Registered Dietician

Job Title: Registered Dietician

Location: Cooperative Health Rural Tele-Nutrition Network

Company Overview

Eau Claire Cooperative Health Center, Inc. (dba Cooperative Health) is a leading community health center serving the Midlands of South Carolina. It is deeply rooted in its mission of providing accessible, high quality, compassion health care in the spirit of the Good Samaritan. The organization’s values of: treating each other with respect, putting people first, being excellent at what we do, promoting a collaborative work environment, improving community/population health, fostering innovative thinkers, and getting results, are core attributes of every employee at Cooperative Health.

Job Summary

Under the direct supervision of the Behavioral Health Department/ Regional Director, Registered Dietician will counsel clients on nutrition issues and healthy eating habits. Dieticians and nutritionists are experts in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. They plan and conduct food service or nutritional programs to help people lead healthy lives. Individual will also has a clear understanding that his/her job functions are directly linked to Ryan White (RW) Legislation including Policy Clarification Notice (PCN) #16-02 (Revised 10/22/18); as Medical Nutrition Therapist. Also that scope coverage under Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program (RWHAP) Parts A, B, C, and D, and Part F where funding supports direct care and treatment services. All activities performed under this service category must be pursuant to a medical provider’s referral and based on a nutritional plan developed by the registered dietitian or other licensed nutrition professional. Activities not provided by a registered/licensed dietician should be considered Psychosocial Support Services under the HRSA RWHAP. The objective is to improve health care outcomes whereas those provided under the medical nutrition therapy service category have as their objective providing guidance and assistance in improving access to needed services. PCN defines and provides program guidance for each of the Core Medical and Support Services named in statute and defines individuals who are eligible to receive these HRSA RWHAP services.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Understand that activities provided under this service category are provided by an interdisciplinary team that includes other specialty care providers and support staff. These activities can be provided in individual and/or group settings and outside of HIV Outpatient/Ambulatory Health Services.

Medical Nutrition Therapy includes:

• Nutrition assessment and screening
• Dietary/nutritional evaluation
• Food and/or nutritional supplements per medical provider’s recommendation
• Nutrition education and/or counseling
• Collaborates with providers to identify and connect with patients in need of nutrition counseling
• Establishes treatment plans and communicates with patients regarding program compliance
• Meets directly with patients to identify educational needs, provide individual instruction, utilize information handouts/booklets or refer to community resources as needed
• Identifies ways to improve care of patients and make recommendations to the providers.
• Participates in various patient program committees; performs research and recommends ways to expand and improve nutrition programs; performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned
• Participates in quality improvement of the program in conjunction with other services offered

Qualifications

• Experience: prior chronic disease and /or maternity nutrition counseling helpful
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or related field required. Must have R.D. registration and be eligible for SC certification (as applicable). Certification as a Diabetes Educator is helpful.
• Other skills: Excellent oral and written communication skills required. Basic computer skills required

Physical Demands

• Dietician must be able to move around the clinic.
• Able to lift up to 10 – 25 lbs

Competencies

• Effective oral and written communication, collaborative outlook, results oriented thinking and behavior, commitment to team work, working knowledge of HIV medications and treatment strategies.
• Ability to maintain effective relationships with people from a variety of backgrounds and diverse communities, awareness and sensitivity to the external environment.
• Strong problem solving skills.
• Highly organized and able to prioritize workloads.
• proficient in the use of Microsoft Office software.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Must be able to work under the stress of deadlines and changing priorities.

Company Conformance Statement

In the performance of their respective job assignments all employees are expected to conform to the following:

• Cooperative Health’s policies and procedures.
• Cooperative Health’s confidentiality and professional provisions
• Cooperative Health’s compliance program
• Cooperative Health’s standards of conduct

This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Cooperative Health provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, Cooperative Health complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.