Clinical Dietitian I - Eating Disorder Expertise

Avance Care•Durham, NC

80d

About The Position

Provide medical nutrition therapy and diabetes education to improve outcomes and quality of life. This role involves assessing, evaluating, interpreting, monitoring, and documenting the nutritional status and needs of patients, using established standards of care and evidence-based practice guidelines. The dietitian will counsel and provide tailored nutrition education to patients and their families, utilizing age-specific, disease-specific, and culturally competent educational materials and counseling techniques. Documentation in the electronic medical record is crucial for monitoring patient progress. Collaboration with the patient's primary care provider and other specialty services is expected to coordinate care. The position also involves developing, reviewing, updating, and implementing educational materials, providing in-service training or presentations, contributing blog articles and recipes to the company website, and contributing case studies and data for outcomes collection and research. Continuous study of emerging trends and new research in dietetics is required, along with facilitating discussions within the nutrition team. Additionally, the role includes training patients on continuing glucose monitoring devices and maintaining professional licensure and credentials.

Requirements

Registered Dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration
Licensed Dietitian through the North Carolina Board of Nutrition and Dietetics
Strong written and verbal communication
Strong computer skills
Strong attention to detail
Team player
Efficient time management and workload prioritization
Ability to communicate well in writing and in person.
Ability to read and interpret common medical terminology.
Adheres to Avance Care’s Policy and Procedures
Acts as a role model within the clinic
Performs administrative and clinical duties as workload necessitates
Maintains company and patient confidentiality both on and off work premises
Maintains a positive, respectful attitude, high team spirit and morale
Uses tact in all personal interactions
Consistently reports to work on time for scheduled shift, prepared to perform duties of position

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree, preferred
At least 1 year of clinical nutrition experience, highly preferred
Diabetes education experience, preferred

Responsibilities

Provides individual medical nutrition therapy and individual and group diabetes education to meet patient goals, through in person and/or telehealth sessions
Assesses, evaluates, interprets, monitors, and documents nutritional status and needs of patients; uses established standards of care and evidence-based practice guidelines
Counsels and provides tailored nutrition education to patients and their families
Uses age-specific, disease-specific and culturally competent educational materials and counseling techniques to meet patient needs
Documents in electronic medical record to monitor patient progress
Communicates and collaborates with patient’s primary care provider, as well as other specialty services to coordinate care
Attend all mandatory trainings and department meetings, readily bringing own ideas and thoughts into the discussion
Develops, reviews, updates, and implements educational materials to meet the needs of patients and providers
Provide in-service training or presentations for other company providers and specialists, as deemed necessary
Contribute blog articles and recipes to company website
Contribute case studies and data on patient progress as part of outcomes collection and research activities
Continually study emerging trends and new research related to the practice of dietetics and facilitate discussion and findings with the nutrition team
Train patients on continuing glucose monitoring devices upon completion of training program
Maintain license through NC Board of Nutrition and Dietetics and credentials with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
Complete at least 15 diabetes-related continuing education credits annually to maintain instructor status in Avance Care accredited diabetes program, in addition to completing continuing education to maintain RDN credentials
Accomplishes all tasks as assigned or as they become necessary