Registered Dietitian Nutritionist

Company: CommuniCare Health Centers
Location: Davis
Posted on: June 19, 2022

Job Description:

The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) is a valued member of the Food and Wellness team and serves as the nutrition lead for Healthy Living with Diabetes and Food is Medicine programming. The RDN will facilitate individual medical nutrition therapy and group education activities. RESPONSIBILITIES:The following reflects management's definition of essential functions for this job, but does not restrict the tasks that may be assigned. Management may assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time due to business necessity and with reasonable accommodation.

• Working with Primary Care clinical and program staff, provide evidence-based, patient-centered medical nutrition therapy to patients encountering diet-related disease
• Accurately document interactions and follow up to support patient's health journeys.
• Develop and implement healthy lifestyle classes for pediatric patients at risk of diet-related disease and their family members.
• Serve as a nutrition resource for Food is Medicine and Healthy Living with Diabetes activities, including culinary education, produce prescriptions, and nutrition education for patients with diabetes.
• Working with program staff, ensure all outcomes are reached and reporting complete as outlined in the Healthy Living with Diabetes and Culinary Education grants.POSITION REQUIREMENTS:Education & Experience:
  • Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Bachelor's or advanced degree from an accredited institution with a major in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field
  • Experience providing individual nutritional counseling and facilitating group education sessions
  • Experience engaging children, adolescents and their caregivers in nutrition counseling and group education
  • Experience working with persons living with or at risk for diabetes and other diet-related chronic diseases
  • Demonstrated commitment to providing quality care to diverse, low-income, under/uninsured population
  • Demonstrated commitment to improving healthy food access and to advancing food justice and health equity Preferred Skills:
    • Bilingual (Spanish and English) written and spoken language skills highly preferred; other desirable language skills in addition to English include Russian and Punjabi
    • Ability to communicate effectively with patients and their family members.
    • Experience working in electronic health records.
    • Experience working within a community health center settingSalary/BenefitsCompensation depends on experience. Health, dental, vision, flexible spending account, life insurance, retirement, EAP, paid holidays, float day, vacation, and sick leave available.Salary:
      • Compensation commensurate with experience
      • COLA and merit % bonuses. Our Benefits Include:
        • Medical Insurance options: Kaiser Permanente, Sutter Health Plus or Western Health Advantage
        • Dental (Cypress) and Vision (VSP)
        • Flexible Spending Plan (FSA) - pre-tax savings plan
        • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
        • 403B including match About us: We are a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and have been providing care to Yolo County residents since 1972. Like other community health centers, we provide care to anyone that walks through our doors and are located in all major cities within Yolo County (Davis, Woodland and West Sacramento) and provide services throughout Yolo County. The community health center movement was born out of the civil rights movement in the 1960s with the mission to provide healthcare in communities where there are few or no options for care. Our mission is rooted in the philosophy that health care is a right, not a privilege. We serve and provide care for those disproportionally impacted by social determinants of health. CommuniCare Health Centers provides an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and life experience. CommuniCare encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including but not limited to those who identify as: Black, indigenous, persons of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, refugees, women, people with disabilities, veterans, individuals of all ages and religions, as well as those who have experienced the criminal justice system.

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