Dietitian - Community Health Education

The Outpatient Registered Dietitian functions independently providing education to patients in various settings such as group, individual and telephone contact.  This position is responsible for researching, developing, implementing and evaluating education programs for patients, staff and the community.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they��re invaluable. Join our team at Providence Medical Foundation and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Required qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in food or nutrition science.
• National CDR Registered Dietitian - Commission on Dietetic Registration upon hire.
• 1 year of Working in an outpatient healthcare setting.
• 1 year of Experience as a Registered Dietitian in an outpatient education department teaching patients (adults and children) in group and individual settings.
• Experience with providing MNT and individual counseling.
• Experience with teaching and modeling self-management skills, concepts, resources and tools related to health, lifestyle change and behavior modification to class participants.
• Experience with working with patients with chronic diseases and other primary prevention programs.
• Experience with program planning, implementation, evaluation and education training.
• Experience with Microsoft Word or windows environment and an email system.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's degree in Nutritional Science, Public Health, Health Education, or related field.
• Additional specialty certification related to department and patient needs (e.g., weight management, cancer care, pediatric issues, renal, and exercise instruction) upon hire.
• Pediatric nutrition therapy certifications upon hire.
• Experience working with patients with chronic diseases, exercise instruction, children’s health issues and other primary prevention programs and topics.
• Pediatric nutrition therapy experience.
• Powerpoint, Access, and GroupWise experience.

Why Join Providence?

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security.  We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

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