Registered Dietitian

Winters Healthcare • Winters, CA

53d • Hybrid

About The Position

Winters Healthcare is expanding its nutrition services and seeking a registered dietitian to join their team. This role will focus on developing nutrition workflows, protocols, screening tools, referral criteria, and documentation standards to support patient and community well-being. The ideal candidate is bilingual in English and Spanish, compassionate, innovative, and connected to diverse groups of people. This position offers the opportunity to be embedded within integrated primary care teams, providing both individual and group services. Responsibilities include comprehensive nutrition assessments, care plan development, chronic disease management, and leading a 10-week Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine Program. The role also involves collaborating with medical providers, behavioral health clinicians, dental teams, population health staff, and community partners to improve access to nutritious foods. The ideal candidate will enjoy building relationships, creating innovative programs, educating patients and staff, and helping individuals make sustainable lifestyle changes.

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.

Benefits

• Paid Time Off
• holidays
• Wellness Days (1 per week during)
• CME/CEU allowance
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance - 95% paid for employees, and 70% paid for dependents.
• $1,500 and 32 hours of CME/CEU allowance, plus full licensure and DEA reimbursement
• 401K retirement match program - 3% match
• Professional liability insurance includes tail and wrap around coverage
• HCAI Loan Repayment Eligible site (Opportunity for up to $16,000 for full-time), up to 3 total years.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level