Nutrition Educator-Bilingual - PRN Job at Mom's Meals, a PurFoods Company, Ankeny, IA

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  • Mom's Meals, a PurFoods Company
  • Ankeny, IA

Job Description

Position Summary

The Nutrition Educator will provide telephonic nutrition education to members with chronic conditions as they learn to select, prepare, and eat foods that are appropriate for their condition(s) as they participate in a chronic care meals program. Chronic conditions can include, but are not limited to diabetes, heart disease and kidney disease. Utilizing a member-centric approach, the Nutrition Educator will collaborate with the member to explore the nutrition-related issues and topics that are most important to the member. The Nutrition Educator will also help connect members to other nutrition and condition resources available from the health plan or system or in their community.

Hourly range: $26.60-34.60/hour

This position will average 20-24 hours across 3+ days/week M-F.

Responsibilities may include, but not limited to

  • Provide telephonic nutrition education sessions per member; number of sessions offered varies, based on what program the member is enrolled in
  • Document goals and care plan from education sessions in platform
  • Schedule follow-up calls with each member/patient
  • Develop nutrition education handouts and tools as needed
  • Identify community resources for members as needed
  • Maintain and update professional knowledge by participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations
  • Contribute to the development of social media content and video for articles, blogs and other posts for the company newsletter and website as needed or requested
  • Primary member population is in California, so working hours for this position would be 9:00am-6:00pm Pacific Time but flexible within those hours

Required Skills and Experience

  • Bachelor of Science in Nutritional Science or Dietetics
  • Certification as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration
  • Licensed or eligible for licensure in the state of residence (where license is required)
  • Minimum of 2 years experience providing nutrition education or counseling
  • Verbally fluent in Spanish with proficiency in medial and nutrition terminology in Spanish
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Strong organizational and interpersonal skills
  • This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptops computers and smartphones
  • Work independently and has a strong sense of responsibility carrying out the required job duties with a minimum amount of daily supervision
  • Ability to make clinical decisions as they pertain to the appropriateness of nutrition education for each member/patient

Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Previous experience providing telephonic nutritional education or counseling
  • Training in health coaching, motivational interviewing, and intuitive/mindful eating framework

Physical Requirements

  • Repetitive motions that include the wrists, hands and/or fingers
  • Sedentary work that primarily involves sitting, remaining in a stationary position for prolonged periods
  • Visual perception to perform job including peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus
Mom's Meals, a PurFoods Company

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Relief, Work at office, Flexible hours, 3 days per week,

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