Position Summary:
Educates patients, healthcare workers and the community about controlling diabetes through nutritional management.
Education, License & Cert:
High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience. Associate's degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required.
Essential Functions:
Coordinates with designated staff to effectively integrate medical nutrition therapy into the overall management of diabetes.|
Provides diabetes education for patients, healthcare workers and the community.|
Encourages the diabetes team to support and reinforce nutrition prescriptions and to help patients manage their meal plans.|
Supervises the planned education process for the goals of medical nutrition therapy for diabetes. Reinforces diabetes education and instruction to the staff and implements and monitors educational plan of care.|
Coordinates with healthcare providers including receiving and writing orders to ensure effective and efficient patient care and achievement of desired patient outcomes.
Other Duties:
May include other duties as assigned.
Pay range min $27.58/hr max $43.70/hr