Registered Dietitian

About the Role

If you are looking to foster a fulfilling career path while serving your community, you are in the right place. All careers at CHAS Health allow you to make an impact on patients' lives and our greater community. No matter what clinic or location you join, you become a part of the bigger picture—providing trustworthy, patient-centered, and attentive care to anyone who walks through our doors. We continue to expand operations and are regularly looking for talented and dedicated individuals to help us make a difference in patient lives.

From the beginning, we strongly believe that all people have the right to high-quality health care. Our goal is to remove barriers to care and provide high-quality, evidence-based care in a place that is convenient—in your neighborhood. We believe everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect regardless of their situation.

Purpose of Job

Improve the overall health of the communities we serve by providing individualized nutritional support to patients for their particular situation.

Responsibilities

• Meets directly with patients to identify dietary needs through nutritional assessment based on nutrition-focused physical findings and patient history.
• Provides nutritional counseling either individually or in a group setting; identifying goals and supporting education with evidence-based care.
• Develops detailed care plans and documents as part of the electronic health record in accordance with established program standards.
• Assesses, plans, and implements the delivery of medical nutrition therapies in collaboration with the patient's interdisciplinary team.
• Monitors and evaluates patient's progress through routine nutrition interventions to support positive health outcomes.
• Participates and supports patients in various program committees; including developing educational programs for various ethnic, cultural, and social groups to teach nutrition education.
• Remains up to date on evidence-based research and recommends ways to expand and improve nutrition programs.
• Participates in quality improvement of the program in conjunction with other services CHAS Health offers.
• Performs other duties assigned, including supporting the CHAS Health Mission and Core Values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or related field required.
• Registered Dietitian credentialed with the Commission on Dietetic Registration and eligible for state licensure.
• Experience in chronic disease including HIV and Diabetes and/or maternity nutrition counseling preferred.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills required.
• Computer skills required.
• BLS (CPR/AED) required.
• Commitment to supporting a safe, respectful, equitable, and inclusive environment required.

Physical Demands

• Must be able to move around the facility between 1/3rd and 2/3rds of the day, as well as sit at a workstation or in patient rooms.
• Using hands occurs over 2/3rds of the day, while reaching with arms occurs less than 1/3rd of the day.
• Communicating is required over 2/3rds of the day, while climbing, stooping, or crawling is minimal.
• Lifting up to 10 lbs occurs about half the time, while up to and above 25 lbs occurs only occasionally.

Pay

Compensation Range: $32.50 - $47.73 per hour.

Benefits

• Annual milestone bonus for all eligible employees: $500 for every year worked, up to $5,000.
• Robust health coverage with employer-offered medical, dental, vision, long-term care, and life insurance.
• 401(k) with up to 6% employer match for a retirement plan that invests in your future.
• More than six (6) weeks of paid time off (PTO) annually for full-time employees.
• Tuition assistance and student loan repayment.
• Up to $7,500 for childcare annually through reimbursement.
• CME and license fee reimbursement.

Offered benefits dependent upon employee eligibility and criteria.

Core Values

• Social Responsibility
• Patient-Centered
• Entrepreneurship
• Respect for Human Dignity
• Commitment to Continuous Quality Improvement
• Fun