Kickapoo Nation Health Center SPDI Coordinator

Diabetes Coordinator Position

The coordinator is responsible for program activities under the direction of the Nurse Case Manager. Activities include, but are not limited to, recruitment, screening, retaining, training, instructing, coaching, and counseling program participants. The employee will serve as the fitness specialist, exercise leader, and provide program support for compliance and monitoring. The incumbent will have a shared responsibility for data collection and monitoring participants.

They will also monitor for health risk and refer to KNHC for further evaluation and/or medical assistance. They will ensure that program goals are met in a timely manner and in compliance with DIIHS/PHS/IHS and their respective health facility policies. The incumbent will attend meetings deemed required by grant and needed training travel will be required.

Major duties include:

• Leading the diabetes prevention education in the implementation of the intensive lifestyle education component of the SDPI Diabetes Prevention Program Competitive Grant using the standardized curriculum.
• Providing nutrition education as outlined in the DPP curriculum and working with participants as a lifestyle coach to implement the nutrition guidelines presented.
• Working with participants and family members to identify ways to increase exercise and to develop exercise strategies to meet exercise goals.
• Functioning as an exercise specialist, planning, supervising, and teaching exercise classes at the tribal wellness site.
• Planning and reporting on less-intensive activities such as overseeing the fitness center, organizing Fun Runs and Softball Tournaments, other activities as determined to be appropriate and feasible grant activities.
• Assisting with the behavioral reinforcement and incentive components of the project for participants.
• Documenting all relevant participant data for the study participants.
• Assisting in the development and monitoring of all performance improvement initiatives and reporting requirements of the grant.
• Participating in local and national team meetings.

At the discretion of the supervisor, other duties not specifically described may be required from time to time to meet departmental objectives and obligations, or to improve the level or quality of services provided by the incumbent.

Recommended education for the position includes a Bachelor's Degree with a minimum of 9 hours in Nutrition and/or health/wellness related coursework.

LPN or RN certified.

CPR certification will be required prior to teaching any exercise classes.

Knowledge required by the position includes:

• Basic nutrition principles.
• The role exercise, physical activity and nutrition play in the prevention and treatment of diabetes.
• Exercise leadership.
• Educational concepts to promote behavior change.
• Basic medical terminology to record and report medical information.
• Proper grammar, spelling, and punctuation for purposes of documenting observations and recordings used in the provision of services.
• Regulations on confidentiality and patient eligibility.
• Community resources.
• A variety of computer software and applications.
• Planning, coordinating, scheduling, and evaluating program activities within communities.
• Communicating courteously and effectively with patients, their families, medical and administrative staff, health care professionals, and the general public.
• Using a variety of audio-visual equipment.
• Demonstrating safe and proper use of exercise equipment.

The position requires the ability to lift 25-50 lbs. Operation of a motor vehicle for travel to various community-meeting places is required. A current driver's license is required. Ability to demonstrate the range of motion required for different exercises is required. Some of the work is sedentary, involving planning/coordinating of grant activities.

Work is performed in the Kickapoo Nation Health Center — Diabetes Prevention Program at a variety of community buildings and settings, in clinics, in homes, and in the office. Potential health hazards encountered during the provision of services may include exposure to infectious disease agents, and interaction with clientele in stressful situations.