Overview
Job Purpose:Â Provide medical nutrition therapy and diabetes education to improve outcomes and quality of life.
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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 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
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Additional Duties and Responsibilities
Accomplishes all tasks as assigned or as they become necessary
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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, preferred
- At least 1 year of clinical nutrition experience, highly preferred
- Eating disorder experience highly preferredÂ
- Diabetes education experience, preferred
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.
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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
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