Registered / Licensed Dietitian - Diabetes Educator

Job Description

Job Description

We're offering a $5,000 sign-on bonus!

Summary of Position :

The role of the Chronic Illness Patient Educator is to provide interdisciplinary support to the healthcare team to improve health and promote wellness. The Chronic Illness Patient Educator is expected to provide direct 1 : 1 patient care for diabetic and other chronically ill adult patients, focusing on Diabetes Self-Management Education / Support in addition to Medical Nutrition Therapy to improve health and patient outcomes. The Chronic Illness Patient Educator will facilitate group classes including those for Diabetes Self-Management Education / Support and Weight Management. Collaborating with various community partners for communal education and health promotion is an ongoing process that this role will support. Travel to all Kintegra sites and community events is required to support public needs.

Experience : 3 years of Outpatient Medical Nutrition Therapy and 3 years of Diabetes Self-Management Education / Support, focusing on improving chronic illness / disease prevention.

Education : Bachelor’s Degree or Higher

Certification(s) / Licensure : RD, NC / LD, CDCES, and BLS – Must have valid Driver’s Licenses

Key Responsibilities

• Assess, evaluate, educate, and implement individual health / behavioral plans for improving chronic illness not limited to but including Diabetes Type II, Weight Management, Dyslipidemia, and Hypercholesterolemia
• Document accurately and timely in the Electronic Medical Record
• Possess a basic understanding of billing related to the role of RD / CDE
• Facilitate group classes to meet American Diabetes Association requirements for Kintegra to maintain recognition as an education site
• Provide weight management therapy for adult patients with unhealthy BMI with or without other associated illness
• Provide education to meet communal needs to promote health and identify healthy resources for patients
• Participate in continuous quality improvement
• Maintain patient privacy, adhering to HIPAA laws.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Performance Requirements :

of individuals patients, operations staff, physicians, and other department staff.

Kintegra Health Core Requirements

Kintegra Health is a community sponsored, family-centered provider of health care, health education and preventive care services without regard to the ability to pay. We screen potential employees to first ensure alignment with our core requirements followed by the requisite position skills set. In doing so we need staff committed to this mission who do their best to live and work the characteristics of our core values as we strive to care for ever increasing members of the communities we serve.

Our goals are :