Diabetes Educator-Dietitian

From primary to specialty care as well as walk-in and virtual services CHI Health Clinic delivers more options and better access so you can spend time on what matters: being healthy. We offer more than 20 specialties and 100 convenient locations; with some clinics offering extended hours.

CHI Health would love to add a Dietitian - Diabetes Educator to our team located at our Valley View Clinic in Council Bluffs, IA! This position will also be floating to our Immanuel Family Clinic as well as needed! 

Hours: Monday-Friday 8a-5p, NO weekends, NO call & NO holidays

CHI Health strives to care for you the way you care for your patients. 

We understand you have personal responsibilities outside of your profession and also care about your well-being. 

With you in mind, we offer the following benefits to support your work/life balance:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance 
• Direct Primary Plan (No copay, no deductible, and access to CHI Health provider 24/7)
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft 
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO) 
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Adoption Assistance
• Wellness Programs
  
• Flexible spending accounts

Job Summary:

This position contributes to the mission and vision of CHI Health by providing direct and indirect care to a designated group of patients across the age continuum.  Provides services, which encompass the spiritual, physiological, social, and psychological aspects of care of the sick, prevention of disease, or conservation of health.

Job Responsiblities:

• Conducts a thorough individualized assessment of the person with or at risk for diabetes. Works with the person with or at risk for diabetes to identify mutally acceptable diabetes self management training (DSMT) outcomes and behavioral objectives.
• Provides diabetes education according to the individualized plan of care and desired outcomes. Develops the self-management training plan to attain the mutually defined outcomes.  The plan integrates current diabetes care practices and established principles of teaching and learning.  The plan is coordinated among the healthcare team members, the participant, referring provider, and other relevant support systems.
• Coordinates/provides individual/group education sessions for diabetic outpatients.
• Provides leadership in maintaining and developing diabetic education program standards, policies, and procedures.
• Maintains on-going evaluation of the diabetes education program.
• Assists in Quality Improvement activities related to patients with diabetes.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Graduate of accredited school
• Licenses as a registered nurse and/or dietician in the state of Nebraska or Iowa (Nebraska and Iowa are compact states, so license must be held in the state of your residence).
• Be certified as a Diabetes Educator or Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management with 39 months of hire.
• Expertise in the field of diabetic education strongly preferred