Dietician Registered

Job Title: Dietician Registered

Location: RWJUH Hamilton Hospital

Department Name: Community Health

Req #: 0000271210

Status: Salaried

Shift: Day

Pay Range: $73,427.00 - $94,938.00 per year

Pay Transparency:

The above reflects the anticipated annual salary range for this position if hired to work in New Jersey.

The compensation offered to the candidate selected for the position will depend on several factors, including the candidate's educational background, skills and professional experience.

Registered Dietitian

At RWJBarnabas Health, our Registered Dietitians play a vital role in promoting healing and optimal health through specialized, evidence-based nutritional care. By leveraging the Nutrition Care Process, our specialists design individualized care plans that directly impact the recovery and long-term well-being of our diverse patient populations. We view our dietitians as critical members of the interdisciplinary healthcare team, transforming the patient experience through clinical excellence, compassion, and education. We hope you are excited by the opportunity to deliver nutritional care in an environment that redefines healthcare through teamwork and empathy!

Registered Dietician

Summary:

Plans, directs, implements and evaluates programs designed to ensure appropriate education to the community about proper nutrition and weight management related to diseases. Develop, promote and instruct comprehensive cooking to prevent disease and promote wellness. Work both onsite and offsite (out in the community) to make education and access more attainable for the community we serve. Manage Farm to Family and Community Garden programs along with any other food insecurity focused programs/initiatives. Perform all clinical functions of a registered dietician. Work to ensure that special projects or tasks assigned by Director are completed in a timely manner.

A typical day as a Registered Dietician may look like:

• Develop new and maintain existing programs and assist with providing nutritional information with weight management, disease management, and healthy lifestyle choice programs.
• Provide traditional classroom style education, healthy eating cooking classes, and out in the field education and outreach to our local community.
• Performs on going evaluations of the programs, the instructors and participants to ensure the program is meeting the needs of the community with successful program satisfaction scores. Also reviewing the evaluations for suggestions on potential new programs and learning concepts.
• Networks with local agencies and participates in coalitions focused on food insecurity, nutrition, and general health topics.
• Works collaboratively with other health educators as their primary resource for updated nutritional information and to provide them additional assistance as needed.
• Must be comfortable working with and educating members of our community in both 1 on 1 environments as well as in groups.

To be considered for the role, you must have:

• Education: Minimum of a Bachelors Degree in Nutrition
• Experience: Preferred 3 years experience in nutrition and nutritional counseling with an emphasis in weight management and nutrition
• Certification/Licensure: Registered with the Commission on Dietetic Registration
• Required Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Serve Safe Certification
• This position requires some nights and weekends
• Preferred Knowledge, Skills, Abilities: Bi-lingual (Spanish/English), CPR certification, Culinary experience, Gardening experience
• Scheduling Requirements: FT, Primarily day shift (but evenings and weekends are necessary)

This position is based out of the RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, NJ, deploying to community locations in Mercer and other surrounding counties as the programming schedule dictates