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General Information

Work Location: Inglewood, USA
Onsite or Remote
Fully On-Site
Work Schedule
Monday-Friday, 8:00am-5:00pm
Posted Date
05/07/2024
Salary Range: $81348 - 107302 Annually
Employment Type
2 - Staff: Career
Duration
Indefinite
Job #
16164

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

Venice Family Clinic is a leader in providing comprehensive, high-quality health care to people in need regardless of their income, insurance or immigration status. The organization has more than 500 staff who serve 45,000 people with compassion, dignity and respect across an area that spans from the Santa Monica Mountains through the South Bay. We have a network of clinics, Early Head Start centers and mobile clinics plus an expansive street medicine program to reach people experiencing homelessness. Read more about us at venicefamilyclinic.org 

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are core values of the Venice Family Clinic. We believe the professional and clinical environments are enhanced when diverse groups of people with diverse ideas come together.
 
Come join our Venice Family Clinic team as a Dietician II and use your expertise to help support vulnerable populations in under-served communities. The Registered Dietician will: 
  • Provide content area expertise in the areas of Child Nutrition according to Head Start Performance Standards, and is also responsible for prenatal nutrition. 
  • Consult with families and staff about best practices in breast feeding, infant and toddler nutrition, prenatal and family nutrition.  
  • Work closely with the Head Services Manager for meal service at play groups and family child care, center and CACFP regulations, trainings for parents and staff, and meeting federal guidelines.
Note this position will also work at our other locations (1-2 days per week) in Santa Monica and Hawthorne. 
 
 
Salary range: $81,348 - $107,302 Annual
 

Job Qualifications

Required:

  • Registered Dietitian status with the American Dietetic Association.
  • Knowledge of CACFP and Head Start Regulations.
  • Ability to recognize problem areas in health, nutrition, and development. 
  • Interpersonal skills and the ability to maintain effective working relationships with staff, children, parents, and other agencies.
  • Ability to exercise professional judgment in evaluating before making decisions.
  • Excellent communication skills, and the ability to effectively communicate with a wide variety of people of various educational and socio-economic backgrounds.
  • Organizational skills, ability to prioritize, and the ability to function efficiently and independently to meet goals and objectives.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in using Microsoft applications such as Word, Excel and Access.
  • Experience conducting staff and family nutrition training on infant and toddler feeding, food allergies and safety, and prenatal nutrition.
  • Knowledge on health & safety practices in ECE childcare settings.

Preferred: 

  • Bilingual in Spanish.
  • Experience working with an Early Head Start or another program serving young children.
  • Ability and willingness to travel to our other locations within LA County. 
 

As a condition of employment, the final candidate who accepts a conditional offer of employment will be required to disclose if they have been subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct; received notice of any allegations or are currently the subject of any administrative or disciplinary proceedings involving misconduct; have left a position after receiving notice of allegations or while under investigation in an administrative or disciplinary proceeding involving misconduct; or have filed an appeal of a finding of misconduct with a previous employer.