Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)

 

Job Title:	Certified Diabetes Educator	JD#	CLIN-001
Reports To:	Clinical Director	Effective	5/1/2025
Status:	Active / Full-Time / Hourly	Revised:	Original

 

Job Summary: 

The certified diabetes educator plans and conducts educational programs to assist in the management of type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes and pre-diabetes. The educator meets with patients either one-on-one or in a group setting to provide education and medical nutrition therapy services. Provides educational interventions that utilize primarily interactive, collaborative, skill-based training methods and maximizes the use of interactive training methods/models. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide educational services to adult and geriatric patient populations
• Coordinate patient care within an interdisciplinary team including endocrinologists and nurse practitioner along with other support staff.
• Assess and identify risk factors
• Develop care plan and set goals with patients
• Monitor and communicate outcomes
• Manage the accreditation through the American Diabetes Association by tracking patient data and completely annual assessments.
• Provide training on insulin pump therapy along with continued support and management for patients.
• Help navigate process of ordering insulin pump and continuous glucose monitoring supplies. 
• Offer support and education to medical staff on diabetes management. 

Required Skills and Abilities:  

• Prepare, review, and maintain current instructional materials on diabetes
• Provide technical guidance and direction in development of diabetes programs and protocols
• Teach from current and approved Education Curriculums
• Assist with development of policies, procedures, and programs
• Provides one-on-one and group teaching of diabetes management and insulin pump therapy to patients
• Collects DSME program participant assessment data, develops educational goals, learning objectives and a plan for educational content and teaching methods with DSME program participants. 

Ability to exhibit expertise in the following: 

• Aspects of Diabetes Disease State Management
• Clinical monitoring
• Coping and risk mitigation
• Managed care
• Medication management
• Problem solving
• Referral processes
• Microsoft Office programs 

Education and Experience

Bachelor's and/or Master's Degree in Nursing, Nutrition, Education, Dietetics, Science, Graduate, Management, School of Nursing, Healthcare, Food and Nutrition 

Physical, Mental Demands/Working Environment

Note: Reasonable accommodations may be made for individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of this position 

General Activity	Number of Hours
	None	1 -4	4-8	8-12
Drive		x
Sit			X
Stand			X
Walk			X
	Up to 1/2 of shift		1/2 or more of shift
Motion
Bend			X
Squat	X
Crawl	X
Climb	X
Reach	X
Lift	X
Carry	X
Push	X
Pull	X
Twist	X
Turn	x
Use of Hands and Feet
Right Hand			X
Left Hand			X
Right Foot			X
Left Foot			X
Weight Lifted/Force Exerted
Up to 10 lbs.			x
Up to 25 lbs.	x
Up to 50 lbs.
Up to 100 lbs.
More than 100 lbs.
Body Fluid Exposure	Yes		No
Mental Demands
	Yes		No
Attention Span	X
Concentration	X
Conceptualization	X
Influence People	X
Memory	X
Patience	X
Problem Solving	X
Relate to Others	X
Working Environment
Indoor	X
Outdoor
High Temperatures
Low Temperatures
Loud Noise
Fumes
Confined Areas	x
Radiation Area

Other Physical Demands: 

Other Working Conditions: 

Exposure to infections and contagious diseases

• Hazardous anesthetic agents, body fluids and wastes, odorous chemicals and specimens.   

Supervisor Responsibilities:   NONE 

Disclaimer:

Elkhart Clinic does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, marital status, citizenship, physical or mental disability, or veteran status. The above job description is intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this job. The list is not intended to be an all-exhaustive list of responsibilities and duties required and may include other duties as assigned.