Registered Dietician

Department Number/Name: 0-6163-000 / Health Informatics Institute

College Division: USF Health- Morsani College of Medicine

Salary Plan: Administrative

Job Code/Title: 5218 / Registered Dietician

Hiring Salary/Salary Range: $56,000 - $74,000 annual

Position Number: 00055109

ORGANIZATIONAL SUMMARY:

The Health Informatics Institute (HII) is comprised of approximately over 170 faculty and staff members consisting of biostatisticians and bioinformaticians; epidemiologists, physicians, nurse practitioners, diabetes educators and dieticians; software, data, and systems engineers; solution and data architects; laboratory and clinical research administrators; and administrative staff. Established in 2004 as the Pediatric Epidemiology Center, the annual budget of the institute currently exceeds $60 million, primarily in NIH funding.

Research faculty areas of expertise include biostatistics applied to pre-clinical, clinical, observational, and population health research; biomedical and clinical informatics; and statistical genetics and genomics. Members are engaged in research focused on the prevention of diabetes and other autoimmune diseases, cancer prevention and control, genetic disorders, and an expanding list of rare diseases.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This person provides expert dietetic, nutritional services to patients of the USF Health Diabetes and Endocrinology division, including Pediatric and Adult Endocrinology patients, and is responsible for case management and nutritional management. Assists providers and staff with the daily coordination of diabetes and endocrine patient care to facilitate efficient patient flow and access.

Functions as a liaison/fills gaps between patients, staff and providers to ensure delivery of a patient centered model of care. Provides dietary / nutrition and diabetes education and works with existing nutrition educators to further develop our nutrition education program under direction of the Clinical Director.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Provides nutrition and diabetes education/equipment training on an individual or group basis. Works with nutrition and diabetes education staff, providers, and the Clinical Director to establish written protocols to provide efficiencies of patient messaging and tasks and to define patient care procedures related to nutrition and diabetes education.

As needed, maintains training logs of their activity. Maintains inventory of education material. As needed, review patient messages as they arrive, delegated as indicated and followed- up on timely but no later than daily, with all actions documented in the electronic health record.

Works with nutrition and diabetes education staff, providers, and Clinical Director to develop education curriculum and materials, including print, video, and web-based content. Organizes/archives education materials.

Creates/advises effective methods to access education materials. Assesses quality of care and assists in identifying opportunities to improve patient services/quality. Collaborates with clinical personnel/Administrator in implementing process/ system changes.

Act as a liaison between providers, patients, pharmacies, hospitals, schools, other health professionals and nonclinical staff to provide a team approach to patient education (team meetings, daily huddles to review daily schedules and enhance and support patient care

Other duties as assigned, including, but not limited to, back up coverage of non-provider staff; marketing/community promotion and events.

POSITION QUALIFICATIONS:

MINIMUM:

This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Dietetics, Nutrition or related field with at least one year of directly related position-specific experience. A Master's degree in Dietetics or Nutrition is Preferred. Licensed as Licensed Dietician or Licensed Nutritionist according to Florida Statutes 468.501 -468.518 (Part X) and/or Registration with the American Dietetic Association.

PREFERRED:

Previous pediatric nutritionist experience preferred. Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), Bilingual (Spanish) preferred. Minimum 2 years insulin pump experience.

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Information for Applicants

This position is subject to a Level 1 criminal background check.

Job Opening Number: 35659

Original Posting Date: 11/13/2023 - Previous applicants do not need to re-apply.

Posting End Date: 05/11/2024

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