Clinical Diabetes Educator - Endocrinology Clinic at Eastowne Job Chapel Hill area,North Carolina USA,Healthcare

Description

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UNC Hospitals Outpatient Center at Eastowne is a specialty clinic for the evaluation and treatment of conditions related to hormone-producing glands. We provide care for patients with a wide range of endocrine conditions, including diabetes, thyroid disease, osteoporosis, parathyroid disease, adrenal disorders, pituitary disorders, and tumors or cancers of the endocrine glands. We also provide gender-affirming hormone therapy for transgender and non-binary adults.

Schedule

and Location

Address: 100 Manning Drive, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Monday–Friday 8a–5p
No weekends
No holidays

Summary

Provides diabetic patient assessments, conducts educational and instructional activities for diabetic patients and assists in the development and selection of patient education materials.

Responsibilities

Assists in the development and selection of patient education materials, policies, protocols, and procedures that enhance the diabetes education provided to patients.

Educates patients on use of continuous glucose monitoring and other new technology for diabetes management as it emerges.

Instructs an individual diabetes patient in diabetes medical nutrition therapy if they are referred from a community physician.

Instructs patients in the use of insulin pumps. Provides pump management and patient self-management instruction if so ordered by their UNC endocrinologist or advanced practice provider under protocol. Processes pump paperwork and follow-up by phone as needed with new pump patients.

Participates in team meetings, ADA DSME meetings or other administrative functions.

Provides an assessment of the patient and determines mutually acceptable diabetes self-management goals and outcomes, develops a plan to obtain those outcomes. Assists the patient in implementing those goals, evaluates the behavior change process and documents appropriately.

Provides diabetes education and management on all aspects of diabetes self-management to adult patients referred by a UNC endocrinologist or advance practice provider for Type 1 or 2 diabetes or gestational diabetes. This includes but is not limited to insulin instruction, blood glucose meter instruction, diabetes complication prevention, behavioral goal setting, diabetes medical nutrition therapy, meal planning and carbohydrate counting.

Teaches the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) Program classes as a clinical instructor on a rotating basis for Type 2 diabetes patients referred by their endocrinologist or advanced practice provider.

Other Information

Education Requirements:

Bachelor7s degree in an appropriate discipline.

Licensure/Certification Requirements:
Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist or licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina. Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE).

Professional Experience Requirements:
If Bachelor7s degree, 3 years' experience as a Registered Dietitian;
If Master7s degree, 1 year experience as a Registered Dietitian.

Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: (list not specified in detail).

Job Details

Legal

Employer:

STATE

Entity: UNC Medical Center

Organization Unit: UNCH Endocrinology Cl at ET

Work Type:
Full Time

Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00

Salary Range: $26.59 - $38.23 per hour (Hiring Range)

Pay offers are determined by experience and internal equity

Work Assignment Type:
Onsite

Work Schedule:

Day Job

Location of Job: US:

NC:

Chapel Hill

Exempt From Overtime:
Exempt:
Yes

This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.

Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.

UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants’ and employees’ religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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