What are the responsibilities and job description for the Diabetes Educator position at Hillcrest Healthcare System?
Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Diabetes Educator in Tulsa, OK.
Why Join Us?
Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better
Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being.
People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for.
Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care.
Get to Know Your Team:
- Oklahoma Heart Institute offers 24/7 catheterization labs, cardiac rehabilitation and a heart failure center. In addition, OHI is involved in over 200 cutting-edge research studies across the vast amount of specialties within the system.
- The clinical dietitian is a registered dietitian responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating patient progress toward nutrition goals.
- Educates patients individually and in group settings on behaviors and lifestyle changes that impact long-term eating habits, diabetes, self-management and overall health.
- Provide Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to assist with including but not limited to, prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and weight management.
- Recommends changes in therapy and monitors patient’s responses to changes in medication regime, exercise plan or meal plan and reports to physician.
- Collaborates with other staff to provide education and self-management training in a clinically appropriate manner, as described in the department’s policies and procedures.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or dietetics.
- Must possess current Oklahoma state licensure as a Licensed Dietitian
- RD from the CDR required.
- CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator) to be obtained within 1 year from hire.
- 2 years’ experience as a Clinical Dietitian with responsibilities related to diabetes.
Preferred Job Requirements:
- 3 years’ experience as a Clinical Dietitian with responsibilities related to diabetes.