Nurse Clinician, Diabetes Educator, 32 Hour Days

Are you an internal caregiver, student, or contingent worker/agency worker at UMass Memorial Health?

Exemption Status:
Exempt Hiring Range: $91,644.80 - $. Please note that the final offer may vary within this range based on a candidate’s experience, skills, qualifications, and internal equity considerations.

Schedule Details:
Monday through Friday Scheduled

Hours:

8 to 4:30 p or 9a to 5 p

Shift: 1 - Day Shift, 8 Hours (United States of America)

Hours:

32.

This position may have a signing bonus available. A member of the Recruitment Team will confirm eligibility during the interview process.

Everyone Is a Caregiver. At UMass Memorial Health, everyone is a caregiver - regardless of their title or responsibilities. Exceptional patient care, academic excellence and leading-edge research make UMass Memorial the premier health system of Central Massachusetts, and a place where we can help you build the career you deserve. We are more than 20,000 employees, working together as one health system in a relentless pursuit of healing for our patients, community and each other.

And everyone, in their own unique way, plays an important part, every day.

• 1. Utilizes the nursing process, motivational interviewing techniques, and patient education principles to assess, plan, implement and evaluate diabetes self management plans for patients with diabetes across the continuum and cultures. Conducts an assessment of the patient’s knowledge base of diabetes, his/her readiness to learn, motivation to adhere with provider regimen and identifies any learning barriers including physical, cognitive, environmental, cultural, language, financial, psychological and spiritual and provides appropriate referral as necessary.
• 2. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of pre-diabetes, prevention of diabetes, and adult diabetes management concepts and skills including insulin starts, insulin to carb ratios, mealtime insulin based upon insulin to carb ratio, insulin pump therapy, glucose sensor training, continuous glucose monitoring, and prevention of diabetes complications.
• 3. Designs an individualized teaching plan according to provider treatment plan, in conjunction with multi-disciplinary team and based upon mutually agreed goals with patient and family. Participates in the development of telehealth and or shared medical appointment initiatives when feasible. Communicates with referring physician if referral is beyond scope of practice and discusses other referrals as necessary.
• 4. Works collaboratively and innovatively with referring providers and clinic staff to improve access to care for newly diagnosed diabetes patients. Insure patient and family member understand the proper use of insulin, insulin pumps, oral medications, signs of symptoms of hypoglycemia, DKA, prevention of complications of diabetes, sick day regimens, use of diabetes devices, glucometers and diabetes software management programs.
• 5. Educates and motivates patients/families by imparting the pathophysiological and epidemiological basis for the disease process. Articulates clinical practice guidelines associated with the AADE7 self-care behaviors framework. Assess the behaviors and motivation of the patient and family to facilitate lifestyle modification in patients and prevent and/or reduce co-morbidities associated with chronic disease of diabetes.
• 6. Implements medical, behavioral and educational plans to improve adherence with comprehensive plan of care as above and facilitates problem solving to prevent short term and long term complications of diabetes.
• 7. Utilizes evidenced based practice, patient centered care, adult teaching-learning methods and motivational interviewing techniques to guide practice and provide education and improve adherence in chronic disease management for patients and families.
• 8. Documents all content which includes educational assessments, planning, intervention, behavioral goal setting, and outcomes accordingly and accurately in electronic medical record. Demonstrates proficiency within the expected timeframe for charge entry, monthly statistics, in accordance with ADA recognition and in compliance with UMMHC…