Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian

Dominican Hospital (a member of Dignity Health) is a 222-bed facility that offers a wide range of services to residents of California’s Central Coast. With 24/7 emergency care comprehensive care in cardiac orthopedics oncology women’s and children’s services we continue to lead the region in medical innovation and excellence in healthcare. Comprehensive CareDominican offers emergency services and is a Certified Stroke Center and Chest Pain Center. Dominican’s services include the only comprehensive Cancer Center in Santa Cruz County a Total Joint Replacement program and advanced neurological and endoscopic services. Dominican regularly receives ‘A’ grades for hospital safety from Leapfrog Group and has received national recognition for superior patient safety cardiac care and stroke treatment from Healthgrades a leading provider of comprehensive information about physicians and hospitals.As Santa Cruz County’s heart attack (STEMI) receiving center Dominican Hospital provides cutting edge cardiac care. The hospital’s heart attack treatment times consistently beat the national average and the hospital offers two cardiac catheterization labs available 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Groundbreaking cardiac procedures at Dominican include the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR) procedure which allows for heart valve replacement without opening a patient’s chest.Dominican Hospital has forged significant partnerships with area hospitals to bring exceptional care to Santa Cruz County. The hospital offers a level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) through a partnership with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Stanford. Neurosurgery at Dominican is also offered through a partnership with Stanford Health Care.

Position Summary:

• This role is responsible for providing group and/or individual Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) to patients and their families to improve diabetes management.
• The role includes coordinating the DSMES service,  overseeing its planning, implementation, evaluation, and day-to-day operations.
• Additionally, the role provides Medical Nutrition Therapy for patients with medical conditions requiring dietary modifications.
• Responsibilities also include program development and implementation, quality improvement, and department promotional activities.
• A Registered Dietitian credential is required, along with certification as a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) or a commitment to obtain it within six months of hire.

This role involves direct patient care and coordination of Diabetes Services in an outpatient setting at our on-campus Center for Lifestyle Management Services. 

Minimum:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in foods and nutrition (including completion of internship, traineeship, or coordinated undergraduate program).
• Minimum two (2) years of recent work experience with diabetic education.
• Registered Dietitian, CDCES, current CPR certification or must be certified within 30 days of hire.
• Principles, standards, techniques and tools relating to diabetes self-management.
• Lifelong process of managing a chronic disease.
• Purpose, function and delivery of diabetes medications and medication delivery systems.
• Community services and resources, and referral network(s) applicable to activities within designated scope of responsibility.
• Principles, practices and tools relating to adult education and learning.
• Ability to keep abreast of continuous advances in scientific knowledge and understanding/treatment of diabetes, and of related educational methodologies.
• Ability to express ideas and convey information, effective in verbal and written communication, including group/classroom presentations and individual interactions.

Preferred:

• Advanced degree in Dietetics or Nutrition from an accredited college or university.