Job Summary
Diabetes Educator
PRN / Part-Time | Community-Based | Dallas–Fort Worth, TX
Pathway Support & Rehabilitation Services, is seeking a qualified Diabetes Educator to join our growing community-based team. This position will provide individualized diabetes self-management education designed to help individuals develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence necessary to manage diabetes, improve health outcomes, and maintain greater independence.
This is a specialized Diabetes Educator position. Applicants must have qualifying professional credentials AND documented diabetes education experience. General clinical experience without diabetes education experience does not meet the minimum qualifications.
The Diabetes Educator will provide services in community-based and individualized settings, with an emphasis on practical skill development, self-management, problem-solving, healthy coping, and reducing barriers to independence.
About the Role
The Diabetes Educator will provide comprehensive diabetes self-management education, including:
- Conducting individualized diabetes self-management assessments.
- Developing individualized education and support plans based on the individual’s needs, abilities, goals, and circumstances.
- Providing individual and/or group diabetes self-management skills training.
- Teaching practical strategies for healthy eating, physical activity, monitoring, medication management, healthy coping, problem-solving, and reducing health risks.
- Providing hands-on education related to blood glucose monitoring, medication delivery, equipment, and other diabetes self-care skills within the professional’s scope of practice.
- Helping individuals identify and address barriers that interfere with effective diabetes self-management.
- Providing adaptive education and training for individuals who are blind or visually impaired when appropriate.
- Supporting individuals in developing routines and skills that promote greater independence.
- Conducting post-training assessments and reinforcing successful self-management strategies.
- Developing appropriate ongoing support recommendations following completion of training.
- Documenting all services accurately and timely in Pathway’s electronic health record.
- Communicating appropriately with Pathway staff and other members of an individual’s support team when authorized and appropriate.
- Maintaining professional boundaries, confidentiality, and person-centered practices.
Diabetes Self-Management Focus
Pathway’s diabetes education program incorporates the following core self-care areas:
- Healthy Eating
- Being Active
- Monitoring
- Taking Medications
- Healthy Coping
- Problem Solving
- Reducing Risk
The goal is not simply to provide information. The Diabetes Educator will help individuals learn, practice, apply, and maintain diabetes self-management skills in their everyday lives.
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Minimum Qualifications
Applicants must meet one of the following professional qualifications:
- Clinical Psychologist
- Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
- Occupational Therapist
- Optometrist
- Pharmacist
- Physical Therapist
- Physician (MD/DO)
- Podiatrist
- Registered Nurse (RN), including Nurse Practitioners and Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Registered Dietitian/Dietitian Nutritionist
- Physician Assistant
- ACSM Certified Clinical Exercise Physiologist (ACSM-CEP®)
- Master Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES®)
- Health professional with a minimum master’s degree in Social Work
- Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)
- Board Certified–Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)
Required Experience
- Minimum one year of paid experience providing diabetes education as an essential function of the position, or
- Two years of documented volunteer experience providing diabetes education.
- Current, active, unrestricted professional license, registration, certification, or credential applicable to the professional discipline, when required.
- Ability to provide documentation of professional credentials and diabetes education experience.
Continuing Education
Pathway requires Diabetes Educators to maintain ongoing professional development in diabetes self-management education.
Minimum expectation: 15 hours of diabetes-related continuing education within the applicable 12-month period, with ongoing continuing education thereafter as required by the individual’s professional licensing/certification body and Pathway’s program standards.
Continuing education must be relevant to diabetes self-management education and may not substitute required program-specific training.
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Preferred Qualifications
Preference may be given to candidates with:
- CDCES or BC-ADM certification
- Experience providing diabetes education to individuals with disabilities
- Experience working with individuals who are blind or visually impaired
- Experience providing community-based education or rehabilitation services
- Experience working with vocational rehabilitation populations
- Experience with adaptive diabetes-management equipment or techniques
- Experience providing individual and group education
- Strong documentation and electronic health record skills
- Experience working collaboratively with healthcare, behavioral health, rehabilitation, or community service providers
- Experience working with individuals experiencing barriers to employment, independence, or community participation
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What We’re Looking For
Pathway is looking for a professional who can do more than deliver information. We want someone who can teach, coach, demonstrate, problem-solve, and help individuals translate diabetes-management education into practical daily routines.
The ideal candidate is:
- Person-centered
- Compassionate and respectful
- Comfortable working independently
- Strong communicator
- Organized and dependable
- Comfortable providing services in community settings
- Skilled at adapting education to individual learning needs
- Committed to promoting independence and self-advocacy
- Able to maintain accurate and timely documentation
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Position Details
Position: Diabetes Educator
Employment Type: PRN / Part-Time
Service Area: Dallas–Fort Worth and surrounding communities
Work Setting: Community-based and individualized service settings
Schedule: Flexible based on participant needs and program demand
Compensation: Competitive; based on qualifications and experience
Important
This position is contingent upon verification of the applicant’s professional credentials, diabetes education experience, continuing education, and ability to meet Pathway’s program requirements.
Pay: $30.57 - $40.64 per hour
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Dallas, TX 75236
