Dietitian

Caring for our community starts with you. Join a team that believes everyone deserves care.

Candidates must reside within NorthLakes' service area at the time of hire and maintain residency throughout employment.

This position is working with patients in person as well as via telehealth services throughout NorthLakes Community Clinics.

The Registered Dietitian performs specialized work in applying the knowledge of nutrition to the prevention and management of disease and improvement in overall health. Works as a team member with providers and other team members to develop care plans for individual patients. Provides group educational classes and develops educational materials for patients and staff.

Essential Functions of the Job: [Other duties may be assigned.]

• Assess patients eating habits, including intake and nutritional content, as part of their overall health care

• Provide in-depth counseling (in-person and virtually) to individual patients about eating habits and how they impact overall health

• Assess health education needs and teach patients about food selection and nutrition labeling

• Provide customized nutrition information of individual patients

• Teach patients with diabetes how to plan their meals to balance their blood glucose levels

• Educate pediatric patients and parents on the 5-2-1-0 program

• Plans and administers therapeutic treatment by telephonic/ telehealth methodologies as indicated by patient needs and state guidelines.

• Appropriate use of PPE/infection control protocols when providing treatment to patients.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or higher in nutrition or dietetics or related degree. Two or more years of experience in nutrition counseling, some of which must include working with diverse and underserved/underinsured populations. Experience with diabetes education preferred.

Additional Skills Knowledge

Considerable knowledge of clinical applications of nutrition, practices of nutrition and nutritional requirements in health and diseases, such as diabetes; Strong skills in counseling and educating patients; Ability to assist in development and implementation of care plans for patients.

Preferred Skills

To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Electronic Health Record Database software and Word Processing software.

Required Credentials, Certification, Licensure

Within twelve months of hire, registration through the Commission on Dietetic Registration and certification by the State of Wisconsin, if not already certified, required.

Benefit Statement

For full time and part time employees who work 24 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:

• Medical and dental insurance

• Employer paid group term life and disability

• Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account

• Flexible Spending Accounts

• Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Leave Bank

• 403(b) with a 4% employer match

Various voluntary benefits:

• Vision Insurance

• Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability

• Tuition reimbursement

• Health and Wellness reimbursement program

• Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members

• Partner of HRSA/NHSC loan repayment program

Our Mission is to respond to the healthcare needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to wellness.

NorthLakes Community Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

At NorthLakes Community Clinic, our organizational competencies highlight the behaviors and values that guide how we work and provide a shared foundation for performance, development, and growth throughout an employee's career with us.

NorthLakes Community Clinic Organizational Competencies

Mission Driven- Advances the organizational mission, vision and values in executing  job duties.

Customer Service- Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.

Quality- Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Creativity- Generates new ideas, supports change, provides innovative solutions, solves problems creatively.

Integrity- Earns the trust and confidence of coworkers and customers through honest communication, ethical behavior and professionalism in all interactions.

Teamwork- Contributes to meeting team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a cooperative team atmosphere.

Self-Development- Seeks out and accepts feedback, is a proactive learner, takes on tough assignments to improve skills, keeps knowledge and skills up-to-date, turns mistakes into learning opportunities.

Job Knowledge- Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.

Communication- Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.

Dependability- Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

Trauma/Resilience Informed- Understands that trauma is prevalent and resilience can be cultivated and improved; and operates in a manner consistent with these principles.