Dietitian Diabetes Specialist

Responsibilities

The Registered Dietitian (RD) Diabetes Specialist provides leadership and clinical expertise across WellStar
Health System to enhance care delivery for hospitalized patients with diabetes. This role incorporates evidencebased
diabetes management guidelines and standards of care, facilitates change and implements processes to
drive glycemic control and achieve organizational quality metrics and performance outcomes. The ideal
candidate views providers and clinicians as customers and actively explores customer needs and collaborates to
find creative solutions to satisfy those needs. As a RD Diabetes Specialist, problem solving and clinical
management of patients is performed at an expert level of practice.
Collaborates with the diabetes services team, clinicians and other interdisciplinary team members, and other
system and hospital leadership to achieve diabetes program objectives and enhance clinical outcomes and
customer service.
Monitors glycemic control, reviews case variances and outcomes and facilitates implementation of strategies to
optimizing glycemic control (e.g. order set and/or protocol and policy development, ongoing education with
hospital staff, and collaboration with hospital interdisciplinary teams to improve care for patients with diabetes).
Initiates and/or advises interdisciplinary teams (e.g. quality improvement, patient or medication safety,
documentation/tool development, clinical informatics and decision support) as well as actively participates in and
integrates current organizational structure, policies and procedures, and forms as related to diabetes care.
Identifies, supports and provides continuing education to hospital clinicians to enhance proficiency in the
management and education of diabetes patients.
Works as an integral member of the WellStar team by being familiar with system goals, programs and services.
Serves as a resource, support and subject matter expert to system and hospital committees, including guidance
regarding certification and/or regulatory requirements.
Mentors hospital diabetes education staff ensuring optimal patient assessment, education/intervention, care
coordination and documentation to facilitate appropriate transitions of care.
Provides and/or coordinates orientation and continuing education of hospital diabetes staff.
Maintains professional standards of diabetes education and practice that are guided by the American Diabetes
Association (ADA) "Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes", Association of Diabetes Care and Education
Specialists (ADCES), American Association of Clinical Endocrinology (AACE), and others as appropriate for
current clinical practice recommendations and evidence-based guidelines.
Participates in the marketing of WellStar Diabetes Services to clinicians and other team members, local and
national organizations, and community groups.
Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications