Registered nurse- diabetes educator

Summary

The Diabetes Educator is a Registered Nurse (RN) responsible for providing competent, evidence-based diabetes education to staff and patients throughout the medical facility. The Diabetes Educator systematically evaluates current practice, formulates appropriate diabetic outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within area of expertise.

Duties

Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Responsible and accountable for all elements of the nursing process when providing and/or supervising staff and patient diabetes education.
• Assesses, plans, implements, and evaluates diabetes educational needs to facilitate learner development and skill training.
• Utilizes innovative teaching strategies, assessment skills, and evaluation of outcomes.
• Assumes responsibility for the coordination of diabetes education focused on patient education, self-management, and customer satisfaction throughout the healthcare continuum.
• Follows procedures per established policies and guidelines.
• Core elements of performance include knowledge and active participation in the department level quality improvement process and initiatives as well as customer service programs.
• 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 as 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 evaluation 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.
• Takes appropriate action to attain and/or maintain certified diabetes educator (CDE).

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package:

• 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, 0800 - 1630
• Compressed/Flexible: Not Available
• Telework: Not Available
• Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
• Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

Preferred Experience:

Currently holds or working towards the required Certification in Diabetes Education.

Requirements

Conditions of employment U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959. Subject to background/security investigation. Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements.

Qualifications

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 may have opportunity to become registered as a nurse with a state licensing board prior to completion of the bridge program. Upon achievement of a State license, the individual may be appointed on temporary basis and later converted to a permanent appointment upon successful completion and graduation from the bridge program.

Physical Requirements:

You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of examination.