Nutritionist
New York, New York, United States
Job Description
RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Work with primary care and weight management providers to manage patients with nutrition related conditions
- Assess nutritional needs and food patterns of patients, families, and the community
- Educate and counsel children and adults on nutrition to improve and maintain health
- Plan and provide individual and group instruction based on patient needs assessments
- Develop nutrition educational materials and educate the community on nutrition topics in various formats in conjunction with the Health Education department
- Lead and coordinate with nutritionists to develop nutrition Quality Assurance program, Peer
- Review, and other quality improvement activities, update and review nutrition documentation template in EMR periodically
- Assist in supervisory and administrative duties of other nutritionists
- Assist other department heads in supervision and teaching of staff in delivering nutrition education and counseling
- Collaborate with care team to provide care management to patients with chronic diseases and high-risk patients.
- Organize nutrition events with nutritionists and other staff
- Assist with collection and analysis of obesity and diabetes data and reports
- Assist research team on grant applications, data collection and analysis and clinical publications
- Provide training for other health center nutritionists, healthcare interns and Project Ahead students
- Assist with validation of UDS report and other relevant reports
- Other duties as assigned
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Current New York State Certified Dietitian license and registration
- Certification by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
- Diabetes Educator Certification preferred
- Previous clinical diabetes management experience - preferably in community setting
- Bilingual in English/Chinese required
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