Dietitian I (CCS)
Kaiser Permanente - Southern California
San Diego, California
Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field. Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD) (CCS Paneled Registered Dietitian), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Pre RDs may be considered if:: 1. candidate has ...
Qualifications: Bachelor´s degree in Food/Nutrition or related field. Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD) (CCS Paneled Registered Dietitian), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Pre RDs may be considered if:
1. candidate has completed the Supervised Practice Program (SPP) for RDs, AND
2. not more than six months has passed since completing the SPP, AND
3. candidate has not previously failed the RD registration exam, AND candidate must become a RD within 6 months of completing the SPP to comply with California Law.
Current Registered Dietitian (RD). Pre RD may be considered as written above. NICU experience required. Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually one (1) year) and/or hospital experience. Strong interpersonal and written communication skills. Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems. Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment Consistently demonstrates the knowledge, skills, abilities, and behaviors necessary to provide superior and culturally sensitive service to each other, to our members, and to customers, contracted providers, and vendors.
Duties: Essential Duties:: Upholds Kaiser Permanente´s Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities. Assesses member needs, establishes priorities, designs, develops, recommends, updates, implements and evaluates programs, curriculum, materials (written and audiovisual), protocols, procedures and standards for health/nutrition education. Plans, participates and evaluates community events and coordinates use of community resources as appropriate. Implements nutrition care plans to include follow up and referrals to government, community and/or other Kaiser Permanente facilities for continuity of nutrition care. Educates/counsels members, family and caregivers regarding health and nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes). Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet member´s lifestyle, socio economic background, age, culture, diagnosis and religious affiliation. Consults and educates physicians and other healthcare providers regarding member and population specific nutrition/health related issues. Participates in multidisciplinary care teams and committees. Collects data, plans, prepares and implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits. Develops grants and proposals for health/nutrition programs Plans, conducts and evaluates in service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team and physicians. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente´s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licensure requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente´s policies and procedures. Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT): Provides high quality, evidence based, efficient, customer focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning and education for appropriate nutrition intervention. Develops, implements and monitors ongoing plan of care based on the screening and assessment of the patient specific nutrition care plans/education and based on the patient´s age, nutrition and psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background and religious affiliation. Other duties as assigned. Consistently supports compliance and the Principles of Responsibility (Kaiser Permanente´s Code of Conduct) by maintaining the privacy and confidentiality of information, protecting the assets of the organization, acting with ethics and integrity, reporting non compliance, and adhering to applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations, accreditation and licenser requirements (if applicable), and Kaiser Permanente´s policies and procedures.
Notes: Schedule varies according to department needs.
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