Spanish Bilingual-Dietitian I-II

ABOUT THE POSITION

Riverside University Health System- Clinical Nutrition Department is seeking to fill a Spanish Bilingual Dietitian I-II position for the Medical Center and MSC located in Moreno Valley, CA.

Under direction, to implement, coordinate, and evaluate the medical nutrition therapy for the hospital inpatients and outpatients; nutrition education, information and counseling to patients, physicians, staff members and students, to provide nutritional assessment and consultation to assist in planning, organizing, and directing the food and nutritional services unit; and to do other work as required.

Incumbents are primarily concerned with implementation and administration of specialized areas of the food and nutrition services program; evaluating, assessing and recommending medical nutrition therapy for hospital in-patients and out-patients.

Dietitian II class is the fully qualified working level class, reporting to a Supervising Dietitian.

Dietitian II's work more independently and may provide technical guidance advice and direction to Dietitian I and Dietetic Technician incumbents.

The selected candidate will be responsible for:



* Promotion of diabetes awareness in the community and participation in diabetes educational programs.


* Covering both Medical Center and MSC (cover diabetic clinics or other clinics as needed).

The most competitive candidates will possess:



* Dietetic Registration


* Bilingual in Spanish


* Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)


* Experience as a Dietitian

Work Schedule:Will be discussed during the interview.

Tentative:5/40; M-F 8am-4:30 pm or 9am to 5:30pm (weekends as needed)

DIETITIAN I Salary $61,111.65 - $91,376.27 Annually
DIETITIAN II Salary $64,088.96 - $99,217.87 Annually

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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; pres...