Northern California HERC

Job Description

A true leader strives to inspire-and at Cedars-Sinai, that?s exactly what our Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (CDCES) do. They have a strong combination of clinical skills, management abilities and integrity, and as a result, they play an indispensable role in the success of our organization. They are also part of the foundation for the world-class healthcare provided at Cedars-Sinai. Our people bring an unmatched passion to their craft and it shows in everything they accomplish, including achieving Magnet® designation for an outstanding five times! Now we invite you to join us. From working with a team of dedicated healthcare professionals to using innovative facilities, you?ll have everything you need to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others!

As a CDCES, a professional practitioner, you will assume responsibility for coordination of the hospital-wide Diabetes Management Program.

• You will develop, deliver, evaluate and conduct diabetes management activities and education to hospital staff, patients and family members including diabetes medications, insulin pumps, continuous glucose monitors and other education needs.
• You will lead an outcome-based approach to patient care by insuring evidence-based practice and interdisciplinary care delivery. Identifies safety concerns, and collaborates with all members of the healthcare team to institute measures to ensure a safe and timely discharge.

Qualifications

Educational Requirements:

Graduate of an accredited nursing program.

BSN required; MSN preferred.

License/Certification/Registration Requirements:

Current California State RN License required.

American Red Cross or American Heart Association Basic Cardiac Life Support certification.

Certified Diabetes Educator certification (CDCES).

Experience:

Minimum 3 years recent acute RN experience.

Two (2) years experience in diabetes/endocrinology preferred.

Working knowledge of applicable Standards of Practice.

Demonstrated dedication to customer service and ability to meet the needs and expectations of patients and health care colleagues.

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About Cedars-Sinai Medical Center

Providing healthcare for more than 100 years, Cedars-Sinai has evolved into one of the most dynamic and highly renowned medical centers in the world. Along with caring for patients, Cedars-Sinai is a hub for biomedical research and a training center for future physicians and other healthcare professionals. This attracts exceptional talent to Cedars-Sinai, including world-renowned physician-scientists who seek a place where they can both conduct research and see patients--the ideal formula for discovery and its translation into cures. Our patients benefit from access to doctors at the top of their fields, and our researchers have an ideal community in which to study the impact of healthcare challenges, and reflect that knowledge in their research. The greater Los Angeles area in which Cedars-Sinai resides possesses unparalleled cultural and ethnic diversity which offers outstanding opportunities for translational and clinical research and a dynamic environment for medical education.Although community based, Cedars-Sinai is a major teaching hospital affiliated with the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Cedars-Sinai has highly competi...tive graduate medical education programs in more than 50 specialty and subspecialty areas, a graduate program in biomedical sciences and translational medicine, a clinical scholars program directed towards junior physicians with aspirations to become clinical scientists, and post graduate training opportunities.There are more than 250 full-time faculty members at Cedars-Sinai. The voluntary medical staff, comprised of more than 2,200 specialty board-certified or board-qualified physicians, represent all of the specialties and subspecialties and collaborate with full-time medical staff in the teaching responsibilities of the graduate medical education programs.

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