Job Purpose: Provide medical nutrition therapy and diabetes education to improve outcomes and quality of life. Responsible for ongoing project leadership, quality improvement and acts as a mentor to other team members and preceptor for interns. Possesses a unique level of knowledge and expertise in the field and may hold additional specialty credentials.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provides individual medical nutrition therapy and individual and group diabetes education to meet patient goals, through in person and/or telehealth sessions
• Assesses, evaluates, interprets, monitors, and documents nutritional status and needs of patients; uses established standards of care and evidence-based practice guidelines
• Counsels and provides tailored nutrition education to patients and their families
• Uses age-specific, disease-specific and culturally competent educational materials and counseling techniques to meet patient needs
• Documents in electronic medical record to monitor patient progress
• Communicates and collaborates with patient’s primary care provider, as well as other specialty services to coordinate care
• Attend all mandatory trainings and department meetings, readily bringing own ideas and thoughts into the discussion
• Develops, reviews, updates, and implements educational materials to meet the needs of patients and providers
• Provide in-service training or presentations for other company providers and specialists, as deemed necessary
• Contribute blog articles and recipes to company website
• Contribute case studies and data on patient progress as part of outcomes collection and research activities
• Continually study emerging trends and new research related to the practice of dietetics and facilitate discussion and findings with the nutrition team
• Train patients on continuing glucose monitoring devices and injectable medications (if current CDCES credential) upon completion of training program
• Maintain license through NC Board of Nutrition and Dietetics and credentials with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Complete at least 15 diabetes-related continuing education credits annually to maintain instructor status in Avance Care accredited diabetes program, in addition to completing continuing education to maintain RDN credentials
• Serve as a preceptor for dietetic interns
• Participate in continuous quality improvement projects, development of procedures, programs and has ongoing responsibility for managing departmental projects and reporting progress back to departmental leadership
• May be designated to represent the department in the absence of manager
• May serve as a nutrition services representative on organizational committees
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Additional Duties and Responsibilities

Accomplishes all tasks as assigned or as they become necessary

Qualifications

Experience, Education and Licensure:

• Registered Dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Licensed Dietitian through the North Carolina Board of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Master’s Degree, highly preferred
• At least 3 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian, required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong written and verbal communication
• Strong computer skills
• Strong attention to detail
• Team player
• Efficient time management and workload prioritization

Language Skills:

Ability to communicate well in writing and in person. Ability to read and interpret common medical terminology.

Expectation of Employee

• Adheres to Avance Care’s Policy and Procedures
• Acts as a role model within the clinic
• Performs administrative and clinical duties as workload necessitates
• Maintains company and patient confidentiality both on and off work premises
• Maintains a positive, respectful attitude, high team spirit and morale
• Uses tact in all personal interactions
• Consistently reports to work on time for scheduled shift, prepared to perform duties of position