Diabetes Educator Jobs in Texas
Diabetes Educator jobs in Texas are consistently in demand, concentrated across hospital systems, outpatient clinics, Federally Qualified Health Centers, and large integrated health networks that serve the state's high-prevalence diabetic population, with openings available from entry-level educators to senior clinical positions. Houston, Dallas, and San Antonio anchor most of the hiring, where employers such as Baylor Scott & White Health, UT Health, and Houston Methodist maintain dedicated diabetes care programs. The most sought-after specialties in Texas are gestational diabetes management, pediatric diabetes education, and chronic disease management within value-based care models. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
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When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Beth Israel Lahey Health Primary Care (BILHPC) is building a high performance primary care model that will enable the organization to be a leader in patient experience, provider and care team work life and quality of care both regionally and nationally. Additionally we are working to establish a diabetes education program which will provide quality care and medication-assisted therapy for patients with diabetes in an outpatient setting.The responsibilities for the Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian include partnering with providers, pharmacists, nutritionists and other members of the care team to help educate, support and improve health outcomes of patients with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will serve a resource for the Region in educating and supporting people affected by diabetes to understand and manage the condition, achieve behavioral and treatment goals, and optimize health outcomes. The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will participate in Diabetic Group sessions, provide educational sessions and tools for care teams, and maintain a working relationship with Joslin Care Network, and partner with BILH Primary Care Leadership 1-2 hours per month creating and presenting educational materials.
Job Description:
Primary Responsibilities:
1) The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will perform all of the duties of a Registered Dietitian, including:
a. Coordinate and facilitate quality clinical management of a broad based outpatient population across the continuum of care. Collaborates with providers to identify needs for preventive care, evidence-based chronic disease management and care coordination. Provides general and specific healthcare education. Works directly with patients to identify and monitor self-management goals. (essential)
b. Collaborates care with community based providers. Follows up on ED visits and inpatient discharges. Assists providers with exams, treatments and procedures as needed. (essential)
c. Provides skilled telephonic triage and assessment, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources. Performs a direct patient care role. (essential)
f. Accurately documents all aspects of patient care in the Electronic Health Record in a timely basis. Schedules tests and referrals for specialty care on order of provider as needed. (essential)
g. Monitors and ensures follow up of all abnormal test and imaging results under the direction of the provider. (essential)
h. Oversees the inventory and ordering management of clinical supplies and equipment as necessary. (essential)
i. Provides oversight, delegation and acts as a resource to unlicensed staff. Provides on-going education and training to practice staff. Updates clinical knowledge and skills though consultation, review of literature and formal and informal education including CEUs. Maintains compliance with organizational mandatory annual training. (essential)
j. The Registered Dietitian will ensure that PHI (Patient Health Information) will only be used for the purposes of patient TPO (treatment, payment and operations). The Registered Dietitian will ensure patient safety practices to prevent/eliminate risk of patient harm. Adverse patient events and near misses will be promptly reported to the BIDHC Risk Management Dept. (essential)
2) The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will perform the following duties related specifically to diabetes education:
a. Perform clinical and psychosocial assessment of diabetes patients in either an individual or group setting.
b. Identify educational needs for diabetes self-management knowledge and skills.
c. Develop and implement a plan of care based on clinical expertise, scientific principles and the patients' lifestyle and culture.
d. Empower diabetes patients with knowledge and skills to attain optimal control and prevent acute/chronic complications.
e. Educate in areas of medication administration, self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG), continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS), pump therapy, nutrition, exercise, recognition & treatment of acute complications and preventive health skills in accordance with current clinical practice recommendations utilizing learning objectives and behavioral goals.
f. Monitor patients' response to therapy and revise plan as indicated.
g. Prevent/decrease incidence of complications by supporting preventive health risk behaviors. (Ophthalmology, podiatry, lipids, A1C, urine M/A)
h. Conduct ongoing quality improvement studies.
i. Support hospital policies and procedures while sustaining a safe environment.
j. Recognize the importance of continuous diabetes education and self-learning needs while maintaining current skills and knowledge.
k. Provides educational sessions and tools for care team.
I. Required Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree required.
2. 1-3 years related work experience required.
3. Strong interpersonal skills. Strong patient communication and patient education skills.
4. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
II. Licensure, Certification, Registration
1. License Registered Dietitian required,and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
2. Certified Diabetic Care Educator and Specialist (CDCES) required.
3. CPR Certification
III. Preferred Qualifications:
1. Experience in using diabetes technologies preferred
IV. Competencies:
1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
2. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
3. Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
4. Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
5. Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
6. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
7. Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
8. Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to colleagues and patients and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving.
