A Diabetes Educator works with patients and families to understand and manage diabetes. Helps patients to learn how diabetes affects their bodies and teaches them how to monitor blood sugar levels, administer medications and manage diet and activity. May be licensed as a nurse, therapist, nutritionist or other medical professional. Works in hospitals and other clinical settings.
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_PARAGRAPH JOB_DESCRIPTION.SHARE.HTML Louisville, Kentucky Training/Education 159429 Regular Full-Time Days Norton Medical Group mail_outline Get future jobs matching this search Login or Register Job Description Responsibilities The RN - Diabetes Educator serves as a provider of diabetes care and education within the Norton Healthcare System. Provides direct patient care and support, including evaluation and teaching of use for insulin and anti-hyperglycemic agents, and delivery tools. Manages patients' routine diabetes care through assessment of use of advanced diabetes technologies (including glucose meters, interstitial glucose sensors, and subcutaneous insulin infusion pumps). Delivers comprehensive diabetes care and education for nutrition, basic diabetes management, acute/chronic complication prevention, lifestyle and behavior modification, while assessing comprehension, psychosocial factors, and social determinants of health. Functions as part of multidisciplinary team utilizing age-appropriate principles of growth and development for patients aged infant to geriatric. Participates as needed with organizational departments/committees and partner with external programs to provide robust health and wellness options to patients served. Administers comprehensive diabetes care through on site programs/classes to deliver nutrition and relevant health and wellness education to patients and their families in the ambulatory, emergency department, and hospital-based settings via face-to-face or remote electronic modalities.
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_PARAGRAPH JOB_DESCRIPTION.SHARE.HTML Find Your Purpose With Us Transcript At Norton Healthcare, we are innovators and researchers, strategic thinkers and problem solvers, support systems and advocates for our patients and families, servant leaders and compassionate caregivers. We work at the bedside and in medical offices in office buildings and at home, we work at the front desk and behind the scenes, we scrub in and step up for our community no matter your role. When you work for Norton Healthcare and Norton Children's, you are a part of a connected health system focused on healing through care, innovation, access and equity. We believe there is no limit to what our care can do. We're growing to better serve our community and we're looking for team members whose purpose is strengthened by their belief in how we all can make a difference together. With more than 400 sites of care throughout our region, including adult and pediatric hospitals, outpatient facilities, medical offices and specialty practices, there's a place for you. At Norton Healthcare and Norton Children's, our employees are what make our organization so special. Your well being is important to us. We don't just want you to stay here, we want you to thrive here. In addition to competitive benefits and compensation, you'll have access to a variety of programs including an employee wellness program and employee resource groups. We also invest in your career growth through programs supported by our workforce development program. These include tuition assistance and on the job training opportunities. Are you ready to discover a career with no limits? Explore opportunities by visiting Norton Healthcare careers.com. Pause Play % buffered 00:00 00:00 Unmute Mute Settings Captions Disabled Transcript Disabled Captions Back to captions menu Disabled English EN Español ES Deutsche DE 中文 ZH Français FR Exit fullscreen Enter fullscreen At Norton Healthcare, we are innovators and researchers, strategic thinkers … N Norton Healthcare
