Registered Nurse-Diabetes Educator

The Diabetes Educator Registered Nurse delivers fundamental understanding of adult learning principles and lifelong learner that can practice with flexibility to adapt or change learning strategies based on the assessment of learning needs within the healthcare organization. Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates diabetes educational needs to facilitate learner development and skill training. Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines. PRINCIPALES MISSIONS : Duties include but not limited to: Assumes responsibility for the coordination of diabetes education focused on patient education, self management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum. Influences educational outcomes by collaborating with members of the interdisciplinary team. Focuses on individual growth and development in practice with increased levels of self direction and critical thinking skills. Provides educational instruction and training for diabetic patients throughout the medical facility. Understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training. Demonstrates knowledge and application of professional standards related to patient diabetes care. Performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for patients and staff within the organization. Develops coaching and mentoring skills. Systematically evaluates current practice, formulate appropriate diabetic outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise. Collaborates with other Clinical Nurse Educators and interprofessional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in services, training, competency assessment and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills. Acts a consultant in patient diabetes care principles and performance measures. Reviews current nursing literature for new diabetic trends and changes based on evidence based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluations of outcomes. Utilizes best practices and benchmarking to establish realistic goals for patient diabetes care initiatives. Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify diabetics educational training needs for staff, supporting activities that foster competence , critical thinking skills, and decision making. Provides consultation and collaboration through the participation within organizational committees. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 0730-1600. Telework: Not Available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES : Basic Requirements: English Language Proficiency. In accordance with 38 U.S.C. 7403(f), no person shall serve in direct patient care positions unless they are proficient in basic written and spoken English. Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE); OR Individuals attending a master's level bridge program in nursing who have completed coursework equivalent to a bachelor's level degree in Nursing

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