Nutritionist

Job Title:   Nutritionist

Salary:       $28 - $32 per hour (DOE)

Location:  Tustin, CA

Openings: 1 Full-time

Position Purpose: The positions focus is on creating and supporting an environment that fosters optimal patient, family, and overall community health achieved through nutrition counseling. Guides individuals in achieving a balanced diet, proper nutrition, and healthy eating habits. Assess clients’ eating habits, develop personalized nutrition plans, and educate individuals about the relationship between food and health. Under the leadership of the Patient Support Services Director, along with a dynamic team and organizational structure comprised of various other support service areas. This position requires a passion and commitment to meeting the health needs of the diverse clients of Families Together of Orange County.

FTOC’s Expectations of all Employees

• Adheres to all FTOC Policies and Procedures.
• Providing the upmost customer service experience to all clients
• Conducts self in a manner that always represents FTOC’s core values.
• Maintains a positive and respectful attitude with all work-related contacts.
• Communicates regularly with immediate supervisor about Departmental and FTOC concerns.
• Consistently reports to work as scheduled and in a timely manner prepared to perform the duties of the position.
• Meets productivity standards and performs duties as workload necessitates.
• Ability to train on all Learning Management Systems (LMS) by self-learning models from FTOC’s EMR. 

Core Duties and responsibilities, include but are not limited to:

1. Evaluating a client’s nutritional needs via an intake interview 
2. Providing nutritional counseling and advice based on clients’ needs
3. Creating a nutrition treatment plan for a client
4. Educating the client on possible nutrition issues
5. Researching the effects of nutrition on health and fitness
6. Consulting with a team of health care practitioners on nutritional management for a client
7. Creating a nutrition lesson plan for group medical visits
8. Leading group nutrition classes
9. Creating cooking class lesson plans for group medical visits
10. Shopping and preparing for group cooking classes
11. Leading group cooking classes
12. Secures patient information and maintains patient confidentiality by completing and safeguarding medical records and other patient information
13. Accurately records patient information, measurement data, procedure documentation, and test results in the electronic medical record, securing the workstation when finished
14. Maintains a safe, secure, and healthy work environment by establishing and following standards and procedures; complying with legal regulations
15. Keeps supplies ready by inventorying stock, placing orders, and verifying receipt
16. Participates in quality management program
17. Performs office procedures to schedule, check in, and process patients during a nutritional visit
18. Performs Start of Day and End of Day procedures, as assigned
19. Performs other tasks for which training has been provided, as assigned

20. Other duties as assigned

*This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee. He or she will be required to follow any other instructions and to perform other duties, within scope, as assigned by his or her supervisor.

Teamwork and Interpersonal Skills:

• Displays an awareness of others' needs and consistently acts in their best interests.
• Exhibits courtesy, mutual respect, and compassion in all interactions with others.
• Takes initiative to propose constructive solutions to challenges.
• Recognizes and respects differences while actively seeking more effective communication approaches.
• Demonstrates a positive and professional response to changes and challenges.
• Nurtures positive working relationships and contributes to a collaborative work environment.
• Exhibits effective teamwork, working cohesively to support the organization in achieving its goals and objectives.
• Adapts smoothly to shifting workplace priorities.
• Attends and actively participates in scheduled meetings, whether weekly, bi-weekly, or monthly.

Education, Qualifications, and Experience:

• Completion of a certified Nutritionist training program
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal 
• Must work well in multicultural teams and diverse constituencies
• Be self-motivated and highly organized with the ability to effectively work under pressure
• Use independent judgment and produce a quality of work product

Work Schedule:

• Monday - Thursday ( 9 AM - 6 PM ) 
• Saturday ( 9 AM - 1 PM ) scheduled the 1st and 3rd week of every month only 
• FTOC is an in-person organization first, and foremost. Employees are expected to be on-site for their scheduled shifts.
• Hours of operation are Monday to Friday 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., however, employee schedules vary, depending on organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs. As such, FTOC may need to modify work schedules to meet such needs.
• Holidays and weekends may be required depending on an employee’s department due to organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs as FTOC continues to grow and expand work days and hours. 
• Overtime may also occur due to organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs. 

Work Location:

• Fountain Valley: Monday - Thursday 
• Tustin : 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month + Nutrition class days 
• While employees may be assigned a primary site (Tustin, Garden Grove, Fountain Valley, Wellness Center, Mobile Units, Treehaven, Magnolia, Telehealth, etc.), employees may be required to temporarily fill in at another site based on organizational, staffing, community, and patient needs.

Travel Requirements:

• Occasional travel will be required. Employees must be able to travel to FTOC sites as needed, including with short notice.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• 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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be required to drive to FTOC facilities as needed. The ability to sit for extended periods of time, and the ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.