About the role
Job Summary Provides nutrition education and clinical services within established guidelines.
Essential Responsibilities
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Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
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Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities.
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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.
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Plans, participates and evaluates community events and coordinates use of community resources as appropriate.
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Implements nutrition care plans to include follow-up and referrals to government, community and/or other Kaiser Permanente facilities for continuity of nutrition care.
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Educates/counsels members, family and caregivers regarding health and nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes).
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Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet members lifestyle, socio-economic background, age, culture, diagnosis and religious affiliation.
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Consults and educates physicians and other healthcare providers regarding member and population specific nutrition/health related issues.
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Participates in multidisciplinary care teams and committees.
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Collects data, plans, prepares and implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits.
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Develops grants and proposals for health/nutrition programs.
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Plans, conducts and evaluates in-service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team and physicians.
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Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) as appropriate:
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Provides high quality, evidence-based, efficient, customer-focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning and education for appropriate nutrition intervention.
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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 patients age, nutrition and psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background and religious affiliation.
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Other duties as assigned.
Experience Basic Qualifications:
- N/A
Education
- Bachelors degree in Food/Nutrition or related field.
- Masters 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
- National Provider Identifier required at hire
Additional Requirements
- 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.
- 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).
- Pre-RD may be considered as written above.
Preferred Qualifications
- Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience.
- Prior experience in CHL or lifestyle medicine strongly preferred.
Notes
- Days and hours will vary, some weekends, evenings and travel required.
Primary Location: California,Carson,Carson Main Street Health Pavilion
Scheduled Weekly Hours: 20
Shift: Variable
Workdays: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat, Sun
Working Hours Start: 08:00 AM
Working Hours End: 08:00 PM
Job Schedule: Part-time
Job Type: Standard
Worker Location: Onsite
Employee Status: Regular
Employee Group/Union Affiliation: B17-DASH|AFSCME|DASH
Job Level: Individual Contributor
Department: Main St Hlth Pavilion Bldg Two - Mbr Education - Misc - 0806
Pay Range: $43.34 - $48.77 / hour
Kaiser Permanente strives to offer a market competitive total rewards package and is committed to pay equity and transparency. The posted pay range is based on possible base salaries for the role and does not reflect the full value of our total rewards package. Actual base pay determined at offer will be based on labor market data, internal alignment, and a candidate's years of relevant work experience, education, certifications, skills, and geographic location.
Travel: Yes, 25 % of the Time
Work Setting: Onsite
Worker location must align with Kaiser Permanente's Authorized States policy.
Kaiser Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.
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