Community Dietitian - GWP Prog. (Community Health, Equity & Wellness)
Job description
DESCRIPTION:
Responsibilities include providing nutrition education and physical activity promotion targeting youth and families eligible for supplemental nutrition assistance in school and community settings, guiding GWP program in the area of nutrition and nutrition standards, based on the USDA Dietary Guidelines for Americans, as well as participating in GWP team meetings. Ability to provide nutrition education in schools, students, and community organizations through speaking engagements, nutrition education presentations and other activities. Facilitate a nutrition education program that teaches families how to make healthy and budget-wise food choices and teach low-income individuals how to select and prepare healthy low-cost food in a multi-session class series, using the lesson plans and recipes for each class provided in an established curricula. Additional responsibilities include assisting in project activities focusing on school-based and community-based health with particular emphasis on programming addressing reduction of health and healthcare disparities and assisting with presentations.
PRINCIPLE DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Will be adept at multi-tasking.
- Provides close communication with supervisors.
- Possesses the ability to interact with both internal and external customers at all levels and other HFHS departments.
- Conducts nutrition education and teaching demonstrations.
- Compiles data for fact sheets and reporting and uses evaluation tools.
- Works with cultural competency/health disparities interventions to improve care for underrepresented racial and ethnic populations.
- Possesses strong computer skills, strong organizational skills, and strong written and verbal communication skills.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics or a closely related field.
- All candidates must hold degrees in a field that is applicable to the delivery of food, nutrition and food safety educational programming to individuals and families, such as foods and nutrition, health, dietetics, home economics, or other areas applicable to food, nutrition and food safety related fields.
- Professional nutrition experience or training.
- Interest in working with low-income individuals with diverse backgrounds.
- Comfort speaking in front of an audience.
- Ability to travel to class locations.
- Willingness to be trained in the Cooking Matters curricula.
- Willingness to work as a team and adhere to program policies and procedures.
- Experience compiling nutrition education curricula and materials, coordinating taste testings and cooking demonstrations, working with low-income, underserved populations (both youth and adults), teachers and students, and collaborating with partners is preferred.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
Under the leadership of President and CEO Robert G. Riney, Henry Ford Health is a
$6 billion integrated health system comprised of six hospitals, a health plan, and 250+ sites
including medical centers, walk-in and urgent care clinics, pharmacy, eye care facilities and
other healthcare retail. Established in 1915 by auto industry pioneer Henry Ford, the health system
now has 32,000 employees and remains home to the 1,900-member Henry Ford Medical Group, one
of the nation’s oldest physician groups. An additional 2,200 physicians are also affiliated with the
health system through the Henry Ford Physician Network. Henry Ford is also one of the region’s
major academic medical centers, receiving between $90-$100 million in annual research funding and
remaining Michigan’s fourth largest NIH-funded institution. Also an active participant in medical
education and training, the health system has trained nearly 40% of physicians currently practicing
in the state and also provides education and training for other health professionals including nurses,
pharmacists, radiology and respiratory technicians. visit HenryFord.com.
Benefits
Whether it's offering a new medical option, helping you make healthier lifestyle choices or
making the employee enrollment selection experience easier, it's all about choice. Henry
Ford Health has a new approach for its employee benefits program - My Choice
Rewards. My Choice Rewards is a program as diverse as the people it serves. There are
dozens of options for all of our employees including compensation, benefits, work/life balance
and learning - options that enhance your career and add value to your personal life. As an
employee you are provided access to Retirement Programs, an Employee Assistance Program
(Henry Ford Enhanced), Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Time Off, Employee Health and Wellness, and a whole host of other benefits and services. Employee's classified as contingent status are not eligible for benefits.
Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer
Equal Employment Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer Henry Ford Health is
committed to the hiring, advancement and fair treatment of all individuals without regard to
race, color, creed, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, size, height,
weight, marital status, family status, gender identity, sexual orientation, and genetic information,
or any other protected status in accordance with applicable federal and state laws.
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