You. 

You bring your body, mind, heart, and spirit to your work as a Diabetes Registered Nurse Educator. 

Your compassion is tangible: patients feel it in the hand they hold. Families feel it in your prayers. Colleagues feel it in your support. 

You know how to stay organized and move fast.⯠You have a natural inclination for teaching and positivity.⯠

Youâ™re great at what you do, but you want to be part of something even greater. Because you believe that while individuals can be strong, the right team is invincible. 

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Us. 

We are proud to be a private teaching hospital. 

Saint Joseph Hospitalâ¯is part of SCL Health, a faith-based, nonprofit healthcare organization that focuses on person-centered care. Our 365-bed facility is one of the top-ranked hospitals in Denver and has been awarded the highest national recognition possible for nursing excellence â“ Magnet designation â“ by the ANCC. We are proud to extend the mission of SCL Health by providing care for the poor, the vulnerable, our communities, and each other. Our deep community roots date back to 1873, making us one of the oldest hospitals in Colorado. 

Benefitsâ¯are one of the ways we encourage health for you and your family. Our generous package includes medical, dental, and vision coverage. But health is more than a well-working body: it encompasses body, mind, and social well-being. To that end, weâ™ve launched a Healthy Living program to address your holistic health. Healthy Living includes financial incentives, digital tools, tobacco cessation, classes, counseling, and paid time off. We also offer financial wellness tools and retirement planning. 

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We. 

Together weâ™ll align mission and careers, values, and workplace. Weâ™ll encourage joy and take pride in our integrity. 

Weâ™ll laugh at each otherâ™s jokes (even the bad ones). Weâ™ll hello and high-five. Weâ™ll celebrate milestones and acknowledge the value of spirituality in healing. 

Weâ™re proud of what we know, which includes how much there is to learn. 

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Your day. 

As a Diabetes RN Educator you need to know how to: 

Lead the collaboration with nursing leadership to assess, develop and implement staff development and competency programs. 

Continually develop knowledge and skills in designated service area(s) and implement strategies to share knowledge and implement improvement programs. 

Ensure staff competencies, practice patterns, and care coordination processes achieve the highest quality patient care outcomes and demonstrate the knowledge and skill necessary to provide clinically competent care. 

Function as an expert clinician, role model, researcher, educator, and mentor for clinical staff. 

Identify staff strengths and opportunities for development through learning needs assessments and structure experiences for staff membersâ™ continual learning. Serve as a resource to new staff and preceptors in the orientation process. 

Incorporate institutional goals into the performance dashboard for service area(s). Interact with other departments, physicians, staff, and leaders to incorporate their input into the clinical practice and staff development goals for the service area(s). 

Integrate research and evidence from the professional literature into the practice environment, including the application of research findings, evaluating practice, and collaborating in the performance of clinical research. 

Develop evidenced-based policies, procedures, practice standards, quality improvements, and programs based on research standards and identified opportunities. Utilize current research with specific emphasis on professional organizations related to their area of clinical expertise. 

Utilize data, processes, tools, and communication vehicles to support outcome monitoring. Take action to continually improve the effectiveness of clinical practice and patient care initiatives based on these outcomes. 

Participate in organized professional activities and apply new knowledge to the development of educational design and instructional materials to support/improve clinical competencies. 

Lead within shared governance structure. 

Lead and participate in all aspects of large-scale quality and process improvement projects including strategic planning, implementation, and outcomes monitoring. 

Maintain responsibilities for updating and developing competencies and tracking the progress of new graduate nurses and new hire nurses. 

Maintain competency and licensure as a Registered Nurse in service area(s). 

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Your experience. 

We hire people, not resumes. But we also expect excellence, which is why we require: 

Graduate of an accredited and approved school of nursing (BSN). 

Current Colorado RN license or compact license with the ability to obtain Colorado RN license. 

Current BLS certification endorsed by the American Heart Association (ACLS/NRP/PALS as appropriate for unit or service). 

Minimum of five (5) years of nursing experience. 

Preferred: 

Masterâ™s degree in a work-related discipline/field from an accredited college or university 

Academic or continuing education in the areas of EBP, change agent, educator, facilitator, and/or coaching. 

Experience presenting in front of audiences, or experience presenting at local and national conferences; experience creating posters for local or national presentations. 

Current Nursing Professional Development (NPD) certification. 

Training, development of clinical staff and/or preceptor experience 

Microsoft proficient. 

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Your next move. 

Now that you know more about being a RN Educator on our team we hope youâ™ll join us. At SCL Health youâ™ll reaffirm every day how much you love this work, and why you were called to it in the first place. 

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