Dietitian/Nutritionist Job, Full Time, Primary Care

Job Description

Job Description

Sanitas Medical Center is hiring a Full Time Dietitian / Nutritionist for our Killearn facility in Tallahassee, FL.

The Dietitian / Nutritionist helps promote healthy eating and lifestyle to prevent and treat illness through supervision of dietary modifications and patient eating habit education.

This full-time Dietitian / Nutritionist is located in our Killearn facility in Tallahassee, FL.

Benefits :

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Life & AD&D Insurance
• Disability Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Voluntary Benefits

Dietitian / Nutritionist Roles and Responsibilities :

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Provides medical nutrition therapy including nutrition assessment, diet modification, nutrition education, and intervention for the patient population
• Evaluates potential food / drug interactions, and / or medication and nutrient deficiencies. Provide nutrition education / counseling as appropriate.
• Follows all guidelines as outlined within the Nutrition Policies & Procedures Manual
• Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories
• Actively participates in bi-weekly team meetings
• Complies with all regulatory standards to include federal, state, and accrediting agencies while adhering to facility confidentiality, HIPPA regulations, and patient rights policies
• Educates other healthcare professionals about food and nutrition as applicable
• Participates in health promotion events in medical facility and other community settings
• Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor
• Acts in a respectful manner and supports the team by demonstrating a commitment to professional and ethical conduct
• Demonstrates commitment to service excellence by promptly addressing internal / external customer issues / requests, resolving concerns while maintaining a professional image and behavior to build and enhance the patient / family / customer experience
• Accepts ownership of job roles and specific assignments / goals; works independently, and accepts constructive feedback.
• Accepts change and adapts in a positive and productive manner; handles unexpected situations and changes in direction calmly and with confidence.

Views new assignments and job responsibilities as an opportunity for growth.

• Accepts working flexible schedules and locations if necessary
• This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

At Sanitas, we are committed to a culture of diversity to develop an inclusive organization, so if you're interested in this position but your experience doesn't align with each qualification, we encourage you to apply.

You may be just the right candidate for other positions.

• Bachelors degree from an accredited program through ACEND, Graduate degree preferred
• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• Licensed in the state of employment as Dietitian / Nutritionist, if applicable; or willing to obtain license upon hire
• Minimum 2 year experience working as a Registered Dietitian, ideally in the field of diabetes and / or metabolic disorders

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job the employee is regularly required to work standing up, walk, use hands to operate tools and equipment and must be able to exert regularly up to 10 pounds of force, frequently exert 30 pounds of force and occasionally exert 50 pounds of force to constantly perform the essential job functions.

The employee will be frequently required to reach with hands and arms, bend, balance, kneel, crouch, crawl, push, and pull.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.

The employee is subject to environmental conditions, protection from weather conditions but not necessarily from temperature changes.

The worker is subject to noise; there may be sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout to be heard above ambient noise level.

About Sanitas Medical Center

We are a global leader in patient care. Join an organization dedicated to quality patient care, research and education with operations in 8 countries, serving close to 3 million people and more than 14,000 health care employees.

At Sanitas, you will find a supportive, team-oriented culture that fosters innovation and respects different points of views empowering each employee to do what’s in the best interest of our patients.

We offer a competitive compensation program to help you meet your personal and financial goals, grow your career, safeguard your health and secure your future.

We prioritize nurturing a socially conscious corporate culture that values employee development and rewards innovative thinking apply today.