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Hours Full-time, Part-time
Location Los Angeles, CA
Los Angeles, California

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Description: Provides nutrition education and clinical services within established guidelines.

Essential Functions:

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.

Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) as appropriate: 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.

This is a Repost of 489463.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

N/A.

Education

Bachelor's degree in food/nutrition or related field.

Master's degree in related field and/or Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE), Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD),or Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC), Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition (CSR), Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition (CSP), or Fellow of the American Dietetic Association (FADA).

License, Certification, Registration

Must be a 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 has 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.

Current Registered Dietitian (RD).

National Provider Identifier (NPI) required.

Additional Requirements:

Pre-RD may be considered as written above.

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.

Registered dietitian with NICU.

At least two (2) years of full time or equivalent clinical nutrition/diet therapy experience participating as a registered dietitian as part of a multidisciplinary team providing nutrition assessment and counseling for acute or chronically ill patients.

One (1) year clinical experience and includes services to infants with NICU experience, children or adolescents with one or more CCS eligible medical conditions.

Preferred Qualifications:

Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience.

Notes:

Available for vacation relief as needed for floor dietitians including weekends.

Primary Location: California,Los Angeles,West Los Angeles Medical Center 6041 Cadillac Ave. Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24 Shift: Day Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun Working Hours Start: 8:00 AM Working Hours End: 4:30 PM Job Schedule: Part-time Job Type: Standard Employee Status: Regular Employee Group/Union Affiliation: NUHW Job Level: Individual Contributor Job Category: Nutrition / Food Services Department: Food and Nutrition Service Travel: No

Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. Applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), age, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, parental status, ancestry, disability, gender identity, veteran status, genetic information, other distinguishing characteristics of diversity and inclusion, or any other protected status.

External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with federal and state laws, as well as applicable local ordinances, including but not limited to the San Francisco and Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinances.

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