apree health brings together a best-in-class engagement platform with an advanced primary care model to provide a vastly better health and care experience, improve outcomes, and significantly lower the total cost of care for a population.
Diabetes and Nutrition Educator
Position Summary:
The Diabetes and Nutrition Educator is an integrative member of the clinical care team and works collaboratively with diverse patient populations to engage them in their health and well-being. The educator through coordination with the care team, provides diabetes management and nutritional education services to patients with attention to personalized treatment modalities and education.
apree’s clinic model and atmosphere was created to support practitioners who desire to focus on patient care first, encouraging both patient and practitioner to have quality time together during visits to empower patients using empathetic listening to actively participate in their own wellness goals.
Position Qualifications/Essential Functions:
- Provides comprehensive management of diabetes and associated conditions.
- Develops a plan of care that will optimize the patient’s control of Diabetes and provides ongoing follow-up and communication.
- History of working with insulin management.
- With the assistance of health care providers, identifies nutritional needs and develops individual care plans for set nutritional diagnoses.
- Works with the care team and patient to review and monitor medications and treatment plans.
- Uses different outreach modalities to do esteeming patient education including in person, telephonic, portal communication and others.
- Works as a member of the care team to support the patient in all aspects of care.
- Strong proven ability to connect and deliver patient care in a virtual environment.
Additional Qualifications Preferred:
- Ability to be creative and innovative in a fast-paced environment with a lot of ambiguity and constant change.
- Experience working in EMR systems required, Nextgen a plus.
- Experience with Google Workspace.
- Bilingual or multilingual preferred.
Education/Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Diabetes Education Certification preferred. Required to obtain certification with 3-6 months of hire
- Registered Dietitian (RD) or Certified Nutritionist (i.e CCN, CNC, CNP, etc) – required (in the state of Washington preferred)
- Minimum 3 years’ experience of working with diabetic population in a clinic setting required
- Located in WA state or Pacific Time Zone preferred
- Virtual care experience preferred
Demonstrated Attributes:
- Team player with strong interpersonal skills and ability to build effective working relationships throughout all levels of the organization
- Excellent communication and teaching skills
- Solution-focused
- Ability to champion quality throughout the organization
