Diabetes Nutrition Educator | Dietitian

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare; Chesapeake (VA); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is seeking a Registered Dietitian to assess patient needs and design, implement, and evaluate individualized nutrition plans in outpatient settings.

You will provide one-on-one and group counseling across diabetes, weight management, cardiac risk, and general wellness, while promoting motivational interviewing and behavior change within an interdisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian status with current CDR credentials.
• Completion of a RD program; licensure or certification as required.
• Experience teaching nutrition concepts in hospital or outpatient settings.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-on-one and group outpatient medical nutritional counseling.
• Conduct group sessions on weight loss, diabetes, cardiac and pulmonary nutrition.
• Deliver diabetes self-management education in all 9 content areas.
• Assess outpatient nutritional needs and develop care plans with therapeutic diets.
• Educate patients about behavior modification and goals.
• Document progress in patient charts and the electronic health record.
• Communicate with providers about patient progress.
• Assist in program development, evaluation, and quality improvement.
• Lead seminars, cooking demonstrations, supermarket tours, and community lectures.

Skills

Group sessions

Motivational interviewing

Nutrition education

Diabetes education

Education

Registered Dietitian program

Bachelor or Master in Nutrition/Dietetics

Tools

Electronic health record

Job description

Chesapeake Regional Healthcare is seeking a Registered Dietitian to assess patient needs and design, implement, and evaluate individualized nutrition plans in outpatient settings.

You will provide one-on-one and group counseling across diabetes, weight management, cardiac risk, and general wellness, while promoting motivational interviewing and behavior change within an interdisciplinary team.