Native American Community·Minneapolis, Minnesota
This role involves assisting with community health programming and chronic disease management through patient outreach and education, requiring nutritional status assessment and planning for patients in outpatient and community settings. Key duties include providing individual and group nutrition counseling, participating in integrated care teams, and managing chronic condition patient panels via registry monitoring.
This position is responsible for assisting Native American Community Clinic (NACC) Community Health Department preventative care and chronic disease management grant programming and quality improvement projects through patient outreach and education. The Registered Dietitian will be responsible for assessing nutritional status and planning the appropriate nutritional care for patients in the outpatient and community setting.
Serve women and their families by providing.
Services and supports using multiple culturally-informed evidence-based practices
Culturally-informed education and programs in order to increase knowledge, resources, and social support
Provide traditional and culturally relevant patient and community education on pregnancy and motherhood.
Referral and coordination for participants with partners who provide culturally specific maternal-child health programing.
This job has no supervisory responsibilities.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence. Ability to speak effectively before groups of customers.
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Spreadsheet Software (Excel); Word Processing Software (Word); Electronic Mail Software (Outlook); Presentation Software (PowerPoint); Publisher Software and EMR Software
Respect and sensitivity to a diverse population.
Clear and conceptual thinking, preferred.
Excellent judgment and discretion; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously, meet deadlines, and handle work-related stress as required.
Friendly, courteous, professional, outgoing, and customer service oriented.
Remains calm and professional in stressful situations.
Detail-oriented and works effectively under pressure while meeting all applicable deadlines.
Must be able to work independently and productively with minimal supervision.
Recognizes problems, identifies possible causes, and resolves routine problems.
Ability to establish and maintain a professional atmosphere for employees, patients and customers.
Candidates must possess a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Dietetics, along with current Registered Dietitian (RD) certification and Minnesota Licensed Dietitian (LD) status. Preference is given to experience in diabetes or pediatric care, and working with the Native American community.
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