Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator (Smhafht)

Registered Nurse, Certified Diabetes Educator (SMHAFHT) (Job ID: 8223)

The Registered Nurse (RN), Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) within the Diabetes Education Program in the St. Michael's Hospital Academic Family Health Team (SMHAFHT) is a highly motivated and self-directed member who advocates for and promote wellness while ensuring the delivery of safe, effective, and ethical nursing care. This role provides comprehensive diabetes education and management for individuals across the lifespan and supports health promotion and disease prevention initiatives in optimizing health for our patients and families.

The RN CDE will deliver direct care to individuals living with diabetes and its complications as well as develop and deliver group education to patients. The CDE collaborate with the interprofessional team and work to increase knowledge to contribute the SMHFHT approach to diabetes care.

The primary location of this position is across all 5 Family Health Team sites as needed. This job requires coverage for regular day hours 9-5 Evenings 12-8 and weekends Sat and Sun 8:30-4:30.

Responsibilities:

The primary role of the RN CDE is to provide holistic, evidence-based, culturally appropriate, patient-centered quality care in accordance with the College of Nurses of Ontario standards and Unity Health Toronto's mission, vision, and policies. The RN CDE optimizes the patient's experience and care outcomes by:

· Being accountable for one's decisions and professional practice.

· Establishing a therapeutic relationship with patients.

• Developing group education materials, including both educational sessions and patient handouts, that is equity focused
• Collaborating with other members of the patients care team.
• Coordinating and communicating patient care activities to optimize the patient's experience and care outcomes; and
• Collaborating and acting as a resource for physicians, nurses and other members of the interprofessional team in the care of patients with diabetes.
• Responsible for collecting and reporting data quarterly and as needed to monitor program effectiveness and impact

Patient Care area of responsibility Accountabilities:

• Acquires information to assess patient care and learning needs.
• Engages patients and families to assess the level of involvement of the patient/family in their care and integrates it into care planning.
• Develops a plan of care and integrate nursing activities with other inter-professional activities.
• Engages in critical inquiry and reflection to select evidence-based interventions.
• Organizes nursing care based on patient care needs and priorities.
• Provides ongoing care to clients of all ages, including assessments, counseling, screening, referrals, education, and follow-up within a primary care framework and guided by the RNAO Best Practice Guidelines;
• Initiates and co-manages appropriate nursing interventions and uses current knowledge trends to care for patients and/or monitors the ongoing therapy of clients
• Promotes self-management and behaviour change with our patients to address chronic diseases early in the disease cycle to prevent disease progression and reduce potential health complications.
• Collaborates with the client and family and the interprofessional team to develop health care plans and recommendations concerning treatment, prevention, and health promotion options.
• Anticipates and recognizes rapidly changing situations; and a patients transition from stable to unstable, establishes priorities; and takes immediate appropriate action to collaborate and consult with the care team
• Provides health education using effective teaching strategies that consider the patient/family's learning needs, readiness, and motivation to learn.
• Collaborates with appropriate team members on patient care needs.
• Processes orders and seeks verification of orders from prescribers.
• Contributes to activities to facilitate care continuity and coordination; advocates for care needs to be met in most appropriate setting.

Qualifications include:

Education/Certifications

· Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) certification required

· Current BLS Certificate

· Complete Course on Prevention and Management of Aggressive Behaviour (i.e. Crisis Intervention within 6 months

Professional Registration

· Must have Current General Class (Practising) Registration with the College of Nurses of Ontario

Required Experience

· Minimum 2-3 years of clinical experience working with patients and families living with diabetes (specifically Type 1 or Type 2 Requiring Insulin) and its complications

Required Skills/Competencies

• Experience in group program development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation preferred.

· Knowledge and ability to apply adult learning principles

• Experience in a community primary care setting or ambulatory setting, preferably in an underserviced area, or in combination with community and hospital or public health settings
• Demonstrated ability, commitment to, and knowledge of primary health care with a focus on the provision of health promotion and disease prevention-related services as well as chronic disease management required.
• Demonstrated ability to work in an interprofessional team environment.
• Demonstrated experience in teaching and providing health education to individuals and in group settings; as well as to interprofessional learners (including residents and clinical clerks)
• Excellent computer skills and a minimum of 2 years' experience with an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) Primary Care system or equivalent experience required.
• Knowledge and proficiency in current, evidence-based methods and practices of primary care delivery
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication, decision-making, problem-solving, conflict management, and time management skills.
• Satisfactory attendance record