Overview

The Dietitian supports the mission of People’s Community Clinic by providing direct service nutritional care for PCC patients in an efficient, effective, and timely manner.

The starting rate for this position is $50,000 - $56,500.

Responsibilities

Provide direct service nutritional care for PCC patients according to established protocols and physicians orders.

• Perform age appropriate nutritional assessment.
• Take nutrition history, record chart data and service data as per protocol, established procedure, contract requirements and accepted standards of clinical practice.
• Assess nutritional status and develop a nutrition care-plan that reflects nutrients needs determined from the information gathered, and in consultation with the attending physician.
• Provide patients with in-person or virtual counseling concerning nutrition recommendations, general health and wellness, physical activity, and nutrition management of the diagnosed condition.
• Provide patients with telephone counseling regarding follow-up treatment and patient inquiries.
• Provide referrals to social services and other support staff as deemed necessary.
• Complete designated chart review on schedule and according to procedures.

Maintain standards of proficiency, service quality, efficiency, and effectiveness in all task areas:

• Achieve and maintain proficient levels of nutrition and dietetic knowledge and skills. Keep continuing education requirements up-to-date.
• Provide direct care according to schedule.
• Maintain professional affiliation and community relationships with other local entities.
• Adhere to HIPAA guidelines.

Participate in program planning, development, evaluation and implementation activities as required.

• Work with Nutrition Services Supervisor to update protocols.
• As assigned, review nutrition education materials for accuracy, utility, and appropriateness.
• Serve as a nutrition resource to the assigned program service area to ensure required follow-up, to identify emerging patient needs, to ensure nutrition education is complementary to direct service component.
• Produce written reports and documentation as requested.

Participate in meetings, task groups, and activities designed to promote communication; identify and resolve problems, devise work plans, and establish program objectives.

• Attend and participate in team meetings and staff meetings as scheduled.
• Demonstrate understanding and support of the PCC mission and program objectives by participation and support of work plans devised to enact the mission and achieve service objectives.
• Work openly and cooperatively with the medical director, team leader, and other employees to achieve the highest standards of operational efficiency and service effectiveness.

Qualifications

Education: B.S. or B.A. or higher degree with graduation from an accredited university.

Experience: Minimum two years related experience serving diverse patient populations in a community health setting, specifically with regard to diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and obesity.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Understanding of the theory and practice of nutrition and dietetics; assessing nutritional status of patients using physical, clinical, and biomedical data; public and community health service practices; generally accepted professional and ethical standards of patient-centered care.
• Ability to perform either a brief screening or an in-depth gathering of nutrition-related data on each patient, dependent on individual case; skill in assessing and developing a nutrition-care plan for each patient depending upon the collection, integrating and appraising of nutrition data (i.e. height, weight, unintentional weight loss or gain, change in appetite, medical and social history, diet history and intake data, clinical examination); charting; reading of medical history and presenting problems; assessing laboratory results; maintaining accurate medical records; problem identification and resolution skills; time management;
• Ability to apply knowledge gained through nutrition program, especially related to diabetes, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, and obesity.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and consistently cordial working relationships with physician(s), other employees, team leader, executive director, and patients;
• Able to manage time effectively to ensure efficiency and timely follow through on tasks; able to accommodate changes in the workplace (e.g. procedures, scheduling, staffing, etc.); able to work effectively under pressure; maturity, flexibility, stability, initiative;
• Interest in and commitment to provision of quality healthcare to persons at or near the poverty level.
• Bilingual in English-Spanish and familiarity with Hispanic population culture and eating habits.

Certificate/License: Applicant must be a Registered Dietitian through the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a Licensed Dietitian by the state of Texas.

Our Benefits Include:

• 18 PTO days per year & 11 paid holidays
• Major Medical Health Insurance Coverage. Most employees experience $0 in out-of-pocket medical expenses.
• Dental & Vision
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Employer paid Life Insurance
• Employer paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Annual Training
• 403(b) with 4% employer matching

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People’s Community Clinic is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, language, disability, pregnancy, gender identity or sex stereotyping.