Certified Diabetes Care, Education Specialist-Diabetes Nutrition Crystal Lake

Position: Certified Diabetes Care, Education Specialist-Diabetes Nutrition Crystal Lake Full Time Days

Certified Diabetes Care, Education Specialist – Diabetes Nutrition

Crystal Lake, IL – Full Time Days.

Salary Range: $37.04 – $51.85 per hour.

Benefits

• $10,000 Tuition Reimbursement per year ($5,700 part-time)
• $10,000 Student Loan Repayment ($5,000 part-time)
• $1,000 Professional Development per year ($500 part-time)
• $250 Wellbeing Fund per year ($125 for part-time)
• Matching 401(k)
• Excellent medical, dental and vision coverage
• Life insurance
• Annual Employee Salary Increase and Incentive Bonus
• Paid time off and Holiday pay

Description

This is a full‑time, salaried position at 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities

• Clinical:
  • Provides direct patient care and/or consultation using in‑depth clinical knowledge and skills in diabetes.
  • Establishes diabetes education standards and develops policies and procedures to assure provision of quality, comprehensive and coordinated care.
  • Serves as a consultant to other disciplines on diabetes.
  • Receives and assesses referrals from referring providers.
  • Consults with multidisciplinary team as appropriate to develop, implement and evaluate care for patients and families.
  • Educates patients and/or families on self‑management skills to promote optimal chronic disease management and wellness.
  • Collaborates with the Patient Education Department on patient education needs and provides appropriate resources for patients specific to diabetes.
  • Documents patient care activities in patient medical records.
• Professional:
  • Exemplifies professional image in appearance, manner and presentation.
  • Advocates for patients and their significant others, coworkers, the community and the healthcare profession.
  • Consistently exhibits accountability.
  • Champions collaborative practice with coworkers and other disciplines and departments.
  • Consistently demonstrates compassion to internal and external customers.
  • Dynamic representative of the nursing profession in internal and external forums.
  • Integrates theoretical knowledge base and clinical expertise in decision making.
  • Assumes responsibility for meeting regulatory and other mandatory requirements.
  • Assumes responsibility for personal development plan and education/certification related to clinical specialty area.
  • Supports and models personal wellness.
• Leadership/Organization:
  • Serves as a patient advocate and role model for "Patients First".
  • Mentors staff to ensure quality of health care practices.
  • Participates in unit/departmental/divisional or hospital committees/task forces.
  • Consults with management in assessment, problem solving, decision making, and evaluating clinical/system issues.
• Education:
  • Participates in programs to meet continuing education requirements.
  • Provides formal education to both internal and external groups pertinent to diabetes.
  • Develops and presents educational materials in support of specific educational and behavioral goals, and modifies such materials as needed to support individual patients.
• Research:
  • Facilitates research‑based practice in clinical area of diabetes/lifestyle medicine.
  • Collects and documents quality management and outcomes research data.
  • Participates in research pertinent to area of diabetes/lifestyle medicine.

Qualifications Required

• Willing to sit for the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) exam within or after 2 years of hire.
• Registered, Licensed Dietitian or Registered Nurse (IL).
• Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in an accredited nutrition or nursing related field.

Preferred

• Two years of experience in diabetes care and education.
• Expertise in diabetes technology.
• Master’s degree in nursing, nutrition, counseling or related fields.
• Experience with insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring.

Equal Opportunity

Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.

Background Check

Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case‑by‑case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act.

Artificial

Intelligence Disclosure

Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person.

Sign-on Bonus Eligibility

Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign‑on bonus. Exception:
New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.

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