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Dietitian
Cedar Falls Diabetes & Endrocrinology Clinic
40 hours/week Monday Friday 8am4:30pm
Provides nutrition services to individuals in the as directed by providers. Assesses nutritional needs develops and implements nutritional care plans and evaluates and reports these results appropriately. Maintains professional competency and skills required for professional practice.
Why UnityPoint Health
Culture At UnityPoint Healthyoumatter.Come for a fulfilling career and experienceacultureguided by uncompromising values and unwavering belief in doing whats right for the people we serve.
Benefits Our competitiveTotal Rewardsprogram offers benefits options like 401K match paid time off and education assistance that align with your needs and priorities no matter what life stage youre in.
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Development We believe equipping you with support anddevelopment opportunitiesis an essential part of delivering a remarkable employment experience.
Community Involvement Be an essential part of our core purposeto improve the health of the people and communities we serve.
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Responsibilities
- Assess nutrition status of patient and based on this evaluation plans implements and evaluates appropriate costeffective nutrition care of clients.
- Teach informational classes.
- Help coordinate the bariatric support group classes.
- Provide nutrition education counseling utilizing techniques that consider the varied needs of agespecific populations as well as cultural religious and ethnic concerns.
- Maintain ongoing communication with the patients referring physician and other health care providers to ensure continuity of care.
- Maintain a high level of competence while applying current research information and methods into nutrition care of clients
- Develop and implement an individualized plan for nutrition intervention in accordance with the patients medical program goals and objectives nutrition prescription and selfmanagement training. Assist patients in developing realistic longterm health goals and goaldirected behaviors.
- Identify opportunities to increase patient physician and community awareness of outpatient nutrition services.
- Prepare and deliver community nutrition education programs as assigned.
- Maintain accurate records of appointments for scheduling and billing.
- Provide appropriate documentation summarizing the nutrition care plan in the patients medical record.
- Assist in developing and revising patient education materials forms and protocols.
- Participate in planning and developing nutritionrelated policies procedures and goals.
- Be aware of what is happening in clinic/department and the organization by attending clinic/department meetings reading emails and regularly checking information on the organizations intranet site.
- Maintain regular and consistent attendance at work.
- Maintain compliance with CLIA OSHA Safety and Risk Management guidelines.
- Maintain compliance with Personnel policies and procedures.
- Monitor environmental conditions in order to secure protected health information.
- Behave in a manner consistent with all Corporate Compliance and HIPAA policies and procedures.
- Demonstrate initiative to improve quality and customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.
- Balance team and individual responsibilities; be open and objective to others views; give and welcome feedback; contribute to positive team goals; and put the success of the team above own interests.
- Perform other duties as requested by Clinic Manager to facilitate the smooth and effective operations of the office
Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with a major in foods human nutrition or dietetics; food service management; or Institution Management.
- Successful completion of a postgraduate or equivalent dietetic program that fulfills requirements for registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
- Mandatory Reporter certification.
- CPR certification.
- One year experience as a clinical dietitian preferred.
- Experience as an outpatient dietitian preferred.
- Must be an experienced and comfortable public speaker.
- Adept at using a computer for research and development of presentations.
- Able to write read comprehend and speak fluent English.
- Must maintain licensure as a Licensed Dietitian in the State of Iowa/Illinois.
- Must maintain registration status through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Strong computer skills.
- Ability to work as a team member.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Employment Type
Full-Time
