Registered Dietitian

Winters Healthcare•Winters, CA

55d•$81,000 - $99,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Winters Healthcare is expanding its nutrition services and seeking a registered dietitian to join their team. This role will be instrumental in developing nutrition workflows, protocols, screening tools, referral criteria, and documentation standards to enhance patient and community well-being. The ideal candidate is bilingual in English and Spanish, compassionate, innovative, and adept at connecting with diverse populations. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to the growth of nutrition services and expand resources for patients.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree from the American Dietetic Association (ADA) accredited program.
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist credential through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish (speak, read, write)
Eligibility to practice in California and ability to meet all applicable professional requirements before hire.
Minimum of one year of experience providing nutrition counseling or medical nutrition therapy.
Experience supporting chronic disease management, including diabetes, obesity, hypertension, or cardiovascular disease.
Strong communication, teaching, motivational interviewing, and relationship-building skills.
Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Commitment to serving rural and underserved communities.

Nice To Haves

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist credential or interest in obtaining certification.
Experience in primary care, an FQHC, community health, public health, or lifestyle medicine.
Experience facilitating group visits, group education, or community nutrition programs.
Experience with food insecurity programs or produce prescription initiatives.
Familiarity with Epic EHR and population health workflows.

Responsibilities

Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy for pediatric, adult, prenatal, and geriatric patients.
Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments and develop individualized care plans.
Manage nutrition care for patients with diabetes, prediabetes, hypertension, obesity, underweight, cardiovascular disease, pregnancy-related nutrition needs, and food insecurity.
Document care in Epic EHR and participate in team-based care planning.
Use evidence-based interventions consistent with current nutrition practice standards.
Assist in developing nutrition workflows, protocols, screening tools, referral criteria, and documentation standards.
Design and maintain patient education materials, care pathways, and community resource directories.
Assist in developing and overseeing nutrition-related clinical templates, assessment tools, and care plans.
Serve as the organization’s nutrition subject matter expert.
Attend at least one nutrition-focused state or national conference per year.
Lead or oversee nutrition and lifestyle medicine group visits.
Collaborate with the Population Health Coach to deliver a 10-week Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine curriculum.
Provide or oversee cooking demonstrations, nutrition instruction, and behavior-change counseling.
Participate in community outreach and food-literacy activities.
Train staff on nutrition screening, referral processes, food insecurity interventions, and evidence-based nutrition care.
Conduct case-based education and interdisciplinary learning sessions.
Participate in onboarding and continuing education for clinical teams.
Participate in quality improvement initiatives focused on nutrition-related outcomes.
Assist with development of registries, reports, dashboards, and outcome tracking.
Monitor participation, referral completion, service utilization, and clinical outcomes.
Collaborate with leadership to analyze program performance and identify improvement opportunities.
Collaborate with local food banks, social service agencies, community-supported agriculture programs, and other nutrition-focused partners.
Help patients access food resources and nutrition-related community services.
Support food box, produce prescription, and healthy-food access initiatives.