Job Summary:

Central Health strives to improve the health of the community by caring for those who need it most. Our patient population consists of people at or below 200% Federal Poverty level and represent diverse backgrounds. This Clinical Dietitian Specialty position will work to plan, implement, and evaluate nutritional status and provide medical nutritional therapeutic services and programs. The types of conditions we care for are vast, and the expectation is to serve the Central Health Specialty Services as they expand. Specifically, this position will focus on providing complete medical nutrition therapy for adult patients presenting with specialized disease states in our multispecialty clinic. Additionally, part of our comprehensive nutritional services is centered on addressing food insecurity and malnutrition. The desirable candidate will be mission oriented in lifting barriers to care, and willing to help provide care that is anti-racist and equitable. The ideal candidate will have extensive clinical experience in a variety of fields, with strong attention to detail, exceptional communication skills, and have a team-based approach to medical care. This position will be full time clinical with some project assistance for ongoing clinical nutritional projects. In the future there may be other programs such as other group classes education and opportunities to help provide excellent care for our Travis County population. This position will be 5 days a week in clinic locations between Rosewood-Zaragosa Neighborhood Center, the East Austin Specialty Clinic, and other Central Health sites as needed.

• Evaluate the dietary and lifestyle needs of the patient, collaborate with the patient to develop goals, and implement a plan, and document all pertinent information into the patient’s electronic medical record.
• Educate patients on food selection to maintain and promote health as well as to prevent and manage disease states and associated comorbidities within specialty provisions offered.
• Performs physical exams and malnutrition assessments for the betterment of the patients accurately in the electronic charting system.
• Guide the patients to pursue chronic disease state management and personalized patient centered care with proper monitoring and medical nutritional therapy interventions.
• Train patients with enteral access on proper delivery and management of optimal nutrition support.
• Provide information and education to staff members using nutrition education materials or in-service meetings per request.
• Applies principles of data collection and basic research methodology for accurate information to deliver to patients, without errors or distortions, and apply same principles for projects and service delivery.
• Implement and monitor quality control programs related to project assignments as needed.
• Participate in or manage special projects/programs, as programs initiate/expand/or complete as needed.
• Precepts dietetic interns as needed.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics required.
• Master's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field preferred.

Licenses/Certifications:

• Registered Dietician (RD) from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) required.
• Current license in the state of Texas as a Licensed Dietitian (LD) required.
• Current Health Care Provider Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification through American Heart Association or American Red Cross required.
  
  

Work Experience:

• Three (3) years working experience as a registered dietitian in a clinical or community setting with specialized medical care (neurology, gastroenterology, endocrinology, cardiology, nephrology, pulmonology,
  and/or wound care) required.
• Experience in individual and group education setting, Program Development preferred. 
• Proficiency in speaking, reading, and writing in Spanish preferred.