Registered Dietitian (Per Diem)

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Individuals 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.
• Reviews the efficacy of materials and programs and provides positive, action-oriented feedback.
• Aids in 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.

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.
• Lactation Educator or Specialist training certificate preferred.
• National Certification 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.