Registered Dietitian

Metro Community Health Center; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 49,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading community health center in Pittsburgh is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide nutritional education and care. This full-time role involves developing nutrition plans, working with patients, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to ensure effective dietary management. The position offers competitive wages and comprehensive benefits, including health insurance, paid leave, and a supportive work environment focused on community health.

Benefits

100% employee premium for UPMC Medical

Life insurance ($100,000)

401k with a 4% match

20 days of PTO for the first two years

12 paid holidays

2 weeks of paid parental leave

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian or new grad/RD eligible.
• Active Dietetics License in Pennsylvania or eligible.
• Experience in Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) settings.

Responsibilities

• Provides education, counseling, and Medical Nutrition therapy to patients.
• Develops and updates nutritional plans as needed.
• Conducts audits of nutritional care on a routine basis.

Skills

Interest in community-based programming

Ability to appreciate and enjoy working with individuals

Knowledge of principles of counseling and education

Education

Bachelor's degree in Dietetics

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Metro Community Health Center extends great benefits to our eligible employees.

MCHC Current Benefits Are

• MCHC pays 100% of the employee premium for UPMC Medical, United Concordia dental, STD, LTD
• Life insurance ($100,000)
• VBA vision coverage is offered as voluntary coverage that paid for by the employee
• Medical and Dependent Care FSA and HRA
• 2 weeks of paid parental leave
• 20 days (4 weeks) of PTO for your 1st two years
• 12 paid holidays
• 401k with a 4% match
• Competitive Wages
  
  

Job Summary

This full-time position is responsible for providing education, counseling, and Medical Nutrition therapy and care to patients. This is done via assessment, development, implementation, documentation, and monitoring of nutrition plans.

Essential Functions

• Provides registered dietitian services according to policies and procedures, and federal and state requirements.
• Guide qualifying patients to our Food Pantry in accordance to policies and procedures.
• Plans, organizes, develops, and directs the nutritional care of pantry patients and referred patients in accordance with current federal, state and local standards, guidelines and regulations.
• Assesses /Monitors the patients' nutritional status and provides recommendations to clinical/ medical staff.
• Develop and update nutritional plans as needed.
• Educates patients, families, and staff on nutritional concepts and diet modification.
• Works with other members of the interdisciplinary team to ensure that modified texture diets and therapeutic diets follow the patient’s medical condition.
• Reviews changes to ensure compliance with the policy and procedures and state and federal guidelines.
• Conduct audits of relevant nutritional care on a routine basis.
• Completes nutritional assessments on referred patients, quarterly, annually, and with any change in condition as per guidelines.
  
  

Education/Experience

POSITION REQUIREMENTS:

• Full-time Registered Dietitian or new grad/RD eligible
• Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Dietetics from an accredited college or university
• Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics or eligible.
  
  

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• An active Dietetics License in the state of Pennsylvania or eligible
• Registered Dietitian with Commission on Dietetic Registration, renewed every 5 years
• Licensed Dietitian Nutritionist (LDN) with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, renewed every 2 years
• Experience working in a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) and/or similar community health settings.
  
  

Skills/Abilities

• Interest in community-based programming.
• Ability to appreciate and enjoy working with individuals.
• Sufficient understanding of windows-based computer applications to learn and use the electronic medical record and organize one’s schedule and required reports.
• Knowledge of principles of counseling and education.
  
  

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to manipulate objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; and talk and hear. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus. Noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.

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