Diabetes Health Educator

• The educator will deliver diabetes education courses to patients referred to our service to enable them to live well with diabetes. • The educator undertakes training and passes competence assessment to deliver diabetes education • Diabetes education is delivered in an inclusive and interactive manner which allows for questions and discussion on the topics covered • Delivery of education is patient centred and allows for a variety of learning styles to support cognitive learning • The educator introduces and covers each topic following the curriculum closely • Educators reflect on the session, identify what went well, what went less well and what changes could be made. • The educator undertakes training on the curriculum and lesson plan, delivers courses, passes a competency assessment and is accredited • The courses are delivered using the most up to date content • The courses achieve a consistently high patient feedback score • The educator understands the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administration team • The educator ensures that attendance is recorded on the database • The educator responds promptly to administrator queries • Delivery of interactive structured diabetes education programmes in accordance with the set curriculum and lesson plan • Use a range of sound teaching and learning techniques to improve participants ability to self manage their diabetes • Ensure the course is delivered using the most up to date programme content • Understand the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administration team • Ensure all paperwork is completed, eg, attendance sheet, quality of life questionnaires, goal setting ad action plans and satisfaction surveys Job description Job responsibilities • The educator will deliver diabetes education courses to patients referred to our service to enable them to live well with diabetes. • The educator undertakes training and passes competence assessment to deliver diabetes education • Diabetes education is delivered in an inclusive and interactive manner which allows for questions and discussion on the topics covered • Delivery of education is patient centred and allows for a variety of learning styles to support cognitive learning • The educator introduces and covers each topic following the curriculum closely • Educators reflect on the session, identify what went well, what went less well and what changes could be made. • The educator undertakes training on the curriculum and lesson plan, delivers courses, passes a competency assessment and is accredited • The courses are delivered using the most up to date content • The courses achieve a consistently high patient feedback score • The educator understands the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administration team • The educator ensures that attendance is recorded on the database • The educator responds promptly to administrator queries • Delivery of interactive structured diabetes education programmes in accordance with the set curriculum and lesson plan • Use a range of sound teaching and learning techniques to improve participants ability to self manage their diabetes • Ensure the course is delivered using the most up to date programme content • Understand the administration and course organisation process undertaken by the administration team • Ensure all paperwork is completed, eg, attendance sheet, quality of life questionnaires, goal setting ad action plans and satisfaction surveys