Nutritionist I - New Brunswick, United States - Rutgers University

Rutgers University

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New Brunswick, United States

1 week ago

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Description

Position Details:

Position Information
Recruitment/Posting Title
Nutritionist I
Job Category

Staff & Executive

Healthcare
Department
RWJ-PediatricsGastroenterology
Overview
New Jersey's academic health center, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (RBHS) takes an integrated approach to educating students, providing clinical care, and conducting research, all with the goal of improving human health. Aligned with Rutgers University-New Brunswick and collaborating university wide, RBHS includes eight schools, a behavioral health network, and five centers and institutes that focus on cancer treatment and research, neuroscience, advanced biotechnology and medicine, environmental and occupational health, and health care policy and aging research.

Our faculty are teachers, clinicians, and scientists with unparalleled experience who advance medical innovation and provide patient care informed by the latest research findings.

We offer an outstanding education in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, public health, nursing, biomedical research, and the full spectrum of allied health careers.

Our clinical and academic facilities are located throughout the state—at Rutgers University-New Brunswick, including Piscataway; and at locations in Newark, Scotch Plains, Somerset, Stratford, and other locations.

Clinical partners include Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, Newark's University Hospital in Newark, and other affiliates.
Through this community of healers, scientists, and scholars, Rutgers is equipped as never before to transform lives.
Posting Summary

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is seeking a Nutritionist I for the department of Pediatrics at the Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

Under the direction of the faculty and the Director of the Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, assists in the planning of and the participation in nutritional care of patients for multiple divisions within the Department of Pediatrics.

Among the key duties of this position are the following:

Conducts nutritional consultations for each patient of the Division.
Obtains patient nutrition histories.
Discusses specific needs of individual patients with physician and recommends dietary strategies.
Instructs patients and/or their relatives in diet therapy.
Evaluates patient's compliance and progress.
Conducts nutritional consultation for select patients within the department of pediatrics.
Obtains and evaluates nutrition histories from patients and/or their caretakers.
Assesses the nutrition status and specific nutritional needs of individual patients.
Discusses specific needs of individual patients with the physician and recommends appropriate medical nutrition therapy.

Position Status

Full Time
Hours Per Week

Daily Work Shift

Day
Work Arrangement
This position requires a fully onsite work arrangement.
FLSA
Exempt
Grade
24S
Position Salary

Annual Minimum Salary

Annual Mid Range Salary

Annual Maximum Salary

Standard Hours

37.50
Union Description
HPAE, Local 5094
Payroll Designation
PeopleSoft
Benefits

Seniority Unit

Terms of Appointment

Staff 12 month
Position Pension Eligibility

ABP

Qualifications
Minimum Education and Experience
Graduate from an accredited college with a Master's Degree in dietetics or nutrition.
Three (3) years professional experience in dietetics or nutrition or successful completion of an approved dietetic internship may be substituted for one (1) year of experience required.

Certifications/Licenses

A.D.A Registration.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Must demonstrate strong communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

One (1) year of clinical nutrition experience or pediatric nutrition experience.

Equipment Utilized

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Physical Demands: This position requires standing, sitting and walking onethird of the time and requires talking and use of the hands and fingers over twothirds of the time. This position requires that lifting or force be exerted up to 25 pounds under onethird of the time.

There are no special vision requirements:
close vision at 20 inches or less.