Diabetic Educator (RN)

Are you interested in making a difference in various units? This is your chance to sharpen and grow your skills while getting to know our patients, who appreciate the knowledge and skills that you offer!

Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE, a part of Christiana Care Health System is seeking an RN to work as a Diabetes Educator. In this position, you will work in various units and learn valuable skills.

To manage diabetes patients according to Diabetes Disease Management Protocols, provide diabetes education and coordination of services, and work in collaboration with all physicians, APC, nursing, and ancillary staff of the acute care inpatient areas. Coordinate and provide diabetes education patients for clinical acute inpatient areas. To provide patient education specific to the American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines and/or recommendations.

Participate in updating and maintaining related educational materials for ChristianaCare, ensuring compliance with the ADA recommendations for educational programs.

General Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Masters degree preferred
• Must possess or be able to obtain a Delaware State RN license or multistate compact RN license
• Current BLS required.
• Minimum of 5 years of nursing experience.
• Experience working with at-risk populations is highly desirable.
• Board Certification in diabetes care, or related field preferred

Primarily shift for this position will Day shift with Weekend and Holidays per the guidelines of the department. Hours: This position is 40 hours per week.

Principal duties and responsibilities

• Demonstrates knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, education and support appropriate to adult and geriatric diabetes patients.
• Obtains and interprets information to identify patient needs and provide the care needed.
• Assess the learning needs of patients/families and carries out teaching as needed in regard to Diabetes self-management.
• Provides the patient/family with information regarding the plan of care (diagnosis, medications, treatment, tests, diet, etc.). Develops and individualizes plan of care based on patient assessment.
• Executes Diabetes Disease Management as per American Diabetes Association (ADA) Guidelines.
• Maintains records that support requirements needed for ADA recognition.

By joining our team, you will play a pivotal role in transforming care delivery and improving safety standards across our organization.

What are we about: Our mission as an organization is to serve our neighbors as expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. This is our promise to you. As a nonprofit health system, our mission is one of service. We believe that the key to providing truly great health care is to partner with our patients and their families, building a system of care that is effective, affordable and valuable to everyone who is touched by it.

ChristianaCare has the most advanced health care technology available to help meet your needs. But more important than the technology is our commitment to partner with you to meet your individual needs. We want to care for you and help you live the healthy life you want to live.

Hourly Pay Range: $35.39 - $56.63

This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.