Nutritionist Bilingual Spanish

Company: Kaiser Permanente
Location: Baltimore
Posted on: May 28, 2023

Job Description:

To provide medical nutrition therapy, preventive nutrition counseling, and serve as the expert resource for health care staff for consultation and education.
Essential Functions:- Assesses patient nutrition requirements using appropriate physiological data.- Develops nutrition care plans for patients based on medical nutrition therapy orders and/or assessment data, and modifies these plans as necessary during treatment.- Counsels patients / family on nutrition intervention plan.- Communicates with other members of the health care team to coordinate medical nutrition intervention with other aspects of medical care. - Plans, organizes, instructs and evaluates nutrition classes.- Prepares patients for bariatric surgery following established protocols.- Completes timely, thorough, and professional documentation of all medical nutrition therapy counseling or interventions.- Participates in evaluating, selecting, developing and updating nutrition education materials/handouts and revision of treatment protocols, according to evidence based medical nutrition therapy research and practice.- Acts as a professional resource to assess educational needs, plan and teach classes for providers and staff on nutritional treatment options.- Attends and participates in Nutrition Department meetings.- Provides nutritionist coverage to the assigned medical centers as needed.
Some experience in Eating disorders, TPN and Pediatric nutrition preferred.
Basic Qualifications:
Experience
--- Three (3) years of experience including individual assessment and group education.
Education
--- N/A.
Licenses, Certifications, Registrations
--- Registered Dietitian (RD) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration, the credentialing agency for the American Dietetic Association (ADA).
--- Must maintain license as required by local jurisdiction, including continuing education necessary for renewal of license.
--- License as required by local jurisdiction -Maryland - license required.
Additional Requirements:
--- N/A.
Preferred Qualifications:
--- Advanced certification desirable.
--- Second language desirable.
COMPANY: KAISER
TITLE: Nutritionist Bilingual Spanish
LOCATION: Baltimore, Maryland
REQNUMBER: 1157985
External hires must pass a background check/drug screen. Qualified applicants with arrest and/or conviction records will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with Federal, state and local laws, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran, or disability status.

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