Registered Dietitian/Diabetes

Job Description

The Virginia Garcia Memorial Health Center’s mission is to provide high quality, culturally appropriate healthcare to low-income residents of Washington and Yamhill Counties with a special emphasis on seasonal and migrant farm-workers and others with barriers to receiving healthcare.

Job Summary

The Registered Dietitian/Diabetes Specialist is responsible for providing individual and/or group medical nutrition therapy and diabetes education and support to patients with diabetes, prediabetes and related conditions as well as preventive nutritional therapy and education to adults and children who are overweight or obese.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Plan, implement and evaluate the diabetes education and medical nutrition therapy program.
• Provide nutritional therapy, education and support to patients with diabetes, prediabetes, and related conditions, both one-to-one and in groups.
• Provide preventive nutritional therapy and education to adults and children who are overweight or obese, both one-to-one and in groups.
• Work with the Diabetes Program Team to develop and deliver culturally appropriate educational content and materials about diabetes and diabetes prevention, which are focused on nutrition and healthy living.
• Review, evaluate and monitor the Nutrition Therapy and Education for Diabetes and related conditions at the site, including outreach, attendance, curriculum development, wellness activities, data collection, and reporting.
• Work collaboratively with the site’s multidisciplinary primary care teams to understand the patient and meet his/her needs and goals in the Primary Care Team Model of Care.
• Maintain familiarity with national standards developed by the American Dietetic Association, American Diabetes Association and/or the American Association of Diabetes Educators.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, peer review, team building and guidance to diabetes program educators and support staff related to the provision of Diabetes Self-Management Education and/or Medical Nutrition Therapy.
• Maintain specialty competency and education skills in order to serve as an ongoing resource for team members, physicians and other staff related to diabetes education and/or nutrition counseling.
• Perform other duties as assigned.
• Handle protected health information (PHI) in a manner consistent with the Health Insurance and Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPPA).
  
  

HIPPA Requirements

The Registered Dietitian/Diabetes Specialist will have access to PHI in the course of carrying out his/her duties. This position will use PHI to provide education and to consult with providers and be involved in overall quality of care discussions with the other health care providers at the Center. Applying the minimum necessary standard of HIPAA, the designated record sets to which this employee will have access include: the full medical record, the demographic, scheduling and insurance information of the practice management systems.

Knowledge, Skills And Abilities Required

• Ability to self-manage and effectively manage staff.
• Ability to work in a timely, accurate and detail oriented manner.
• Logical decision-making skills.
• Ability to embrace change and innovation when appropriate.
• Excellent patient, provider and staff communication skills.
• Strong commitment to working with patients and staff from a wide range of ethnic, economic, cultural and social backgrounds.
• Bilingual in Spanish/English preferred.
  
  

Education and Experience

• Licensed Dietitian in the state of Oregon; Registered Dietitian (ADA) strongly preferred.
• CDE (Certified Diabetes Educator) or ability to obtain CDE within one year of employment.
• Minimum two years’ experience working with patients with diabetes.
• Experience educating individuals, groups, patients/families and professionals.
• Experience using motivational strategies with patients and knowledge of psychology of eating: Mindful and Intuitive eating practices, including Health at Every Size (HAES®) approach, and Satter Division of Responsibility in feeding (sDOR) desired.
• Valid driver’s license, reliable transportation, safe driving record, and insurance coverage required.
  
  

Behavioral Competencies

Accountability

• Role model VG’s mission, vision, and shared values
  
  

Customer-Focus

• Listen to the voice of the customer and strive to delight them by exceeding their expectations
  
  

Teamwork

• If someone needs help, help them
  
  

Initiative

• Be innovative, apply fresh ideas, and continuously improve how you do your work
  
  

Confidentiality

• Maintain strict confidentiality and respect the privacy of others
  
  

Ethical

• Demonstrate integrity, honesty, and stewardship in all encounters at work
  
  

Respect

• Demonstrate consideration and appreciation for co-workers and patients
  
  

Communication

• Demonstrate the ability to convey thoughts and ideas as well as understand perspectives of others
  
  

Physical Requirements

Percentage of time spent

• Standing/Walking: up to 70%
• Sitting: up to 40%
• Lifting/Carrying: may occasionally lift up to 20 lbs.
• May occasionally stoop, bend; will reach frequently
  
  

Working Environment/Physical Hazards

• Potential exposure to blood borne pathogens and hazardous chemicals.
• Working environment – In a well-lighted and ventilated office/clinical setting.
• Physical effort – Mobility to visit all work sites.
  
  

Equipment Used

• Computer: EPIC, databases and word processing
• Telephone, fax, copier, scanner, printer
• Glucometers and point-of-care lab monitoring
• Equipment necessary to measure vitals (blood pressure cuff, scale, etc.)
  
  

Immunization

Staff member must meet immunizations requirements as stated in VGMHC’s immunization policy.

Job description represent a general outline of the essential and major job duties, functions and qualifications required. They cannot be all-inclusive and comprehensive due to the dynamic nature of work performed to accomplish VGMHC’s Mission.

VGMHC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from consideration for employment because of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, age, veteran status, marital status or physical challenges. The policy applies not only to recruitment and hiring practices, but also includes affirmative action in the area of placement, promotion, transfer, rate of pay and termination.