Certified Diabetes Education Specialist - Registered Nurse

We’re building a world of health around every individual — shaping a more connected, convenient and compassionate health experience. At CVS Health®, you’ll be surrounded by passionate colleagues who care deeply, innovate with purpose, hold ourselves accountable and prioritize safety and quality in everything we do. Join us and be part of something bigger – helping to simplify health care one person, one family and one community at a time.

Must be a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)

This is a full-time telework role.

Working schedule: Monday-Friday, standard business hours, including 2 evening shifts per week from 11:30am-8pm CST.

Rotating Saturdays may be required about once per quarter following training.

Work day consists of scheduled member appointments and member outreach.

Position Summary:

In this position the focus is on educating members with diabetes and other conditions as well as providing resources to the members. Assisting with closing gaps members may have in their care is also a priority.

-The Health Coach Consultant utilizes a collaborative process of assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation, to engage, educate, and promote and influence member's decisions related to achieving and maintaining optimal health status.

- Assessment of members through the use of clinical tools and information/data review, conducts comprehensive evaluation of member's needs and benefit plan eligibility for available integrated internal and external programs/services.

-Utilizes assessment techniques to determine member's level of health literacy, technology capabilities, and/or readiness to change.

-Enhancement of Medical Appropriateness & Quality of Care:

-Application and/or interpretation of applicable criteria and guidelines, health/wellness management plans, policies, procedures, regulatory standards while assessing benefits and/or member's needs to enable appropriate utilization of services and/or administration and integration with available internal/external programs.

-Using holistic approach consults with supervisors, Medical Directors and/or others to overcome barriers to meeting goals and objectives.

-Identifies and escalates quality of care issues through established channels.

-Utilizes influencing/motivational interviewing skills to ensure maximum member engagement and promote lifestyle/behavior changes to achieve optimum level of health.

-Provides coaching, information and support to empower the member to make ongoing independent medical and/or healthy lifestyle choices.

-Interprets and utilizes clinical guidelines/criteria to positively impact members health Provides up-to-date healthcare information to help facilitate the member¡¦s understanding of his/her health status.

-Helps member actively and knowledgably participate with their provider in healthcare decision-making.

-Monitoring, Evaluation and Documentation of Care

- Develops and monitors established plans of care, in collaboration with the member and/or attending physician, to meet the member's goals.

- Utilizes internal policy and procedure in compliance with regulatory and accreditation guidelines.

Position Requirements:

-Must be an RN and a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)

- A Registered Nurse with an active and unrestricted license in their state of residence, with multi-state/compact privileges and have the ability to be licensed in all non-compact states.

- 3+ years of clinical nursing experience post licensure

- Experience working with patients with diabetes

- Must possess or be willing and able to obtain high speed broadband internet access

Preferred Qualifications

- Previous coaching experience

- Managed care experience (MCO)

- Experience with Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and comfortable using various computer programs

Education

- Associate's degree minimum required as a Registered Nurse

Anticipated Weekly Hours

40

Time Type

Full time

Pay Range

The typical pay range for this role is:

$54,095.00 - $129,615.00

This pay range represents the base hourly rate or base annual full-time salary for all positions in the job grade within which this position falls. The actual base salary offer will depend on a variety of factors including experience, education, geography and other relevant factors. This position is eligible for a CVS Health bonus, commission or short-term incentive program in addition to the base pay range listed above. 

Our people fuel our future. Our teams reflect the customers, patients, members and communities we serve and we are committed to fostering a workplace where every colleague feels valued and that they belong.

Great benefits for great people

We take pride in our comprehensive and competitive mix of pay and benefits – investing in the physical, emotional and financial wellness of our colleagues and their families to help them be the healthiest they can be. In addition to our competitive wages, our great benefits include:

• Affordable medical plan options, a 401(k) plan (including matching company contributions), and an employee stock purchase plan.
• No-cost programs for all colleagues including wellness screenings, tobacco cessation and weight management programs, confidential counseling and financial coaching.
• Benefit solutions that address the different needs and preferences of our colleagues including paid time off, flexible work schedules, family leave, dependent care resources, colleague assistance programs, tuition assistance, retiree medical access and many other benefits depending on eligibility.

For more information, visit https://jobs.cvshealth.com/us/en/benefits

We anticipate the application window for this opening will close on: 04/10/2026

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with all federal, state and local laws.