Dietitian I (Bilingual)

Job Summary: Provides nutrition education and clinical services within established guidelines. Essential Responsibilities: Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws. Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities. Assess 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 members 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): 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 patients age, nutrition and psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background and religious affiliation. Other duties as assigned. Basic Qualifications: Experience Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually 1 year) and/or hospital experience. Education Bachelors degree in Food/Nutrition or related field. License, Certification, Registration Registered Dietitian within 6 months of hire National Provider Identifier required at hire Additional Requirements: 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. Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Diettic 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. Bilingual (English/Spanish) Level II required. Preferred Qualifications: A hiring manager may specify Preferred Qualifications, which are desirable and above and beyond the requirements specified in the Minimum Qualifications section above. Please keep in mind that any such Preferred Qualifications should be job related and relevant (i.e., directly related to the duties and responsibilities described in this Job Description) and stated in non-prejudicial language. Preferred Qualifications for this job may include: Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience. Spanish bilingual Registered Dietitian. CA license required. Tube feeding and MNT proficient/expert. Experience w group facilitation and MI Notes: Shift/day & time may change due to operational needs. Will work evenings and Saturdays. will travel to MOBs, including Watts Must successfully pass or have passed the bilingual test (within the last 12 months), or be active in the QBS program. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kaiser Permanente