Registered Dietitian

Position Summary

 This is a full-time on-site role for a Registered Dietitian at Advance Community Health. This position is to primarily assist our thriving health care and administrative team with nutritional health advice and support, to provide optimum health care to our patients.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Assess patients for the opportunities and deficits relating to nutritional advice. 
• Develops a nutritional plan based on an assessment of nutritional needs.
• Implement treatment plans by identifying and ranking problems based on individual patient needs.
• Communicates appropriate dietary history and nutritional care data in the clinical record.
• Plans, organizes, and conducts dietetic education for patients.
• Communicates with clinician regarding patient’s progress and treatment goals.
• Coordinates activities required for American Diabetic Association Diabetic Self-Management Education using the most current standards.
• Consult and plan meetings with other professionals, in regard to patient treatment services.
• Ensure continued system/process improvements by coordinating with Chief Medical Officer.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or related field.  
• At least 1 year of experience as a Registered Dietitian
• Current Registered Dietitian registration in North Carolina.  
• Completion of a dietic internship with an accredited program.
• Current status of Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN), or Registered Dietitian eligible within 6 months of hire.
• Licensed Dietitian in the state of North Carolina

Preferred Skills

• Bilingual
• Experience with healthcare information systems such as EPIC and practice management systems.
• Experience with American Diabetes Association recognized education programs.
• Community Health Center experience.
• Willingness to travel to other ACH sites as needed

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Tasks, duties, and responsibilities, as listed in this position description, are not exhaustive. The Organization, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills and/or education will also be considered, so qualifications of incumbents may differ from those listed in the Position Description. The Organization, at its sole discretion, will determine what constitutes as equivalent to the qualifications described above. Further, nothing contained herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Occasionally, required skills/experiences for jobs are expressed in brief terms.