Careers at Landmark, part of the Optum and UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. At Landmark, we work to deliver high quality, comprehensive care to chronically ill patients wherever they reside and whenever they need it. We focus on doing what’s right for the people we serve, even when it’s not easy. This is your opportunity to be part of a compassionate team that is setting out to change health care for complex, chronic patients. We’re looking for driven people like you because changing the status quo takes dedication. Here, we’ll invest in your personal and professional growth while giving you a unique opportunity to make a difference. Helping people feel their best is a rewarding part of doing your life’s best work.(sm)

This role will coordinate all phases of nutrition care including nutrition assessment, care planning, monitoring, education and counseling of HbMC patients in coordination with clinicians and the interdisciplinary team to optimize their clinical outcomes and improve quality of life. 

Primary Responsibilities: 

• Counsel home-based patients their families / caregivers on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life
• Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current care plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling
• Consult with PCPs, specialists, and HbMC clinicians / interdisciplinary team to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans and diet modifications, and food selection and preparation
• Develop policies for food service or nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control for HbMC patients
• Develop curriculum and prepare manuals, visual aids, course outlines, and other materials used in teaching
• Prepare and administer budgets for food, equipment and supplies
• Plan and conduct training programs in dietetics, nutrition, for the patients, family, caregivers, and HbMC’s interdisciplinary team
• Coordinate diet counseling services
• Develop policies for nutritional programs to assist in health promotion and disease control
• Incorporates national best practices, models and nutrition trends into care plans
• Proactive disease management support for high-risk chronic diseases such as diabetes 
• Access to reliable transportation required; if you are driving a vehicle, you must comply with all the terms of the Optum Motor Vehicle Safety policy 

You’ll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions

• Registered dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) 
• Certified Nutritionist (CN), Certified Nutritional Consultant (CNC), Certified Clinical Nutritionist (CCN), Certified Nutritional Specialist (CNS) 
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in a field related to Food and Nutrition 
• Licensure / certification in the state of practice, where required 
• 1 years of nutritionist work experience 
• Full COVID-19 vaccination is an essential job function of this role. Candidates located in states that mandate COVID-19 booster doses must also comply with those state requirements. UnitedHealth Group will adhere to all federal, state and local regulations as well as all client requirements and will obtain necessary proof of vaccination, and boosters when applicable, prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in providing interdisciplinary team presentations 
• Knowledge and proficiency of basic Word, Outlook and Excel skills 
• Exceptional interpersonal skills. Superb written and oral communication skills, and comfort level with technology. 
• Demonstrated leadership, mentorship and teaching capability 

To protect the health and safety of our workforce, patients and communities we serve, UnitedHealth Group and its affiliate companies require all employees to disclose COVID-19 vaccination status prior to beginning employment. In addition, some roles and locations require full COVID-19 vaccination, including boosters, as an essential job function. UnitedHealth Group adheres to all federal, state and local COVID-19 vaccination regulations as well as all client COVID-19 vaccination requirements and will obtain the necessary information from candidates prior to employment to ensure compliance. Candidates must be able to perform all essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation. Failure to meet the vaccination requirement may result in rescission of an employment offer or termination of employment

Careers with Optum. Here's the idea. We built an entire organization around one giant objective; make health care work better for everyone. So when it comes to how we use the world's large accumulation of health-related information, or guide health and lifestyle choices or manage pharmacy benefits for millions, our first goal is to leap beyond the status quo and uncover new ways to serve. Optum, part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses, brings together some of the greatest minds and most advanced ideas on where health care has to go in order to reach its fullest potential. For you, that means working on high performance teams against sophisticated challenges that matter. Optum, incredible ideas in one incredible company and a singular opportunity to do your life's best work.(sm)

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