Registered Nurse Educator Diabetes Clinic

  • Full-Time
  • Wheat Ridge, CO
  • SCL Health Medical Group - Front Range
  • Posted 3 years ago – Accepting applications
Job Description

You.



You bring your body, mind, heart and spirit to your work as a Registered Nurse Educator.


You know when to move quickly. When to sit quietly. When to laugh loudly.


You’re equally comfortable with of adult learning competencies and patient teaching skills.



You’re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible.




Us.


SCL Health Medical Group is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. With locations throughout Colorado, Montana and Wyoming, we offer a wide variety of primary and specialty care services.



Benefits are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind and social well-being. To that end, we’ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning.




We.


Together we’ll align mission and careers, values and workplace. We’ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity.


We’ll laugh at each other’s jokes (even the bad ones). We’ll hello and high five. We’ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing.



We’re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn.


Your day.



As an RN Educator you need to know how to:




  • Provide clinical expertise relating to assigned area for patients, families as well as for a variety of healthcare professionals


  • Utilize nursing process for each patient through the nursing assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation


  • Assist in coordinating a multi-disciplinary approach to patient care with other members of the care team


  • Provide individual and group education to patients and families


  • Provide accurate assessments of a patient's physical and emotional status, identify learning needs and any unique special requirements needed to facilitate a positive learning environment for the patient, patient support/family and the community in the applicable specialty area


  • Act as a resource person to healthcare professionals in the hospital, home care and the community regarding specialty area


  • Consult with physician regarding patient's treatment and educational plans

  • Develop communication tools to support effective education and disease management




Your experience.



We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require:



  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing (BSN)


  • Three years relevant experience and two years of previous formal training/education experience, required


  • Current/valid Registered Nurse license from the state licensing board


  • Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association (additional specialty certifications may be required depending on facility/department)



Preferred:




  • Current ACLS certification


  • Previous formal education activities



Your next move.



Now that you know more about being an RN Educator on our team we hope you’ll join us. At SCL Health you’ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place.

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