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Functions or Scope of Assigned Duties: The Registered Nurse - Diabetes Educator is responsible for providing competent, evidence-based diabetes education to staff and patients. Provides educational instruction and training for diabetic patients throughout the medical facility. The Diabetes Educator understands instructional design, implementation, and application related to education and training. Demonstrates knowledge and application of professional standards related to patient diabetes care. The Registered Nurse - Diabetes Educator performs learning needs assessments, develops educational trainings for patients and staff within the organization. Develops entry-level coaching and mentoring skills. Systematically evaluates current practice, formulates appropriate diabetic outcomes for groups of patients and/or organizational processes within the area of expertise. Collaborates with other Clinical Nurse Educators and interprofessional healthcare teams in the ongoing clinical education activities including in-services, training, competency assessment, and evaluations of both current and new staff nursing skills. Acts as a consultant in patient diabetes care principles and performance measures. The Registered Nurse - Diabetes Educator reviews current nursing literature for new diabetic trends and changes based on evidence-based research with the ability to propose practice and documentation revisions based on evaluation of outcomes. Utilizes best practices and benchmarking to establish realistic goals for patient diabetes care initiatives. Collaborates with leadership and unit managers to identify diabetics educational training needs for staff, while supporting activities that foster competence, critical thinking skills, and decision making. Provides consultation and collaboration through the participation within organizational committees. Ability to analyze, interpret, and evaluate data to determine outcomes and changes related to diabetes educational programs.

Supervisory Controls: The incumbent is responsible to the assigned rating and approving supervisors and is accountable to the Associate Director of Patient Care Services (ADPCS). Dimensions Of Nursing Practice: Leads professional practice using the nursing process (assessment, diagnosis, outcome identification, planning, implementation, and evaluation) to improve evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes for an identified patient population and/or specialized areas within the immediate practice setting. Leadership: Communicates and collaborates as an effective leader of the interprofessional team, at the expert level, with improved evidence-based and/or data-driven outcomes for the immediate practice setting. Customer Services Requirements: The incumbent meets the needs of the Veteran and as appropriate the Veteran's family, caregiver and/or significant other, the Veteran's representative, visitors to VA facilities, all VA staff and other customers while supporting VA missions. The incumbent consistently communicates and treats the Veteran and as appropriate the Veteran's family, caregiver and/or significant other, the Veteran's representative, visitors to VA facilities, all VA staff, and other customers in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner. The incumbent provides the Veteran's family, caregiver and/or significant other, the Veteran's representative, visitors to VA facilities, all VA staff, and other customers with consistent information according to established policies and procedures. The incumbent handles conflict and problems in dealing with any consumer group appropriately and in a constructive manner.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Nurse Total Rewards Pay: Competitive salary, regular salary increases, potential for performance awards Paid Time Off: 50 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement) Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory Pay Scale: NG42 Work Schedule: Full Time 7:30 am. - 4:00 pm. Telework: Not available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized EDRP: Not authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized