Department: Health And Wellness
FTE: Full Time, 1.Shift: Days
Provides diabetes education to patients, caregivers, staff, and the community.
Provides diabetes self-management education and training to patients with diabetes and their family members utilizing curriculum approved by the American Diabetes Association.
Works collaboratively with multi-disciplinary diabetes care team to implement plan of care.
Reinforces diabetes education and instruction to staff nurses and support staff.
Develops and distributes educational materials to community.
Within scope of job, requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgement and the ability to work with minimal supervision. Minimum Required Education: Bachelor's degree in Nursing. State licensure as a Registered Nurse (RN). Preferred: CDCES (Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist) as defined by the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE) or board certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (ADCES). Minimum Experience: 2 years nursing experience.
~ UCHealth offers a Three Year Incentive Bonus to recognize employee's contributions to our success in quality, patient experience, organizational growth, financial goals, and tenure with UCHealth. Medical, dental and vision coverage including coverage for eligible dependents
~Time away from work: paid time off (PTO), paid family and medical leave (inclusive of Colorado FAMLI), leaves of absence; Employer paid short term disability and long-term disability with buy-up coverage options
~ Full suite of voluntary benefits such as flexible spending accounts for health care and dependent care, health savings accounts (available with HD/HSA medical plan only), identity theft protection, pet insurance, and employee discount programs
~ Education benefits for employees, including the opportunity to be eligible for 100% of tuition, books and fees paid for by UCHealth for specific educational degrees. Other programs may qualify for up to $5,250 pre-paid by UCHealth or in the form of tuition reimbursement each calendar year
UCHealth provides employees with free assistance navigating the PSLF program to submit their federal student loans for forgiveness through Savi.
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