V. Physical Requirements:
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.
This job requires frequent walking, standing, bending neck, bending waist, twisting neck, twisting waist, Power Grasping using both hands, Fine Manipulation using both hands, Pushing/Pulling using both hands, Keyboard use, Reaching-above shoulder height, Reaching-below shoulder height, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 10 lbs. There may be occasional Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 25 lbs.
Pay Range:
$33.60 - $49.93The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.
Beth Israel Lahey Health Primary Care (BILHPC) is building a high performance primary care model that will enable the organization to be a leader in patient experience, provider and care team work life and quality of care both regionally and nationally. Additionally we are working to establish a diabetes education program which will provide quality care and medication-assisted therapy for patients with diabetes in an outpatient setting.The responsibilities for the Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian include partnering with providers, pharmacists, nutritionists and other members of the care team to help educate, support and improve health outcomes of patients with diabetes. The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will serve a resource for the Region in educating and supporting people affected by diabetes to understand and manage the condition, achieve behavioral and treatment goals, and optimize health outcomes. The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will participate in Diabetic Group sessions, provide educational sessions and tools for care teams, and maintain a working relationship with Joslin Care Network, and partner with BILH Primary Care Leadership 1-2 hours per month creating and presenting educational materials.
Job Description:
Primary Responsibilities:
1) The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will perform all of the duties of a Registered Dietitian, including:
a. Coordinate and facilitate quality clinical management of a broad based outpatient population across the continuum of care. Collaborates with providers to identify needs for preventive care, evidence-based chronic disease management and care coordination. Provides general and specific healthcare education. Works directly with patients to identify and monitor self-management goals. (essential)
b. Collaborates care with community based providers. Follows up on ED visits and inpatient discharges. Assists providers with exams, treatments and procedures as needed. (essential)
c. Provides skilled telephonic triage and assessment, education, collaboration and coordination of healthcare and community resources. Performs a direct patient care role. (essential)
f. Accurately documents all aspects of patient care in the Electronic Health Record in a timely basis. Schedules tests and referrals for specialty care on order of provider as needed. (essential)
g. Monitors and ensures follow up of all abnormal test and imaging results under the direction of the provider. (essential)
h. Oversees the inventory and ordering management of clinical supplies and equipment as necessary. (essential)
i. Provides oversight, delegation and acts as a resource to unlicensed staff. Provides on-going education and training to practice staff. Updates clinical knowledge and skills though consultation, review of literature and formal and informal education including CEUs. Maintains compliance with organizational mandatory annual training. (essential)
j. The Registered Dietitian will ensure that PHI (Patient Health Information) will only be used for the purposes of patient TPO (treatment, payment and operations). The Registered Dietitian will ensure patient safety practices to prevent/eliminate risk of patient harm. Adverse patient events and near misses will be promptly reported to the BIDHC Risk Management Dept. (essential)
2) The Diabetes Educator Registered Dietitian will perform the following duties related specifically to diabetes education:
a. Perform clinical and psychosocial assessment of diabetes patients in either an individual or group setting.
b. Identify educational needs for diabetes self-management knowledge and skills.
c. Develop and implement a plan of care based on clinical expertise, scientific principles and the patients' lifestyle and culture.
d. Empower diabetes patients with knowledge and skills to attain optimal control and prevent acute/chronic complications.
e. Educate in areas of medication administration, self-monitoring blood glucose (SMBG), continuous glucose monitoring systems (CGMS), pump therapy, nutrition, exercise, recognition & treatment of acute complications and preventive health skills in accordance with current clinical practice recommendations utilizing learning objectives and behavioral goals.
f. Monitor patients' response to therapy and revise plan as indicated.
g. Prevent/decrease incidence of complications by supporting preventive health risk behaviors. (Ophthalmology, podiatry, lipids, A1C, urine M/A)
h. Conduct ongoing quality improvement studies.
i. Support hospital policies and procedures while sustaining a safe environment.
j. Recognize the importance of continuous diabetes education and self-learning needs while maintaining current skills and knowledge.
k. Provides educational sessions and tools for care team.
I. Required Qualifications:
1. Bachelor's degree required.
2. 1-3 years related work experience required.
3. Strong interpersonal skills. Strong patient communication and patient education skills.
4. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.
