Diabetes Education Qual Coord

We are searching for a Diabetes Education Quality Coordinator -- someone who works well in a fast-paced setting. In this position, you will be responsible for the promotion and improvement of diabetes education standards by continuously evaluating diabetes self-management education (DSME) services provided at all sites in the Texas Children's system. This position will require collaboration with operational leaders, nursing and physician stakeholders to maintain ADA accreditation status and  oversee the advancement of diabetes educator practice.

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Qualifications:

• Being fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including any booster dose(s) of the COVID-19 vaccine recommended by the Centers for Disease Control when eligible, is required for all employees at Texas Children’s unless approved for a medical or religious exemption.
• Required BS Degree. Preferred Master's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Public Health, Education, Health Care Administration, Nursing
• 5 years experience in diabetes care and education, preferred 2 years of pediatrics experience
• CDCES certification or BC-ADM Advanced Diabetes Management issued by the Certification Board of Diabetes Care and Education REQUIRED.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures quality DSME services in all accredited areas. Ensures high-quality diabetes care and education practice throughout the Texas Children’s system. Identifies opportunities for improvement in patient care practices by actively collaborating with the Food and Nutrition, Diabetes Care Process, and Maternal Fetal Medicine teams to identify opportunities for expanded and improved clinical practice.
• Uses clinical expertise and needs assessment tools to ensure best practice. Serves as an educational and clinical resource for the Diabetes Education Specialist team. Assesses and develops clinical competence of staff and areas of developmental need. Ensures annual compliance with regulatory and critical education. Evaluates and integrate evidence into practice.
• Provides effective model for training new employees and developing preceptors. Assesses, plans, and evaluates unit-based orientation. Oversees the orientation process for new hires in clinical areas. Develops preceptor skills within clinical staff in collaboration with manager. Communicates orientee’s progress toward competency development with manager. Maintains evidence-based orientation pathways and training tools based on learning needs assessment.
• Ensure ongoing staff development. Participates in professional development of Diabetes Care and Education Specialist professionals and students. Evaluates learning needs of staff based on provider feedback, changes in technology/practice, and learning needs assessments. Organizes and communicates education and training events with diabetes educators and leadership to ensure compliance and proper documentation in the employee records.
• Maintain ADA Accreditation Status. Completes the recognition annual status report on time.
• Seeks opportunities to enhance or expand DSMES services. Serves as change agent, evaluating diabetes-related research, benchmarking across like organizations and participating in organizational initiatives to identify and expand the role of diabetes care and education in clinical practice.

About Texas Children’s

Since 1954, Texas Children’s has been leading the charge in patient care, education and research to accelerate health care for children and women around the world. When you love what you do, it truly shows in the smiles of our patient families, employees and our numerous accolades such as being consistently ranked as the best children’s hospital in Texas, and among the top in the nation by U.S. News & World Report as well as recognition from Houston Business Journal as one of this city’s Best Places to Work for ten consecutive years. 

Texas Children’s comprehensive health care network includes our primary hospital in the Texas Medical Center with expertise in over 40 pediatric subspecialties; the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI); the Feigin Tower for pediatric research; Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women, a comprehensive obstetrics/gynecology facility focusing on high-risk births; Texas Children’s Hospital West Campus, a community hospital in suburban West Houston; Texas Children’s Hospital The Woodlands, the first hospital devoted to children’s care for communities north of Houston; and Texas Children’s Hospital North Austin, the new state-of-the-art facility providing world-class pediatric and maternal care to Austin and Central Texas families. We have also created Texas Children’s Health Plan, the nation’s first HMO focused on children; Texas Children’s Pediatrics, the largest pediatric primary care network in the country; Texas Children’s Urgent Care clinics that specialize in after-hours care tailored specifically for children; and a global health program that is channeling care to children and women all over the world. Texas Children’s Hospital is affiliated with Baylor College of Medicine, one of the largest, most diverse and successful pediatric programs in the nation. 

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 Texas Children’s is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All applicants and employees are considered and evaluated for positions at Texas Children's without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.