"Certified Diabetic Nurse Educator - Patient Health Education, Irvine - FT, Days"

Certified Diabetic Nurse Educator - Patient Health Education, Irvine - FT, Days

Req ID: 110183

Location: Irvine, California

Division: Medical Center

Department: Patient Health Education

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range Minimum: USD $70.63/Hr.

Salary Range Maximum: USD $96.95/Hr.

Who We Are

UCI Health is the clinical enterprise of the University of California, Irvine, and the only academic health system based in Orange County. UCI Health is comprised of its main campus, UCI Medical Center, a 459-bed, acute care hospital in Orange, Calif., four hospitals and affiliated physicians of the UCI Health Community Network in Orange and Los Angeles counties and ambulatory care centers across the region. Listed among America's Best Hospitals by U.S. News & World Report for 23 consecutive years, UCI Medical Center provides tertiary and quaternary care and is home to Orange County's only National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, high-risk perinatal/neonatal program and American College of Surgeons-verified Level I adult and Level II pediatric trauma center, gold level 1 geriatric emergency department and regional burn center. UCI Health serves a region of nearly 4 million people in Orange County, western Riverside County and southeast Los Angeles County.

To learn more about UCI Health, visit www.ucihealth.org.

Your Role on the Team

Position Summary:

The educator will provide diabetes education to patients and staff at UC Irvine Health and ensure that the diabetes program meets evidence based best practice standards. The Certified Diabetic Educator (CDE) RN is responsible for designing, promoting and evaluating the patient/family diabetes education program for UCI Health. The CDE is responsible for providing education in diabetes self-management to patients, and their families, newly diagnosed with diabetes, as well as for those managing diabetes for years. Will work closely with the multidisciplinary team to develop policies and protocols pertaining to diabetes. The educator will apply the nursing process in providing patient/family education in the inpatient and outpatient setting, and will participate in the assessment, implementation and evaluation of staff educational programs, and will serve as a role model and clinical resource to colleagues, staff, patients and students.

What It Takes to be Successful

Required Qualifications:

• Must demonstrate customer service skills appropriate to the job
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Demonstrated teaching/education/in-service skills for patients and staff
• Demonstrated ability to develop curriculum for patient and staff education
• CDE within 6 months of hire
• Ability to maintain a work pace appropriate to the workload

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certified Pump Trainer (CPT) - 3 pumps, 1 sensor
• Board Certified - Advanced Diabetes Management

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Nurse
• Certified Diabetic Educator (within 6 months of hire)
• Basic Life Support

Education:

• Bachelor of Science, Nursing