients/families, schools, and other community organizations on a daily basis.
• Communicate effectively and regularly with diabetes team members about patient/family strengths/needs.

Collaboration

• Collaborate with nursing staff, diabetes team, and other health care professionals in the planning, provision, and evaluation of patient/family education and implementation of system change related to diabetes care/education.
• Interpret the intent of diabetes policies in the hospital and community in an understandable and non-biased manner to staff and families.
• Develop and maintain working relationships with diabetes product representatives in the community.

Leadership

• Participate to maintain ADA Program recognition and attend yearly Advisory Committee meetings.
• Establish patient care/education priorities to best meet the needs of patients, staff, and hospital responsibilities.
• Advance professional practice through active participation in ADA, AADE, and other organizations involved in the care of patients with diabetes
• Role model conflict management.

The disclosed salary range includes the minimum and maximum rates within which Children's National believes an individual's base pay rate will fall for this position. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the maximum of the pay range. The exact pay rate for this position will be based on a variety of factors in alignment with the Children's National compensation philosophy. These factors are legitimate and non-discriminatory including, but not limited to, the current market conditions; organizational needs; the individual's combination of prior work experience, level of education, knowledge, skills, and other qualifications. Children's National is committed to providing a fair and competitive total rewards package to each of our employees. This base salary range does not include our comprehensive benefits package or any additional compensation for which this position may be eligible.

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The "Know Your Rights" poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your RightsPay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a "drug-free" work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.