Overview

Join our team as a day shift, full-time, Diabetes Educator in Tulsa, OK. 

Why Join Us? 

Thrive in a People-First Environment and Make Healthcare Better 

• Thrive: We empower our team with career growth opportunities, tuition assistance, and resources that support your wellness, education, and financial well-being. 

• People-First: We prioritize your well-being with paid time off, comprehensive health benefits, and a supportive, inclusive culture where you are valued and cared for. 

• Make Healthcare Better: We use advanced technology to support our team and enhance patient care. 

Get to Know Your Team: 

• Oklahoma Heart Institute offers 24/7 catheterization labs, cardiac rehabilitation and a heart failure center. In addition, OHI is involved in over 200 cutting-edge research studies across the vast amount of specialties within the system.

Responsibilities

• The clinical dietitian is a registered dietitian responsible for planning, implementing, and evaluating patient progress toward nutrition goals.
• Educates patients individually and in group settings on behaviors and lifestyle changes that impact long-term eating habits, diabetes, self-management and overall health.
• Provide Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) to assist with including but not limited to, prediabetes, type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, gestational diabetes and weight management.
• Recommends changes in therapy and monitors patient’s responses to changes in medication regime, exercise plan or meal plan and reports to physician.
• Collaborates with other staff to provide education and self-management training in a clinically appropriate manner, as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

Qualifications

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition or dietetics.
• Must possess current Oklahoma state licensure as a Licensed Dietitian
• RD from the CDR required.
• CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator) to be obtained within 1 year from hire.
• 2 years’ experience as a Clinical Dietitian with responsibilities related to diabetes.

Preferred Job Requirements:

• 3 years’ experience as a Clinical Dietitian with responsibilities related to diabetes.