RN Nurse Educator Diabetes Program Center for Nursing Excellence

Company: UNC Health Care
Location: Chapel Hill
Posted on: November 24, 2022

Job Description:

Description Become part of an inclusive organization with over 40,000 diverse employees, whose mission is to improve the health and well-being of the unique communities we serve.Nurse Educator for Diabetes Program This Diabetes Nurse Educator will be responsible for providing direct patient , family, and staff education on diabetes management, along with leading best practices for diabetes care with LIP teams to improve outcomes of diabetes care.Summary:Coordinates staff development and educational needs of patient care nursing staff, patients, and families. This is an advanced level position in education, which is performed under minimal supervision. Assignments may be characterized as those requiring collaboration to address staff educational needs within a specialty practice area and/or service. Serves in a lead capacity over others as it relates to special projects or subject matter expertise. Work maybe performed collaboratively for multiple disciplines across the continuum of care or for a specific patient population or service area.Responsibilities:1. Acts as resource and role model in use of evidence based practice. Leads unit/service based clinical practice groups2. Assists in orientation and placement of nursing students in clinical units. Serves as resource to faculty. Mentors graduate students3. Assists nursing staff in design and implementation of clinical nursing research/performance improvement projects.4. Assists nursing units with preceptor responsibilities to ensure that all new staff are oriented and meeting competency expectations5. Conducts learning needs assessments to plan staff educational programs6. Coordinates orientation, staff development and continuing education for nursing staff7. Develops evidence-based standards of care, comprehensive nursing plans, clinical pathways for patients and families and facilitates implementation of same.8. Develops, implements, and evaluates educational materials, self instructional programs, teaching protocols, and e-learning programs for nursing staff.9. In conjunction with other subject matter experts, develops and evaluates patient family education materials.10. Serves as a clinical resource and role model, provides clinical supervision to staff in developing clinical knowledge, skills and abilitiesOther InformationOther information:Education Requirements:--- Bachelor's degree in Nursing (BSN) from a state-accredited school of professional nursing.Licensure/Certification Requirements:--- Licensed to practice as a Registered Nurse in the state of North Carolina.--- For Home Health/Hospice: Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification--- For Home Health/Hospice: Valid NC Driver's LicenseProfessional Experience Requirements:--- Three (3) years of experience in tertiary care with two (2) years clinical experience in the assigned specialty.Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements:Job DetailsLegal Employer: STATEEntity: UNC Medical CenterOrganization Unit: Center of Nursing Excellence Work Type: Full TimeStandard Hours Per Week: 40.00Work Schedule: Day JobLocation of Job: US:NC:Chapel HillExempt From Overtime: Exempt: YesThis is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email applicant.accommodations@unchealth.unc.edu if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.

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