Nutritionist, Part-Time

Washington DC Part-Time Hybrid $33.65 - $38.46 per hour Washington Post Top Workplace

Community of Hope is seeking a Part-Time Nutritionist to empower COH patients with nutritional information and food-based resources in order to improve their health outcomes related to nutrition-sensitive conditions including obesity hypertension and this role youll provide evidence-based interventions through nutrition-based care plans one-on-one nutrition counseling sessions and group nutrition and wellness programing. This is a part-time (20hrs a week) position based out of our Conway Health and Resource Center in SW DC.

Our Approach and Values:

We celebrate peoples strengths and acknowledge the impact of trauma on peoples lives.

We embrace diversity welcome all voices and treat everyone with respect and compassion.

We lead and advocate for changes to make systems more equitable.

We strive for excellence and value integrity in all that we do

What Youll Do:

• Delivers one-on-one nutrition counseling and support to a minimum of 4 patients per clinic session either in person or remotely.
• Promotes the integration of nutrition and wellness services into the COH Medical Home Model by fostering food-related community partnerships providing consultation and education to COH providers and other care team members and developing nutritional education curriculum and materials.
• Works with medical nursing health services leadership and Lead Nutritionist to develop and deliver new group education approaches based on patient feedback and known gaps in services such as wellness weight loss and walking groups and grocery store tours.
• Designs culturally appropriate patient education materials and works to promote adoption by the care team.
• Provides training to clinical staff to increase knowledge of current nutrition guidelines disease-specific dietary recommendations and culturally competent approaches to working with patients.
• Works with patients to establish meal plans in accordance with patient preference cultural background and health and financial capabilities; evaluates the health and diet needs of patients and make clinical recommendations.
• Develops and implements patient-specific care plans around obesity and nutrition-sensitive conditions including hypertension prediabetes diabetes and high cholesterol. Works with patients to define SMART goals around weight loss nutrition and healthy behaviors more generally.
• Coordinates and communicates with care team members including care coordinators and primary care providers gather relevant input communicate patients goals and preferences and ensure the care team is working in a coordinated fashion to support patients goals.
• Identifies gaps in services to address social determinants of health based on outcomes and patient feedback. Assists in developing plans community resources and other partnerships to meet identified needs particularly around food insecurity.
• Serves as a liaison to external partners in the food and nutrition space and works to promote partnerships that enhance access to healthy affordable foods and culturally competent education including cooking courses and grocery store tours.

Must-Haves

• Must hold current license as a dietician or nutritionist in the District of Columbia.
• Experience providing culturally competent patient-centered education in a low-income setting highly required.
• Ability to multi-task and problem solve required.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced team-based setting required.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel required.
• Ability to meet patients outside of traditional office setting including grocery stores required.
• Ability to work flexible hours (i.e. evenings weekends) to provide increased access to patients required.
• Ability to travel to other sites for the purposes of training meetings and providing cross-coverage required.
• Proof of required vaccinations is required. This includes but may not be limited to Flu and Covid. COH will consider requests for reasonable accommodations for anyone who cannot be vaccinated for a religious or medical reason subject to applicable law.

Nice-to-Haves

• Masters Degree in Nutrition or closely related field strongly preferred.
• Experience in community health center setting preferred.

Why Youll Love Working Here

At COH we prioritize the following well-being and work-life balance-centered benefits:

• 8 x Washington Post 150 Top Workplaces winner
• 11.5 paid company holidays 1 personal floating holiday paid vacation and sick leave based on the average number of hours per week and work schedule
• Annual performance-based raises up to 5% of your annual pay
• Loan repayment (NHSC & DCHPLRP) Licensing reimbursement & CEU funding
• Life & disability insurance 403(b) retirement
• Leadership development internal promotions and career growth opportunities
• A culture grounded in equity compassion and well-being

About Us

Community of Hope is a mission-driven innovative rapidly growing nonprofit and Federally Qualified Health Center. For over 45 years we have provided health and housing services perinatal care coordination and community support services to make Washington DC more equitable. Community of Hope also strongly emphasizes maternal and child health with midwifery practice and the only free-standing birth center in DC. We are honored to be one of DCs largest providers of housing and homelessness prevention services for families and individuals throughout DC. Through our Family Success Center our WIC nutrition centers and our various partnerships we have reached hundreds and believe that everyone in DC deserves to be healthy housed and hopeful.

With the help of our amazing staff we have successfully provided:

50000 medical visits

6300 dental visits

17000 emotional wellness visits

1384 families and 220 individuals with housing/homelessness prevention services

Ready to bring hope and health to our DC community Apply today! To request a reasonable accommodation to complete an employment application or for general questions about employment with Community of Hope contact a Recruiting Coordinator. Email:

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Community of Hope is an equal opportunity employer.