Registered Dietitian

About the role

As a Registered Dietitian for Family Health Centers of San Diego, you provide individual nutrition assessment, education, and care plans for our patients. You participate in and support individual, family, and group nutrition/chronic disease education services by creating culturally and linguistically appropriate curriculums, planning programs, delivering education, and evaluating effectiveness. You have a passion for community health promotion, for serving the medically underserved, and you understand—and can easily communicate—how nutrition drives patient health and outcomes. You also serve as a resource for the Health Education Staff, especially in regards to American Dietetic Association Standards.

Responsibilities

• Actively participates in and contributes to Health Education/project staff meetings, projects and other activities.
• Completes all required documentation accurately, in a timely manner, and thoroughly in accordance with department standards.
• Conducts nutrition assessments, establishes individual nutrition care plans, including therapeutic diets, and uses medical data to determine health risks and needs of patients. Uses laboratory data to assess nutritional status of a patient as part of the scope of practice; provides medical nutritional therapy.
• Ensures maximum utilization of schedules by proactively managing visits, including scheduling follow-up appointments, calling no-shows, working with recall technicians, PSRs, and Case managers.
• Individually and/or with the nutrition team, plans, creates, and develops nutrition and health education topic outlines and curriculums, incorporating various learning techniques and formats (i.e., group discussion, lectures, role-play, etc.).
• Reviews and assists in determining the linguistic and cultural appropriateness of materials, teaching aids, activities, methods, strategies, programs, etc. Review the efficacy of materials and programs and provides positive, action-oriented feedback.
• Assists with the translation and/or revisions of translated materials as appropriate.
• Keeps department current with American Dietetic Association and American Diabetes Association standards as it relates to nutrition and disease management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or closely related field and completion of a supervised internship required.
• Experience in nutrition and/or chronic disease education or closely related field preferred.
• National Credential by commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Traveling between sites and other locations is occasionally required. Must have a valid California driver's license, an automobile, and proof of minimum levels of car insurance as required under California law, although limits of $100,000 are recommended. An acceptable driving record is also required. California law requires all drivers to obtain a valid California driver's license within ten days of establishing residency. Reasonable accommodation may be provided on a case-by-case basis. Mileage and other reimbursement governed by policy.

Pay & benefits

• Job type: Fulltime 8:30AM-5PM
• Location: 1809 National Ave San Diego, CA 92113
• Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits
• Retirement Plan with Employer Match
• Paid Time Off, Extended Sick Leave and Paid Holidays
• Medical/Dental/Vision/FSA/Life Insurance
• Employee Discounts and Wellness Programs
• Salary range: $38.41 - $50.46