Certified Diabetes Educator (Endocrine Clinic) - Part-Time

Job description

Why UMPhysicians? The Endocrinology Clinic provides a wide range of services for endocrine needs including subspecialty programs for diabetes, thyroid disease, and reproductive health patients. Our dedicated team of providers, nurses, social workers, pharmacists, and other health care givers care for the whole patient and use resources from the community to assist with ensuring the patient has what they need to improve their health. What you will do as a Certified Diabetes Education Specialist: Provides direct patient education in an individual or group setting Following specific curriculum developed for diabetes education Assesses patient's physical, psychosocial, behavioral and educational needs (to include self-management, SBGM, nutrition, physical activity, medication taking, and health maintenance labs) and interprets the information to identify individualized clinical and educational needs Teaches technical stills, concepts of diabetes self management and facilitates behavior change for patients with Type 1, Type 2, and gestational diabetes as well as those with pre-diabetes Documentation of required assessments, interventions, evaluations, and follow-up is consistent with es...