Diabetes Educator RD
On-siteWoodstock, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Coordinate patient diabetes self-management and nutritional care through clinical assessment, education, and documentation across inpatient and outpatient settings. Assess biological, emotional, developmental, and nutritional needs to develop, implement, and maintain nutrition care plans based on the Nutrition Care Process. Provide medical nutrition therapy, specialized diabetic diet guidance, and community resource referrals to patients, families, and the healthcare team while fostering continuity of care. Collaborate with physicians, nurses, and social workers to establish DSMES goals, participate in interdisciplinary team huddles, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives and departmental protocols.
Required Qualifications
- RD
- CDE
- 15 hours of diabetes-related CEUs annually
- CEU requirements
- American Diabetes Association standards
- Joint Commission Patient Safety Goals
- Wellstar Health Systems safety absolutes
- Nutrition Care Process
- DSMES (Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support)
- medical nutrition therapy
- A.N.D. Nutrition Care Process practice standards
- Joint Commission and/or regulatory standards
- Standards of Professional Practice for Dietetics Professionals
- legal, regulatory and accreditation requirements
- evidence based research
- system policies, procedures, and evidenced based research
- organizational ethics
- clinical competencies
- professional association
- diabetes-related CEUs
- initial and ongoing professional competency assessment
- required mandatory education
- population specific education
- diabetes self management team
- diabetes educator/nurse
- social worker
- administrative staff
- physician
- inpatient and outpatient setting
- individual, small group or classroom environment
- diabetes resource on nutrition and diabetes management
- specialized diabetic diet
- food selections
- eating behaviors
- community nutrition resources
- ADA walk
- Diabetes Day
- Health and Benefit Fairs
- Wellstar departments
- civic
- community partners
- dietetic interns
- dietetic technicians
- fiscally responsible
- recruitment and retention
- LEAN Six Sigma
- data collection
- chart audits
- best practice research findings
- sound scientific principles
- current research and theory
- diabetes self-management and nutritional care
- clinical assessment
- education and documentation
- phases of diabetes related care
- patient education
- age specific needs
- biological, emotional, developmental, psychological, nutritional and patient/family education needs
- continuity of the Nutrition Care Process
- nutrition intervention(s)
- nutrition goals
- nutrition screen
- assessment
- diagnosis
- intervention
- monitoring/evaluation
- at risk patients
- psycho-social, age appropriate, evidence-based nutrition care
- health care record
- hospital and department policies and procedures
- Assess patients learning needs
- barriers to learning
- preferred learning styles
- educational level
- nutrition education
- community resources
- positive patient outcomes
- expected outcomes of patient care
- diverse and inclusive interdisciplinary communication methods
- respectful, inclusive educational environment
- performance improvement
- professional strengths and weaknesses
- professional development activities
- technical and functional areas
- Day (United States of America)
- Wellstar
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