Registered Dietitian - Baltimore City Health Department

Salary Range:  

$62,095.00 - $101,206.00 Annually 

Hiring Salary Range:  

$62,095.00 - $81,650.00 Annually 

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Job Summary:  

A Registered Dietitian counsels individuals and groups on nutritional practices designed to prevent disease and promote health. Work of this class involves no supervisory duties or responsibilities.

Incumbents receive moderate supervision from a technical superior. Employees in this class work a conventional work week and may be required to work weekends. Work is performed in clinics and community facilities where working conditions are normal. Work requires minimal physical exertion.

Minimum Qualifications:                             

On or before the date of filing the application, each candidate must:  

Education: Have bachelor’s degree that includes a minimum of 24 semester hours in the field of human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management from an accredited college or university.

AND 

Experience: Have two years of experience as a registered dietitian in a hospital, food service management, community or public health facility. 

OR 

Equivalency Notes: A master’s degree in human nutrition, food and nutrition, dietetics, or food systems management may be substituted for one year of the experience requirement.

Licenses, Registrations, and Certifications: Licensure as a Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist (LDN) by the Maryland Board of Dietetic Practice is required.

Candidates must hold and maintain proof of registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association as a registered dietitian.

NOTE: Employees assigned to the WIC Program will be required to pass the Maryland State training program for certification as a Competent Professional Authority within nine months of employment.

**APPLICATION DEADLINE: Please submit your application no later than 12:00 AM on the closing date to be eligible for consideration. ** 

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities: 

• Knowledge of the principles of nutrition as applied to human growth and development.

• Ability to screen and determine the nutritional needs of nutrition program clients.

• Ability to provide nutritional counseling to clients with high-risk medical conditions.

• Ability to develop and conduct in-service and other educational programs.

• Ability to speak before groups regarding nutrition and to promote healthy eating habits.

• Ability to prepare a variety of educational and visual aids.

• Ability to motivate others changes food habits or other lifestyle habits that impact on health.

• Ability to establish and maintain working relationships with individuals of varying backgrounds.

• Ability to present ideas effectively orally and in writing.

• Ability to assign and review the work of others.

• Skill in nutritional counseling.

• Skill in interviewing.

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