Join our team of Life Changers!
UPMC is hiring a
full-time Sr. Diabetes Educator, CDCES to support our busy
Maternal Fetal Medicine team/office in
Harrisburg.
Shift/Hours: Monday through Friday from 8:00am-4:30pm - No holidays or weekends!
Free parking, room for growth/advancement, excellent benefits, a pleasant work environment, and friendly team are just a few of our perks.
Apply today!
About the role/department:
Our department specializes exclusively in high-risk pregnancies, allowing our team to develop deep expertise while working with a consistent patient population. This focused environment helps streamline patient preparation and fosters confidence in delivering specialized, high-quality care. In this role, team members provide diabetes education across outpatient, inpatient, and community settings, and actively manage diabetes care in accordance with established standards, collaborating with physicians as needed to ensure optimal patient outcomes. In addition, we offer the convenience of free parking on and around the hospital campus, making your daily commute easier. Team members benefit from a supportive, collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth within a highly specialized area of women's health.
Responsibilities:
- Provides education according to the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education in association with all aspects of health care for the person with diabetes.
- Demonstrates a service-oriented approach to her/his position by conveying courtesy, respect, enthusiasm and a positive attitude.
- Instructs patients and family members/significant others in the implementation of Healthy lifestyles, Blood glucose testing, Medication management, Risk reduction, Insulin administration, Insulin pumps
- Accurately documents all patient interactions and ensures appropriate and complete billing for diabetes education services
- Educators are expected to provide training and updates on diabetes education to staff.
- Manages on-going care for patients (consulting with physician as appropriate) by answering questions, reviewing home glucose monitoring results, reviewing diabetes medications accordingly and monitoring glycemic control
- Provides support services for diabetes care/education when applicable.
- Act as a resource/advisor for new Diabetes Educators
- Assesses diabetes patients' educational needs and create a care plan in outpatient, inpatient or community setting
- Participates in achieving/maintaining American Diabetes Association Recognition of Health System's educational programs in outpatient, inpatient or community setting
- Adjusts medication/insulin doses according to established protocols.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in nursing or related health care field required
- Minimum of 3 years of clinical experience
- Experience in diabetes education strongly recommended
- Must obtain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on a Performance Evaluation to be promoted to this level
- Must maintain a Solid/Strong/Good or higher on annual performance evaluation to maintain status
- Annual completion of a VP approved professional contribution selected from one of the corporate goals
- Must have VP approval for promotion.
Licensure, Certifications, and Clearances:
- BLS or CPR required based on AHA standards that include both a didactic and skills demonstration component within 30 days of hire
- ACSM Certified Exercise Physiologist (ASCM-CEP) OR Doctor of Medicine (MD) OR Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) OR Doctor of Podiatric Medicine OR Licensed Master Social Work (LMSW) OR Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES) OR Occupational Therapist (OT) OR Optometrist OR Pharmacist OR Physical Therapist (PT) OR Physician Assistant Certified (NCCPA) OR Psychologist OR Registered Dietitian (RD) OR Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) OR Registered Nurse (RN)
- Basic Life Support (BLS) OR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
- Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
- Act 34
*Current licensure either in the state where the facility is located or, if the facility is in a state covered by the multistate Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC) agreement, a multistate license issued by a participating NLC state. Hires and current employees working on an out-of-state NLC license who later change their residency to the state where the facility is also located will have 60 days upon changing their residency to apply for licensure within that state.
UPMC is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran