Dietitian, Clinical - Tulsa, OK - RDCD Dietician

Company: Saint Francis Hospital
Location: Tulsa
Posted on: May 16, 2022

Job Description:

Dietitian, Clinical - Tulsa, OKJob Summary: Provides professional methods to improve the nutritional health of a patient and keep the body healthy. Works in collaboration with any other healthcare staff to provide needed evaluations, assessments, education, development of nutritional plan(s), implementation and subsequent re-evaluation regarding nutritional therapy and requirements.
Advanced understanding of how to apply nutrition counseling skills to those with co-occurring mental illness such as: PTSD, bi-polar, OCD, depression.
Must be able to incorporate concepts from numerous therapeutic modalities into nutrition counseling, including the following: Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Exposure Response Prevention in nutrition counseling.
Ability to develop a collaborative, therapeutic alliance with individuals during individual counseling sessions.
Assist clients in developing healthy coping skills and behaviors in order to build a peaceful relationship with food, movement and their bodies.
One-year experience working in a mental health field preferred RD.
Education: Baccalaureate Degree along with completion of a dietetic education program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).

Licensure, Registration and/or Certification: Registered Dietitian by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and a current Dietitian License with the Oklahoma Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision. In some instances new graduates may be registration-eligible and provisionally licensed.

Work Experience: Minimum 6 months related experience. (New graduates can utilize internships to count as experience.)

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Basic nutrition assessment and counseling skills. Effective written, oral and interpersonal communication skills. Ability to integrate the analysis of data to discover facts or develop knowledge, concepts or interpretations. Ability to organize and prioritize work in a timely and efficient manner. Ability to be detail oriented as required in the examination of clinical and numerical data. Basic computer skills.

Safety Sensitive: Under the Oklahoma Medical Marijuana Use and Patient Protection Act (OMMA), safety sensitive position is defined as any job that includes tasks or duties that the employer believes could affect the safety and health of the employee performing the task or others. This position has been identified as a safety sensitive position. This statute allows employers to lawfully refuse to hire applicants for safety-sensitive jobs or to discipline or discharge employees who work in safety- sensitive jobs if they test positive for marijuana, even if they have a valid license to use medical marijuana.

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