Diabetes Care Specialist

6 days ago


Scottsdale, Arizona, United States HonorHealth Full time
Job Summary

As a Diabetes Care and Education Specialist at HonorHealth, you will play a critical role in overseeing inpatient diabetes services throughout the hospital. Your responsibilities will include assessing, planning, implementing, and evaluating patient care on a daily basis. You will be responsible for educating nursing, physician, and ancillary staff on diabetes management and ensuring that orders are developed and followed.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform metabolic management daily for patients with hyperglycemia
  • Participate in order development and review to evaluate their effect on hyperglycemia
  • Review daily lab reports for patients requiring metabolic management for hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia
  • Makes recommendations to physicians regarding medical management and medication adjustment
  • Design, implement, and manage a system for organizing, planning, and controlling work flow related to clinical activities
  • Responsible for orientation and skills lab training for diabetes management and education
  • Provides direct patient education and coordination of care in planning for discharge and transition to outpatient services
  • Evaluates and develops patient educational materials and gives patient and/or family members instructions on diabetes self-management education
  • Trains, oversees, and provides current patient information to nurses and other healthcare personnel in order to assure comprehensive patient care
  • Participates in achieving length of stay goals for diabetes population by reviewing unit glycemia results
  • Participates in diabetes research trials
  • Assists in the yearly diabetes conference for inpatient nursing
  • Maintains cooperative, collaborative relationship with surgery, periop services, lab, pharmacy, nutrition services, intensivists, hospitalists, and other physician groups to ensure optimal care of patients with diabetes
  • Orients, trains, and mentors new staff
Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree in Nursing (BSN) from a NLN/CCNE accredited school of nursing
  • 5 years professional nursing experience, including patient education and/or staff development skills
  • Nursing - RN - Registered Nurse - State Licensure And/Or Compact State Licensure OR possesses a temporary license from the Arizona State Board of Nursing to practice as a Registered Nurse; permanent license from the Arizona State Board of Nursing required within four (4) months of employment


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