NUTRITIONIST (REGISTERED DIETITIAN) - OFFICE ON AGING

County of Riverside • Riverside, CA, United States • $200k - $250k / year • 2h ago

The County of Riverside's Office On Aging, Nutrition and Community Engagement division seeks a Registered Dietitian to join the team.

This position will require travel throughout the County of Riverside including its Desert locations.

As a Nutritionist, this position will be responsible for participating in long and short range program planning including development of programs and services based on assessments of communities and targeting of older adult populations for their needs and resources. They will identify services which require a nutrition component so it can be integrated into the agency's overall health plan. They will serve as a resource regarding food nutrition and other related programs in the community as well as providing nutrition education and individual counseling to residents and their family regarding proper nutrition, food preparation and older adult diet needs. Additionally, they will assist in outreach regarding nutritional benefits and program activities, review and evaluate older adult care plans to ensure appropriate nutritional care, and create classes specialized in disease management and prevention. The candidate will also select and/or develop, evaluate and update nutrition education materials used in the agency's programs, perform facility monitoring for senior nutritional vendors countywide, and review vendor nutrition education plans and menus to approve them.

The most competitive candidates will have experience as a team lead, a registered dietitian, performing presentations and public speaking, the creation of presentations, and working with contractors performing audits and/or reviews. Bilingual Spanish speaking is preferred but not required.

Possession of a valid Certificate of Registration as a dietitian as issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration is required.

Responsibilities:

Implements, coordinates, promotes, and evaluates the nutrition component of specialized community and public health programs and projects.
Develops and implements basic programs of instruction in diet therapy, nutrition, and diet counseling techniques for program and project staff; develops needed nutrition education materials.
Teaches and counsels people of various age groups to select and/or prepare and use the foods that will best nourish their bodies, taking into consideration physical, financial, social, and emotional needs, as well as personal preferences and cultural patterns.
Performs nutritional assessments on individuals prior to enrollment in programs; determines, through application of various published standards, whether individuals are at nutritional risk.
Gives direct nutritional and dietetic consultation to individuals with special nutritional needs; plans and reviews menus for nutrition sites where meals are prepared and served for program participants.
Conducts studies to determine the nature and extent of nutrition needs and problems of the population served and to evaluate the effects of nutritional and dietetic services being offered to participants.
Contacts health professionals and makes presentations to relevant parties in the community in order to promote the services being offered through the nutrition component of specific department programs.
Oversees and participates in the preparation of required records, reports, and evaluation on nutrition component activities for specific department programs.
Provides technical training and functional supervision for program staff assigned to the nutrition component.

Education:

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's or a Master's degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, Home Economics, Health Science or a closely related field.

Experience:

One year of professional experience in nutrition education and individual counseling services within a community or public health setting. (Possession of a Master's degree from an accredited college or university in Nutrition or a closely related field may be substituted for one year-required experience.)

Knowledge of:

The chemical and physiological processes and functions of specific nutrients in meeting people's nutritional needs throughout the life cycle; the principles of food selection, purchasing, preparation, processing, and meal planning in relation to appeal, cost, nutritive value, and quality; a variety of dietary patterns and the particular food requirements of maternal, geriatric, economically disadvantaged, physically handicapped, and other groups having special nutritional needs; health-education methods as they apply to the field of nutrition; typical community sources of nutritional data and aid.

Ability to:

Implement a community public health nutrition program; analyze the nutritional content of diets; develop and present nutrition education programs; advise and train employees and clients on how to recognize and deal with various dietary and nutrition problems; develop and maintain effective working relationships with health professionals, community health organizations, co-workers, nutrition program participants, and other groups and individuals encountered in the course of the job; write clear, concise reports and correspondence and maintain complete records.