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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Fontana, CA
Fontana, California

About this job

Provides nutrition education & clinical services within established guidelines.

Essential Functions:

* Upholds KP's Policies & Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities & applicable state, federal & local laws

* Participates in establishing department strategic goals & priorities

* Assesses member needs, establishes priorities, designs, develops, recommends, updates, implements & evaluates programs, curriculum, materials (written & audiovisual), protocols, procedures & standards for health/nutrition education

* Plans, participates & evaluates community events & coordinates use of community resources as appropriate

* Implements nutrition care plans to include follow-up & referrals to government, community and/or other KP facilities for continuity of nutrition care

* Educates/counsels members, family & caregivers regarding health & nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes)

* Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet member's lifestyle, socio-economic background, age, culture, diagnosis & religious affiliation

* Consults & educates physicians & other health care providers regarding member & population specific nutrition/health related issues

* Participates in multidisciplinary care teams & committees

* Collects data, plans, prepares & implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits

* Develops grants & proposals for health/nutrition programs

* Plans, conducts & evaluates in-service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team & physicians

* Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)

* Provides high quality, evidence-based, efficient, customer-focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning & education for appropriate nutrition intervention

* Develops, implements & monitors ongoing plan of care based on the screening & assessment of the patient specific nutrition care plans/education & based on the patient's age, nutrition & psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background & religious affiliation

* Other duties as assigned

Basic Qualifications:

* Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually 1 year) and/or hospital experience.

* Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field.

* Must be a current Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

* Pre-RDs may be considered if candidate has completed the Supervised Practice Program (SPP) for RDs, AND not more than six (6)months have passed since completing the SPP, AND candidate has not previously failed the RD registration exam, AND candidate must become a RD within six (6) months of completing the SPP to comply with California Law.

* National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.

* Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.

* Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems.

* Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications.

* Must be able to work in a Labor Management Partnership Environment

Preferred Qualifications:

* NICU/Pediatrics experience is highly preferred.

Notes:

* Primary location will be Fontana Medical Center and may need to travel to Ontario Medical Center to cover 20% of the time.

* Position will require the Dietitian oversees a group class for a chemically dependent unit every other week as well as perform home health telephone consultations.

* May be filled by Dietitian I or Dietitian II.