Diabetes Educator - Adult Endocrinology/Diabetes Clinic

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Position Title: Diabetes Educator - Adult Endocrinology/Diabetes Clinic Department: Endocrinology/Diabetes Clinic Job Description: General Description: Provides diabetes education for a study, department, or clinic, collaborates with other professionals, develops educational material, coordinates visits, and maintains records Essential Responsibilities: Diabetes Education . Educates individuals with type-2 diabetes on the pathophysiology of diabetes, the psychological issues of having the disease, oral and injectable diabetic medications, and sick day management. Teaches families how to monitor blood sugars, and manage blood sugars with food and exercise. Collaboration . Actively participates on the diabetes study team. Collaborates with study staff in meeting study objectives as outlined by the study protocol. Attends medical visits with study physician and completes study related associated paperwork. Material Development . Develops educational materials such as the Diabetes Education Manual, workbooks, blood glucose meters and logbooks, and diabetes questionnaires to assess mastery of learned materials. May present material through lecture or with the use of multimedia video. Wo...