Make a difference in people’s lives every day. When you join UCLA Health, you’ll be working at an institution that provides leading-edge care to the people of L.A. and throughout the world. We provide our team members with the environment and support to do amazing work, because each and every one of them plays a vital role in our commitment to care.
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.
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
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