Boston Children's Hospital

Registered Nurse, Diabetes program

Boston Children's Hospital • $70K — $95K *
Boston, MA 02115In-Person
Healthcare
Less than 5 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.
  • Minimum 1 year of RN experience required.
  • Preferred 2 years as a Diabetes Nurse Educator with a strong clinical background.
  • Experience in patient education, diabetes technologies, nutrition, and fitness preferred.
  • Flexibility in work schedule and ability to work at multiple locations.

Responsibilities

  • Coordinate patient self-management initiatives in a family-centered program for pediatric patients.
  • Facilitate self-management goals with patients and families through lifestyle coaching.
  • Conduct one-on-one and group visits in a hospital clinic setting.
  • Provide education for patients and families, collaborating with external community resources.
  • Manage cases including oversight of laboratory results and coordination of referrals.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits package
  • Opportunities for professional development and continued education
  • Supportive working environment at a leading healthcare institution
  • Access to a multi-disciplinary team for collaboration
  • Flexibility in scheduling to accommodate personal needs.
Full Job Description
Job Posting Description

Key responsibilities:
  • Coordinating patient self-management initiatives in a family centric program for pediatric and adolescent patients in Boston Children's Hospital's Division of Endocrinology's ADA recognized outpatient diabetes self-management education program. The program uses a multi-disciplinary approach in the management of children and adolescents with diabetes (Type 1, Type 2, steroid induced and cystic fibrosis related) and their families.
  • Working with patients diagnosed with diabetes and their families, to facilitate improving self-management age specific goals for all patients; providing lifestyle coaching, and conducting one-on-one patient visits and group visits in a hospital clinic setting.
  • Providing patient and family education; collaborating with outside community resources including but not limited to school and insurer-based case coordination services.
  • Providing case management including oversight and interpretation of laboratory results for patients with diabetes; ordering of therapeutics, durable medical supplies and refills for prescription medications; as well as coordination of referrals and diagnostic studies as needed in consultation with the patient's physician.

Minimum qualifications:
Education:
  • Bachelor of Science in Nursing required.
Experience:
  • Minimum 1 year RN experience required.
  • Minimum 2 years as a Diabetes Nurse Educator preferred, with a strong clinical background and experience in content areas such as patient education, diabetes, diabetes technologies (insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors, smart pens), nutrition, physical fitness and other health related topics preferred.
  • Flexibility in work schedule as needed. Ability to work at our Boston campus as well as our satellite locations
License/Certification:
  • Current certification in diabetes education (CDCES) required.
  • MA RN license

About Boston Children's Hospital

Boston Children's Hospital is a 404-bed comprehensive center for pediatric health care. As one of the largest pediatric medical centers in the United States, Children's offers a complete range of health care services for children from birth through 21 years of age. Boston Children's Hospital is home to the world's largest research enterprise based at a pediatric hospital. More than 1,100 scientists, including nine members of the National Academy of Sciences, 11 on-staff members of the Institute of Medicine and 9 members of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. The hospital is also the primary pediatric teaching affiliate of Harvard Medical School.
Learn more about Boston Children's Hospital
Size
20,000 employees
Industry
Healthcare
Founded
1869
* Ladders Estimates

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