Dietician I

Kaiser Permanente; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Kaiser Permanente is seeking a Nutrition Education Specialist to provide education and clinical nutrition services in Los Angeles. The role involves assessing patient needs, developing and delivering nutrition programs, and collaborating with the healthcare team to support patient care.

Qualified candidates will hold a Bachelor’s in Food/Nutrition and be eligible for Registered Dietitian status within six months in California, with strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field is required.
• Experience coordinating health education services is preferred (1 year).
• Licensed RD and National Provider Identifier required at hire or within six months for California.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) must be obtained within six months of hire per California law.

Responsibilities

• Provides nutrition education and clinical services within established guidelines.
• Assesses member needs and designs, develops, and updates nutrition education programs and materials.
• Educates members and caregivers regarding health and nutrition, individually or in groups.
• Develops meal plans considering lifestyle, culture, and diagnosis.
• Coordinates with physicians and healthcare teams for nutrition care.
• Implements nutrition care plans and follows up with referrals as needed.
• Assists in setting department goals and contributing to quality improvement.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Written communication

Verbal communication

Computer literacy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food/Nutrition or related field

Tools

Mainframe systems

Personal computing systems

Job description

Job Summary:

Provides nutrition education and clinical services within established guidelines.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Essential Duties:
• Upholds Kaiser Permanentes Policies and Procedures, Principles of Responsibilities and applicable state, federal and local laws.
• Participates in establishing department strategic goals and priorities.
• Assess member needs, establishes priorities, designs, develops, recommends, updates, implements and evaluates programs, curriculum, materials (written and audiovisual), protocols, procedures and standards for health/nutrition education.
• Plans, participates and evaluates community events and coordinates use of community resources as appropriate.
• Implements nutrition care plans to include follow-up and referrals to government, community and/or other Kaiser Permanente facilities for continuity of nutrition care.
• Educates/counsels members, family and caregivers regarding health and nutrition on an individual or group setting (classes).
• Develops meal plans as appropriate to meet members lifestyle, socio-economic background, age, culture, diagnosis and religious affiliation.
• Consults and educates physicians and other healthcare providers regarding member and population specific nutrition/health related issues.
• Participates in multidisciplinary care teams and committees.
• Collects data, plans, prepares and implements reports for performance improvement and/or quality assurance audits.
• Develops grants and proposals for health/nutrition programs.
• Plans, conducts and evaluates in-service education programs for department staff, the multidisciplinary care team and physicians.
• Individual Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT):
• Provides high quality, evidence-based, efficient, customer-focused MNT, including nutrition screening, assessment, care planning and education for appropriate nutrition intervention.
• Develops, implements, and monitors ongoing plan of care based on the screening and assessment of the patient specific nutrition care plans/education and based on the patients age, nutrition and psychosocial status, diagnosis, cultural background and religious affiliation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Basic Qualifications:

Experience

• Previous experience in providing and coordinating health education services (usually 1 year) and/or hospital experience.

Education

• Bachelors degree in Food/Nutrition or related field.

License, Certification, Registration

• National Provider Identifier required at hire
• Registered Dietitian within 6 months of hire

Additional Requirements:

• Strong interpersonal and written communication skills.
• Demonstrates working knowledge of mainframe and personal computing systems.
• Demonstrates highly effective interpersonal, written and verbal communications.
• Must be able to work in a Labor/Management Partnership Environment.
• Must be a Registered Dietitian (RD), as confirmed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Pre-RDs may be considered if: 1. candidate has completed the Supervised Practice Program (SPP) for RDs, AND 2. not more than six (6) months has passed since completing the SPP, AND 3. candidate has not previously failed the RD registration exam, AND candidate must become a RD within six (6) months of completing the SPP to comply with California Law Current Registered Dietitian (RD).
• Pre RD may be considered as written above.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A hiring manager may specify Preferred Qualifications, which are desirable and above and beyond the requirements specified in the Minimum Qualifications section above. Please keep in mind that any such Preferred Qualifications should be job related and relevant (i.e., directly related to the duties and responsibilities described in this Job Description) and stated in non-prejudicial language.
• Preferred Qualifications for this job may include: Previous individual, small group and large group/classroom training/teaching experience.
• RD license obtained w/in 6 months of hire

Notes:

• Availability for 12 shifts per quarter, 2 weekends per month, 1 major holiday.