Registered Dietitian

(Full-Time; 40 hours/week)

Are you a Registered Dietitian looking to make a genuine difference? Join our team at Generations Family Health Center!

 

Generations Family Health Center, Inc. is a regional community health center covering a 37-town rural region in eastern Connecticut with sites located in Willimantic, Danielson, Norwich, and Putnam. Our dedicated staff provides a full range of primary care services to all ages including medical, dental, and behavioral healthcare, as well as care coordination and community outreach.

 

Location:  Putnam / Willimantic, CT

 

Position: The Registered Dietitian provides high-quality, culturally competent nutrition services and diabetes education to Generations Family Health Center patients.  This role includes individualized counseling, teaching self-management classes and assistance with disease specific programs including, but not limited to, Healthy Weight Clinic and Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. The Registered Dietitian also contributes to the development of evidence-based nutrition interventions, maintains accurate documentation, and promotes nutrition services across the organization.  

 

Responsibilities:

• Nutrition counseling tailored to each patient’s medical needs, lifestyle, and cultural food practices with sensitivity to the diverse populations served.


• Teach self-management classes focused on diabetes, weight management, and other disease-specific nutrition needs.


• Assist in developing diabetes prevention programming, diabetes support programming, and pediatric healthy weight programing.


• Maintain accurate, timely documentation of all nutrition encounters in the E.M.R. including billing requirements.


• Collaborate effectively with interdisciplinary team.


• Promote nutrition services across Generations Family Health Center sites  and participate in community outreach and engagement collaboration activities as needed.


• Maintain an active Registered Dietitian status through ongoing CEU participation and adherence to professional standards.


• Conducts comprehensive nutrition assessments for patients to identify nutrition-related needs, risks, and appropriate interventions. Collects and evaluates medical, dietary, psychosocial, and lifestyle data, including review of medical records, laboratory values, and patient history.


• Participate in peer review process to support quality improvement and professional growth.


• Perform additional duties as assigned in support of department and organizational goals.