Diabetes Care and Education Specialist

Educates patients and caregivers on diabetes management, develops and delivers self-management education plans, and evaluates education outcomes in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Coordinates with the care team to integrate medical therapy into overall diabetes management, utilizes health literacy principles in education, ensures compliance with NSDSMES standards, may oversee DSMES programs, and liaises with advisory groups and staff to maintain program qualifications and ADA recognition. Responsibilities include teaching capillary glucose monitoring, safe injection technique, and insulin pump management; monitoring patient responses; providing just-in-time education; and contributing to policy/protocol development and ongoing program improvement via data trends in hypoglycemia/hyperglycemia.