Clinical Nurse Educator- Diabetes Education, Full Time Days - Educator
Company: The University of Chicago Medical Center
Location: Chicago
Posted on: January 27, 2023
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Job Description:
Clinical Nurse Educator- Diabetes Education, Full Time DaysJob
Description
Join UChicago Medicine, as a Clinical Nurse Educator supporting
Diabetes Program.
A Clinical Nurse Educator is a nurse with previous educational
experience whose focus is on staff development and nursing
education. This nurse is an educator, consultant, role model,
staff/patient advocate, change agent, leader and cost effective
professional. In collaboration with nursing leadership, the
Clinical Nurse Educator designs, develops, implements, and
evaluates a variety of educational offerings in order to improve
nursing care and clinical/organizational outcomes. The Clinical
Nurse Educator elevates the standard of professional nursing
practice at UCM by developing, coaching and mentoring staff to
become expert clinicians and leaders.
In this role, the Clinical Nurse Educator - Diabetes (CNE-D) will
be responsible for providing adult and pediatric focused patient
education addressing all related diabetes concepts and skills,
including insulin pump therapy. The CNE-D will collaborate with
other nursing services, endocrinology services, nutritional
services and other healthcare professionals in the provision of
services to patients and also educational and skills training for
nurses and healthcare professionals.
Essential Job Functions
* Assesses the education needs of pediatric and adult patients with
diabetes and their families/support network and provides
educational support:
* Utilizes standardized and develops customized teaching tools and
methodologies to measure patient and family/support network
knowledge and skill in diabetes concepts and skills, including
insulin pump therapy.
* Provides comprehensive teaching in all aspects of diabetes
management, including insulin training, meter and/or glucose sensor
training.
* Communicates effectively and organizes daily activities between
consult services to support patient's discharge needs or other
inpatient or outpatient needs.
* Assesses the education needs of employees within area of
responsibility:
* Utilizes standardized and develops customized assessment tools
and testing methodologies to measure staff knowledge and skill in
core nursing practices and within specialty areas.
* Collects data regarding employee learning needs, at least
annually, through the methods of observation, interviewing, focus
groups and instrumentation.
* Interprets the hospital's strategic imperatives, policies,
guidelines, and other internal demands in order to design education
that supports these strategic goals and key objectives:
* Plans and designs a variety of educational activities based on
the needs assessment.
* Collaborates with key staff to develop a comprehensive annual
educational calendar.
* Designs core nursing competencies that cross the continuum of
clinical expertise and practice, using essential criteria such as:
clinical judgment, advocacy/moral agency, caring practices,
facilitation of learning, collaboration, systems thinking, response
to diversity, clinical inquiry, and contemporary standards of
practice and care.
* Implements education activities:
* Fosters a cultural environment that promotes learning.
* Conducts a variety of learning events, based on needs assessment
findings, using a variety of teaching-learning strategies.
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* Evaluates education and training activities:
* Utilizes appropriate tools and testing methodology for assessing
changes in learners' knowledge, skills, and clinical practice as
well as for determining education project/program
effectiveness.
* Performs other duties assigned.
Required Qualifications
* BSN required
* Current RN Illinois license
* Minimum requirement of three years of relevant clinical
practice
* Knowledge of pediatric and adult diabetes concepts and skills in
all aspects of diabetes management, including insulin pump
therapy
* Ability to work with children, adults, and families of various
ages and various backgrounds - including socioeconomic, cultural,
education, and literacy aspects
* Knowledge and previous application of patient education/learning
principles
* Knowledge and previous application of adult learning
principles
* Demonstrated leadership skills evidenced by serving as a charge
nurse, preceptor or episodic teacher
* Demonstrates complex decision-making skills and problem solving
ability
* Knowledge of computer programs such as Microsoft Word, excel,
Power point.
Preferred Qualifications
* Certification as Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) strongly
preferred; required to achieve within 18 months if not currently
CDE
* Master of Science in Nursing or related education field
preferred
* Previous experience in a role as an educator preferred
* Previous experience working within multidisciplinary teams or
nursing leadership committees preferred
Position Details
* Job Type/FTE: Full-Time (1.0 FTE)
* Shift: Day, 8a-4:30p- 1 weekend day a month
* Unit/Department: Nursing Clinical services- CCPP
* CBA Code: Non-Union
Must comply with UCMC's COVID-19 Vaccination requirement as a
condition of employment. If you have already received the
vaccination, you must provide proof as part of the pre-employment
process. This is in addition to your compliance with the Flu
Vaccination requirement as well. Medical and religious e
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