Dietitian - Bariatrics

Novant Health; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Novant Health Bariatric Solutions Fort Mill seeks a Full-Time Dietitian to educate patients and perform nutrition assessments. You will provide individual and group education, develop care plans, and coordinate with an interdisciplinary team to manage nutrition risk and improve health outcomes.

Requirements include a Bachelor's in dietetics or nutrition, RD certification, and licensure in the relevant state; at least one year of RD experience is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in dietetics or nutrition is required.
• Registered Dietitian status by the Commission on Dietetic Registration is required.
• Licensed Dietitian in the appropriate state is required.
• Minimum of one year of experience as a Registered Clinical Dietitian is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Educate patients about lifestyle changes and nutrition management.
• Perform nutritional education and nutrition assessments for patients.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary team to implement nutrition therapy and follow up with patients.

Skills

Patient education

Verbal communication

Written communication

Self-care management support

Education

Bachelor's degree in dietetics

Graduate degree

Job description

What We Offer

Schedule: Monday- Thursday, 8:00am-5:00pm, Friday 8:00am-12:30 (virtual)

Novant Health Bariatric Solutions Fort Mill is seeking a Full- Time Dietitian to perform nutritional education and nutrition assessments on patients. The Dietitian consults, educates patients/clients in both one on one and group settings on risk factor reduction related to nutrition management. Communication could be via phone, face-to- face or through video settings. Provides coaching to include, but not limited to, behavior changes towards improving health status, reducing health risk and improving quality of life of patients.

Optimize nutritional status of patients through medical nutrition therapy to patients with nutrition risk, including nutrition assessment, individualized care plans, provider ordered recommendations and implementation of nutrition therapy, education and counseling for disease and nutrition risk management and evaluation of outcomes of these interventions. Scheduling and follow-up with patients as needed with appropriate documentation on all patients. Works/communicates with interdisciplinary team in the management of health and nutrition factors.

What You'll Do

• Funding for certifications like personal trainer to assist with patient overall care
• If candidate needs SC license the clinic will pay for your licensure
• Educates patient concerning lifestyle changes.

What We're Looking For

• Education: 4 Year / Bachelors Degree, required. Bachelors in dietetics, nutrition, foods and nutrition, required. Graduate Degree, preferred.
• Experience: Minimum of one year of experience as a Registered Clinical Dietitian, preferred.
• Licensure/Certification:
  • Registered Dietitian status by the commission on Dietetic Registration, required.
  • Licensed Dietitian in appropriate state, required.
• Additional Skills (required): Ability to successfully complete generic and department-specific skills validation and competency testing. Knowledge, ability and skills to support patient education and patient engagement in self-care management to accommodate cultural diversity, age specific or behavior needs among the patients being served.
• Additional Skills (preferred): Excellent verbal and written communication skills. Ability to relay information to diverse audiences for one-on-one consultations, small and large group presentations; dynamic presence for media interviews, health fairs and other invited presentations/appearances.