Registered Dietitian

Overview

LifeLong Medical Care is looking for a Registered Dietician (RD) committed to providing high quality care.The Registered Dietitian will provide nutritional services to clinic clients including prenatal, diabetics, weight management and others. They will be responsible for reviewing, approving, and updating nutrition protocols as well as assisting in providing nutrition support to our cardiovascular and diabetes group classes.

About us:

As a Federally Qualified Health Center in Northern California with over 45 years of dedicated service to the community, LifeLong serves over 66,000 patients in the East Bay Area's socio-economically underserved regions. We provide medical, dental, behavioral health, and school-based services at more than 15 primary care sites across Oakland, Berkeley, and West Contra Costa County. From opening a residential respite program for homeless persons discharged from hospitals to offering free COVID testing to the community, we are innovative and responsive to our times' social and medical needs. We provide an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity and with which our patients can identify. To this end, we seek candidates who reflect the diversity of the East Bay communities we serve.

 

Benefits:

We offer a competitive hourly pay rate of $42.00 - $49.00 depending on years since licensed, and excellent benefits: medical, dental, vision, Flexible Spending Accounts, dependent and domestic partner coverage, 403(b) retirement savings plan, and loan repayment programs. 

Responsibilities

• Obtain and evaluate client data; determine nutritional risks and deficiencies.
• Provide individual and group counseling and education to clients at multiple clinic sites.
• Coordinate patient care plans with providers and support.
• Counsel clients in response to their nutritional needs, attempting to motivate positive changes in behavior which will affect their nutritional status and possibly prevent future medical problems.
• Provide information and referral regarding local emergency food programs, WIC Program, and othercommunity services.
• Charts pertinent information of patients after assessment and counseling.
• Attend and participate in staff meetings and related training.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian, registered, or eligible to be registered, by Commission on DieteticRegistration, Master's Degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years experience in nutrition
• Experienced and sensitive in the delivery of nutrition services to clients from various ethnic,socioeconomic, educational, and experiential backgrounds.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Willingness to work under pressure during busy clinics.
• Bilingual in Spanish and English required
• Previous experience working for a non-profit community clinic and/or other non-profit social serviceorganization.

 

Physical Demands and Work EnvironmentThe physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee tosuccessfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee frequently works with a video display terminal for prolonged periods; vision abilities include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

 

While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works inside environmental conditions. Theemployee may be required to attend evening meetings, travel and work evenings or weekends. The noise level is usually quiet. Individual is subject to frequent interruptions.