Diabetic Nurse Navigator

Are you interested in making a difference in various units? This is your chance to sharpen and grow your skills while getting to know our patients, who appreciate the knowledge and skills that you offer!

Christiana Hospital in Newark, DE, a part of Christiana Care Health System is seeking an RN to work as a Diabetes Educator. In this position, you will work in various units and learn valuable skills.

To anticipate, coordinate, communicate, and monitor the patient plan of care (POC) in clinical acute inpatient areas through an interdisciplinary team approach, according to American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines and/or recommendations and ChristianaCare diabetes disease management protocols. Coordinate and provide diabetes education to patients in clinical acute inpatient areas specific to the ADA guidelines and/or recommendations. The nurse navigator is responsible for the goal attainment process and is accountable for identifying and removing barriers that will prevent the patient from reaching these goals

General Requirements:

• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Masters degree preferred
• Delaware State RN license or multistate compact RN license
• Current BLS required.
• Specialty certification in acute care nursing preferred.
• Three years of nursing experience required
• Experience working with at-risk populations is highly desirable.
• Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE) or Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) certification preferred (required within 3 years).
• Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) required.
• Masters degree preferred
• Delaware State RN license or multistate compact RN license
• Current BLS required.
• Specialty certification in acute care nursing preferred.
• Three years of nursing experience required
• Experience working with at-risk populations is highly desirable.
• Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE) or Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) certification preferred (required within 3 years).

Primarily shift for this position will Day shift with Weekend and Holidays per the guidelines of the department. Hours: This position is 40 hours per week.

Principal duties and responsibilities

• Develop action plans upon admission and ensure individualized diabetes management goals are met prior to discharge while facilitating a safe, timely and efficient transition to the next level of care.
• Participate in updating and maintaining acute care diabetes-related guidelines and educational materials for ChristianaCare, ensuring compliance with the ADA recommendations.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills necessary to provide care, education, and support appropriate to adult and geriatric diabetes patients.
• Obtain and interpret information to identify patient needs and provide the care needed.
• Conduct an initial assessment of patient care needs upon admission. Develop and individualize a plan of care (POC) based on patient assessment.
• Coordinate with case management a plan identifying likely discharge location category and discharge needs.
• Assess the learning needs of patients/families and carry out teaching as needed related to diabetes self-management.
• Provide the patient/family with information regarding the POC (diagnosis, medications, treatment, tests, diet, etc.).
• Review patient progress during inpatient admission, including but not limited to individualized diabetes management goals, labs, response to medications, consults, and orders to assure they are completed in a timely manner.

By joining our team, you will play a pivotal role in transforming care delivery and improving safety standards across our organization.

What are we about: Our mission as an organization is to serve our neighbors as expert, caring partners in their health. We do this by creating innovative, effective, affordable systems of care that our neighbors value. This is our promise to you. As a nonprofit health system, our mission is one of service. We believe that the key to providing truly great health care is to partner with our patients and their families, building a system of care that is effective, affordable and valuable to everyone who is touched by it.

ChristianaCare has the most advanced health care technology available to help meet your needs. But more important than the technology is our commitment to partner with you to meet your individual needs. We want to care for you and help you live the healthy life you want to live.

Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.

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ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/