The Mary Ellen Falzone Diabetes Center is our region's first facility dedicated to diabetes education and care. The center is a state-of-the-art facility located on the north campus of ProMedica Toledo Hospital. Our expert, multidisciplinary team of endocrinologists, diabetes educators, dietitians, midlevel providers, and pharmacists help our patients with diabetes counseling, diabetes support, and medication therapy management.  

 

Position Summary: 

The Dietitian, Clinical Educator collaborates with the multi-disciplinary team to provide diabetes education to pediatric, adult and geriatric patients and families as well as provide Medical Nutrition therapy, when appropriate, in ambulatory program settings. This includes assessment, creating care plans and implementing the education programs as related to diabetes, diabetes in pregnancy and other nutritional disorders. Other duties include, but are not limited to: 

Serves as a member of the multidisciplinary team as it relates to Diabetes Self- Management Training (DSMT) Serves as a resource to dietary department dietitians for diabetes and diabetes in pregnancy DSMT and Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) as needed Performs outpatient DSMT and/or MNT for pediatric, adult and geriatric patients as ordered by physician, both individually and in group settings, both confidently and effectively with role model expertise Provides a variety of education materials and approaches to individualize DSMT and/or MNT to accommodate any patient barriers to learning