Dietitian II - RUHS- CHC-Women's Health Clinic & Clinical Nutrition-Medical Center
ABOUT THE POSITION
Riverside University Health System- Community Health Clinic is seeking to fill a Dietitian II position for the Women's Health Clinic & for the Clinical Nutrition-Medical Center located in Moreno Valley.
Incumbents will be working in partnership with the registered nurse to manage the patients.
The selected candidates will be responsible for:
* Providing health education and resources on nutrition as it relates to pregnancy to prevent disease and improve maternal and fetal birth outcomes.
* Feedback and sharing of their annual goals and long-term plans with the CDAPP Sweet Success staff through annual on-line site survey.
* Promotion of diabetes awareness in the community and participation in diabetes educational programs.
The most competitive candidates will possess:
* Familiarity with the Comprehensive Perinatal Services Program (Sweet Success)
* Knowledge of nutrition as it relates to pregnancy and birth outcomes.
* Knowledge of the WIC program.
* Familiarity with the medi-cal program.
* Comprehensive clinical preconception and pregnancy care for women with diabetes.
* Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Certification.
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EXAMPLES OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES
• Provides nutritional assessment and determines through applications of various published standards whether individuals are at nutritional risk; designs, implements, and monitors specialized and individualized enteral and parental nutrition regimens; facilitates and monitors transitional feeding regimens.
• Serves as a resource on enteral nutrition delivery systems and educates patients, and/or family members, and health care team members on their use; acts as a resource for physicians, other health care professionals and the public on nutrition; participates in discharge planning for home nutrition support patients.
• Counsels patients individually and in group settings on special diets for various disease states; conducts classes, as appropriate, to special populations, i.e.: lactation, hypertension, cardiac rehabilitation, diabetes, weight reduction, childbirth, and infectious disease, etc.; evaluates nutrition education materials for patients and health care professionals; presents nutrition education programs to physicians and other members of the health care team.
• Counsels physicians, nursing, food service personnel and other professional staff as appropriate on implementation of medical nutrition therapy; conducts training for medical, paramedical, nursing, and food services unit personnel and patients and their families.
• Participates in chronic/risk reduction committees and clinics and in quality assurance programs; participates in chart reviews with other health care team members assessing patient nutritional needs; revises and modifies meal patterns as appropriate; supervises diet technicians; assists in special projects as assigned.
• May act for the Supervising D...
- Rate: Not Specified
- Location: Moreno Valley, US-CA
- Type: Permanent
- Industry: Finance
- Recruiter: County of Riverside
- Contact: Not Specified
- Email: to view click here
- Reference: 4348110
- Posted: 2024-08-30 08:09:46 -
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