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Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Health Promotion and Wellness Services
Job Description
Position Number:
100386Title:
Program ManagerFunctional Title:
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Health Promotion and Wellness ServicesCategory Status:
33-Exempt RegularApplicant Search Category:
StaffUniversity Authorized FTE:
1.000Unit:
VPSA-UHC-Health Education SumCampus/College Information:
Founded in 1856, University of Maryland, College Park is the state’s flagship institution. Our 1,250-acre College Park campus is just minutes away from Washington, D.C., and the nexus of the nation’s legislative, executive, and judicial centers of power. This unique proximity to business and technology leaders, federal departments and agencies, and a myriad of research entities, embassies, think tanks, cultural centers, and non-profit organizations is simply unparalleled. Synergistic opportunities for our faculty and students abound and are virtually limitless in the nation’s capital and surrounding areas. The University is committed to attracting and retaining outstanding and diverse faculty and staff that will enhance our stature of preeminence in our three missions of teaching, scholarship, and full engagement in our community, the state of Maryland, and in the world.
Background Checks
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Position Summary/Purpose of Position:
This position is responsible for managing all aspects of dietary services and nutrition programs at the University Health Center. This position provides comprehensive nutrition services and programs to the general student body as well as faculty and staff of the UMD College Park campus. Services include individual Medical Nutrition Therapy including assessment for medical disorders including diabetes, hypertension, lipid disorders, and other dietary related disorders. All nutrition counseling and education is based on evidence based practices and therapeutic principles and is framed in a non-diet/health-at-every-size model. This position serves as a nutrition expert for the campus community.
Benefits Summary
Top Benefits and Perks:Minimum Qualifications:
Education:
- Master’s degree in dietetics from an accredited program by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Credentials: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist AND Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist in Maryland is required.
Experience:
- 3 – 5 years of experience offering medical nutrition therapy, education, and programming.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Advanced Knowledge of scientific principles of nutrition.
- Advanced Knowledge of evidence-based nutrition interventions.
- Advanced Knowledge of current nutrition issues on college campuses.
- Advanced Knowledge of theories and methods of health education and prevention.
- Advanced Knowledge of social marketing theories and health communication strategies.
- Advanced skills in health behavior change.
- Ability to critically review health-related professional literature and apply findings for improved outcomes.
- Ability to use components of motivational interviewing.
- Advanced skills in nutrition assessment and intervention.
- Skills in prioritizing and completing multiple tasks of varying complexity and urgency in a timely and efficient manner.
- Ability to form working relationships with various departments.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats.
- Ability to promote a diverse, inclusive environment.
- Advanced Knowledge of current nutrition issues on college campuses.
- Advanced Knowledge of theories and methods of health education and prevention.
- Advanced Knowledge of social marketing theories and health communication strategies.
- Advanced skills in health behavior change.
- Ability to apply components of motivational interviewing.
- Advanced skills in nutrition assessment and intervention.
- Skills in prioritizing and completing multiple tasks of varying complexity and urgency in a timely and efficient manner.
- Advanced Knowledge of scientific principles of nutrition.
- Knowledge of evidence-based nutrition interventions.
- Ability to form working relationships with various departments.
- Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal formats.
- Ability to promote a diverse, inclusive environment.
- Proficiency in Electronic Medical Records and Microsoft Office Suite/Google platform programs. Microsoft Office Suite.
Preferences:
Preferences:
- Master’s degree in the health field
- Experience working with Eating Disorders
- Experience practicing the Non-Diet/Health-At-Every-Size model
- Experience developing, implementing and coordinating nutrition education programs
- Experience working with diverse student populations is preferred
- Experience with supervising student volunteers
- Experience working in higher education settings
- Presentation and training skills are desirable.
Additional Certifications:
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist AND Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist in Maryland are required.
Additional Information:
Essential Duty/Responsibility (1): | Clinical Nutrition Services: Meet with individual clients to provide clinical nutrition counseling and education. Complete timely patient medical charting in the electronic medical records system and consult with medical and behavioral health teams within UHC and outside practitioners on patient care. Provide referrals to campus and community resources.
Percentage (1): | 40%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (2): | Nutrition Education Programs: Develop, implement, and evaluate nutrition education programs and educational materials for the campus community. Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to nutrition health promotion. Responsible for researching and creating/maintaining up-to-date, evidence-based educational programs and materials.
Percentage (2): | 10%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (3): | Peer Nutrition Coaching Program Coordination: Oversee the Peer Nutrition Coaching Program- recruit, train, and supervise dietetics students to provide peer nutrition coaching services and other educational outreach programs. Plan, organize, and facilitate peer nutrition coaching training, including a 40-hour training week, weekly group meetings, and 1:1 coach-the-coach sessions.
Percentage (3): | 40%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (4): | Administrative duties: Scheduling clinical clients, serving on UHC and campus committees, Bi-annual Peer Chart Review, Quality Improvement reporting, Manage ordering/stocking program materials within the unit budget, collect program/service data, and marketing services/programs to the campus community. Compose writing letters of recommendation for post-graduate residency, graduate school, and professional jobs
Percentage (4): | 5%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (5): | Continuing education: Stay abreast of current, evidence-based information and best practices in the Dietetics field by attending annual conferences, reading professional journals, and through professional supervision. Maintaining both national and state credentials. Other assigned duties.
Percentage (5): | 5%
Percentage (1): | 40%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (2): | Nutrition Education Programs: Develop, implement, and evaluate nutrition education programs and educational materials for the campus community. Collaborate with key stakeholders to develop a comprehensive, multidisciplinary approach to nutrition health promotion. Responsible for researching and creating/maintaining up-to-date, evidence-based educational programs and materials.
Percentage (2): | 10%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (3): | Peer Nutrition Coaching Program Coordination: Oversee the Peer Nutrition Coaching Program- recruit, train, and supervise dietetics students to provide peer nutrition coaching services and other educational outreach programs. Plan, organize, and facilitate peer nutrition coaching training, including a 40-hour training week, weekly group meetings, and 1:1 coach-the-coach sessions.
Percentage (3): | 40%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (4): | Administrative duties: Scheduling clinical clients, serving on UHC and campus committees, Bi-annual Peer Chart Review, Quality Improvement reporting, Manage ordering/stocking program materials within the unit budget, collect program/service data, and marketing services/programs to the campus community. Compose writing letters of recommendation for post-graduate residency, graduate school, and professional jobs
Percentage (4): | 5%
Essential Duty/Responsibility (5): | Continuing education: Stay abreast of current, evidence-based information and best practices in the Dietetics field by attending annual conferences, reading professional journals, and through professional supervision. Maintaining both national and state credentials. Other assigned duties.
Percentage (5): | 5%
Job Risks
Occupational Related Bloodborne Pathogen Exposure , Respiratory ProtectionPhysical Demands
Hours may vary depending on program responsibilities. Some events require bending, lifting and the transport of displays, audiovisual equipment and program materials. Exposure to communicable diseases by virtue of work in a health care facility is possible. This position is considered essesntial for medically related emergencies
Posting Date:
06/24/2024Open Until Filled
YesBest Consideration Date
07/24/2024Diversity Statement:
The University of Maryland, College Park, an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer, complies with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations regarding nondiscrimination and affirmative action; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment. The University is committed to a policy of equal opportunity for all persons and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, creed, marital status, political affiliation, personal appearance, or on the basis of rights secured by the First Amendment, in all aspects of employment, educational programs and activities, and admissions.
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