Clinical Nutrition Educator

Overview

What you can expect! 

 

Find joy in serving others with IEHP! We welcome you to join us in “healing and inspiring the human spirit” and to pivot from a “job” opportunity to an authentic experience!

 

Under the direction of the Clinical Health Education Manager, the Clinical Nutrition Educator is part of the overall population health strategy, to address Members’ holistic health education needs with chronic conditions and expertise as it relates to the assessment of Member's health and wellness needs, the development of personalized wellness plans, medical nutrition therapy such as the identification of nutritional needs, culturally tailored food preferences or restrictions, the customization of eating plans to support wellness goals, the education related, but not limited to dietary guidelines, portion control, macronutrients, and lifestyle changes.

The Clinical Nutrition Educator will exist within an infrastructure of a care coordination model, to assist in engaging Members into the right level of care and will be collaborating with others in the health education, promotion & prevention team (as well as other internal IEHP teams) to facilitate regional strategy and community partnerships to drive collective impact. The Clinical Nutrition Educator will work with the underserved and vulnerable population to provide health education in a culturally tailored way that engages Members to increase their readiness for behavior change and will serve to support a strategic multi-disciplinary team to drive improvement in regulatory HEDIS/MCAS performance care gaps.

 

Commitment to Quality: The IEHP Team is committed to incorporate IEHP’s Quality Program goals including, but not limited to, HEDIS, CAHPS, and NCQA Accreditation.

Additional Benefits

Perks

 

IEHP is not only committed to healing and inspiring the human spirit of our Members, but we also aim to match our team members with the same energy by providing prime benefits and more.

 

• Competitive salary
• State of the art fitness center on-site
• Medical Insurance with Dental and Vision
• Life, short-term, and long-term disability options
• Career advancement opportunities and professional development
• Wellness programs that promote a healthy work-life balance
• Flexible Spending Account – Health Care/Childcare
• CalPERS retirement
• 457(b) option with a contribution match
• Paid life insurance for employees
• Pet care insurance

Key Responsibilities

In partnership with other care management team(s) such as Enhanced Care Management, Complex Care Management, Transitions of Care, and/or Pharmacy Team, participate in the warm hand-off for the Member’s Care Plan to support success in chronic condition self-management to include support medical nutrition therapy, in concert with chronic condition education and goal setting. 

Responsible in reviewing chart notes, electronic medical records, and/or relevant clinical information focused on but not limited to nutrition and dietary needs within compliance turnaround times and quality standards meeting regulatory requirements as defined by Department of Health Care Services, Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, California Department of Managed Health Care, and National Committee for Quality Assurance.

Performs clinical review of Member’s medical/clinical history and provides education, training, and advocacy around holistic health, and lifestyle change for activities/interventions focused on clinical/chronic conditions driven to improve outcomes in Member HEDIS/MCAS care gaps. 

Reviews and responds to interdepartmental tasks sent via MHK, Meditrac, Care Director, or any other systems required to coordinate the care of the Member as necessary with other departments such as Pharmacy, Member Services, Care Management/Behavioral Health, Compliance, etc. Collaborate with other internal departments and teams (i.e., Pharmacy, Care Management) to coordinate chronic condition care, and close the referral loop with Member’s Provider and demonstrate effective documentation in the Member Care Plan, and appropriate clinical care escalation when risk is identified. 

Participate in case review conference with interdisciplinary teams, as needed to discuss ongoing needs of Members, which include, but not limited to nutritional/dietary regimen review and consultations and attend case management discussions and/or rounds to review and provide input.

Maintain timely and current clinical knowledge around best practices for chronic condition management and attend seminars and trainings to learn about different disease states and respective medical nutrition therapy and condition management.

Communicate and collaborate with Providers and