II. Licensure, Certification, Registration
1. License Registered Dietitian required,and Certificate 1 Basic Life Support required.
2. Certified Diabetic Care Educator and Specialist (CDCES) required.
3. CPR Certification
III. Preferred Qualifications:
1. Experience in using diabetes technologies preferred
IV. Competencies:
1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by general instructions and practices requiring some interpretation. May make recommendations for solving problems of moderate complexity and importance.
2. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.
3. Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.
4. Written Communications: Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in written English with internal and external customers.
5. Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and converse in English to communicate effectively with medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.
6. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge of concepts, practices and policies with the ability to use them in complex varied situations.
7. Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.
8. Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service to colleagues and patients and external customers in a professional, service-oriented, respectful manner using skills in active listening and problem solving.
V. Physical Requirements:
Medium work: Exerting up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and or up to 20 pounds of force frequently. Job is physical in nature and employee needs to stand and/or move around through the majority of their shift.
This job requires frequent walking, standing, bending neck, bending waist, twisting neck, twisting waist, Power Grasping using both hands, Fine Manipulation using both hands, Pushing/Pulling using both hands, Keyboard use, Reaching-above shoulder height, Reaching-below shoulder height, Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 10 lbs. There may be occasional Lifting and carrying items weighing up to 25 lbs.
Pay Range:
$33.60 - $49.93The pay range listed for this position is the base hourly wage range the organization reasonably and in good faith expects to pay for this position at this time. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law. Compensation may exceed the base hourly rate depending on shift differentials, call pay, premium pay, overtime pay, and other additional pay practices, as applicable to the position and in accordance with the law.
As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) as a condition of employment.
More than 35,000 people working together. Nurses, doctors, technicians, therapists, researchers, teachers and more, making a difference in patients' lives. Your skill and compassion can make us even stronger.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled
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What Texas Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in diabetes educator jobs across Texas.
- Active Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) credential required or preferred by most Texas employers
- Bachelor's or master's degree in nursing, dietetics, pharmacy, or a related health profession
- Current Texas state licensure in a qualifying clinical profession such as RN, RD, or PharmD
- Minimum of direct patient care experience in an endocrinology or chronic disease setting
- Proficiency with electronic health record systems such as Epic or Cerner
- Strong patient counseling and health literacy communication skills for diverse Texas populations
Diabetes Educator Jobs in Texas: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a diabetes educator in Texas?
To become a diabetes educator in Texas, you must first hold an active Texas state license in a qualifying healthcare profession, such as registered nursing (through the Texas Board of Nursing), registered dietetics, or pharmacy. From there, you accumulate supervised diabetes education practice hours and sit for the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist exam administered by the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists. Most Texas employers require or strongly prefer the CDCES credential before hiring.
Which companies hire diabetes educators in Texas?
Employers hiring diabetes educators in Texas right now include Optum, MiniMed, and CHRISTUS Health, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of October 2026. Texas's large integrated health systems and Federally Qualified Health Centers maintain ongoing diabetes education programs, making them among the most consistent sources of openings in the state.
Which Texas cities have the most diabetes educator jobs?
San Antonio, Texas, and Katy have the most diabetes educator openings in Texas, driven by the concentration of large academic medical centers, major hospital systems, and high-volume outpatient clinics that anchor each metro's healthcare economy, with Houston and Dallas in particular supporting extensive chronic disease management programs tied to their dense and diverse patient populations.
Are there remote diabetes educator jobs in Texas?
Yes, but they're rare. About 100% of diabetes educator openings tied to Texas are remote or hybrid as of October 2026, reflecting the hands-on, patient-facing nature of most diabetes education roles. The portions of the work most likely to shift to a remote or telehealth format are follow-up coaching sessions, group education classes delivered via video platform, and care coordination with interdisciplinary teams.
How can I get hired as a diabetes educator in Texas with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is securing a clinical role adjacent to diabetes care first, such as a medical-surgical nurse, dietetic technician, or health educator at a large Texas system like Baylor Scott & White Health or a network of community health centers, then requesting rotation into their diabetes education program. Many Texas Federally Qualified Health Centers offer structured onboarding for new educators. Pursuing the CDCES eligibility hours while working and completing a Texas-accredited diabetes education program gives candidates a clear competitive edge without prior dedicated experience.
Where can I find and apply to diabetes educator jobs in Texas?
You can find and apply to diabetes educator jobs in Texas on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings tied to this role across the state. Search the listings, identify the roles that match your credentials and preferred location, and apply directly to the positions that fit.
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