Registered Dietitian
Company: Family Health Centers of San Diego
Location: San Diego
Posted on: May 6, 2024
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Job Description:
Impact Lives, Impact Community
Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about
providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved
communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina
grandmother/community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan,
FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in
the country. With over 62 sites, over 227,000 patients, and over
417,000 visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care
and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are
proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the
cultural and individual diversity of our staff.
Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is looking for a
Registered Dietitian to 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
(ie, 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.
National Certification by commission on Dietetic Registration.
Experience in nutrition and/or chronic disease education or closely
related field preferred.
Bilingual in Spanish/English required.
Meet organizational driver requirements.
Rewards:
Job type: Full Time
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
FHCSD was founded by community activists working towards a common
goal: caring, affordable, high-quality medical care for all. We are
proud to continue this mission today as we provide accessible
services to over 210,000 patients across San Diego County. The
successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to
community medicine and providing culturally competent care to the
medically underserved.
In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base
range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential
bonuses.
$33.00 - $42.25
If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final
base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such
as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills,
education, and/or experience. In addition to these factors - we
believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal
equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer.
Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we
reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the
range would not be typical in order to allow for future and
continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and
benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is
available here: FHCSD Wellness - Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)
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