DIABETES EDUCATOR INSTRUCTOR

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• JOB SUMMARY:** The Diabetes Educator/Instructor is a healthcare

professional certified as a diabetes educator. The staff member in this

position provides individualized diabetes self-management

education/training and support (DSMES) to individual patients according

to Scope of Practice, Standards of Practice, and standards of

Professional Performance for Diabetes Educators and AADE accreditation

requirements.

**ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS**

Instruction of program participants

Clinical & Depart Duties

• Collects DSMES program participants assessment data and completes

individual and comprehensive patient assessment on each participant.

• Develops individualized educational plan with participant that

includes education goals, intervention content, teaching methods and

patient-selected desired outcomes.

• Provides DSMES interventions that utilize primarily interactive,

collaborative, skill-based training methods and uses the patient

empowerment/motivational interviewing style of counseling.

• Develops individualized follow-up DSMES plan with participant.
• Evaluates effectiveness of educational services provided by

measuring attainment of agreed upon goals/strategies.

• May participate in development of DSMES program curriculum, patient

training materials and hard-copy and/or e-documents that support

each facet of DSMES program.

• Contributes to and participates in continuous quality improvement

process to measure attainment of DSMES program and to identify and

address opportunities for improvement.

• May contribute to and participate in ongoing provider marketing

activities in order to maximize DSMES referrals and to ensure

existing providers continue to refer.