Description
UCLA HEALTH
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Description
Major duties include but not limited to:
- Assess nutritional status of individual patients with digestive disorders.
- Implement appropriate and individualized nutrition guidance with follow-up for all patients referred.
- Teach general nutrition, weight loss, weight gain skills when necessary.
- May participate in one-on-one consults, TeleHealth visits as well as group classes and support groups.
- Takes initiative in interpreting the current nutrition recommendations to Physcians and Staff.
- Works closely with community organizations to maintain recognized expertise in the education of patients with digestive diseases.
- Reinforce each individual treatment plan as prescribed by the physician or the N.P and offer suggested changes when needed.
Salary Range: $81,348.48 – $107,302.32 / Annually Qualifications
Required:
- Must possess equivalent of a Master’s degree in Nutrition or Public Health
- Complete an A.N.D. internship
- Certified registered dietician.
- Able to set priorities, to recognize emergency situations and to take appropriate action.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently with physician(s) and nurses and follow through with all assignments.
- Demonstrated comprehensive knowledge of Celiac Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and other digestive diseases.
- Demonstrated in-depth knowledge and expertise in current concepts of medical nutritional management and practices in Celiac Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Irritable Bowel Syndrome and other digestive disorders.
- Demonstrated experience in interviewing patients and participants of all age groups, in nutritional data collection and assessments, and in developing and working with patients with digestive disorders.
- Demonstrated experience in individual and group nutritional counseling and education. Strong skills in assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating the nutritional and educational needs of participants.
- Demonstrated skill to communicate effectively with patients, families, physicians, nursing staff, front office, and department personnel, both orally and in writing.
- Demonstrated ability to interact in a professional manner with a diverse patient population and with difficult situations presented by this diversity.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain patient confidentiality.
- Demonstrated ability to maintain medical charts and documentation.
Preferred:
- Have knowledge and 2+ years prior experience with digestive disorders
- Demonstrated ability to organize and maintain efficient client flow in daily schedule