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Are you looking to take your career to new heights with a leader in healthcare? SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is one of the nation's leading metropolitan medical centers. As the only academic medical center in Brooklyn, we serve a large population that is among the most diverse in the world. We are also highly-ranked by Castle Connolly Medical, a healthcare rating company for consumers, among the top 5 leading U.S. medical schools for training doctors.

Bargaining Unit:

UUP

Job Summary:

The Department of Pediatrics at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is seeking a full-time Clinical Nutritionist 2. The successful candidate will: 

• Provide nutritional assessments and counseling to pediatric patients from birth to 21 years-old in the outpatient pediatric clinic in person, telehealth and group visits for new patients as well as existing patients and same day appointments referred by physicians. 
• Provide individual and group counseling on nutrition to prevent/manage disease and promote health. 
• Develop and implement nutritional care plans based on assessment of nutritional needs, current nutritional problems and psychosocial studies. 
• Consult with physicians and other health care professionals concerning patient's nutrition related problems and psychosocial studies.
• Work collaboratively with all members of the patient's interdisciplinary team including pediatric residents and pediatric attendings. 
• Refer patients to other professionals for proper financial assistance and psychosocial interventions
• Conduct anthropometrics measurements including, height and weight and BMI for age and other objective nutritional status and records in Electronic Medical Records.
• Maintain documentation of patient care services in the Electronic Medical Record and other required documentation.
• Communicate nutritional problems, diet information. 
• Provide a copy for a special diet, implement therapeutic prescriptions and design appropriate dietary regimens for individual patients after acquiring doctor's orders.
• Design and develop educational materials to assist in patient education and in management of diet related problems. 
• Evaluate patient's compliance with prescribed therapeutic diet and suggest appropriate action to be taken. 
• Promote patient and/or caretaker independence by establishing nutritional goals; teaching and counseling patient, friends, family and reinforcing proper nutrition. 
• Plan and participate in quality assurance studies for nutritional services.
• Coordinate and integrate clinical and administrative aspects of dietetics to provide quality nutritional care.
• Attend professional meetings or continuing educational programs for maintaining registration status.
• Perform all other duties as it relates to specialty.
• Maintain patient confidence and protects operations by monitoring confidential information processing.
• Be flexible as the duties and responsibilities are not limited to the above position description.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and/or Public Health.
• Master's Degree in Nutrition or related field.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal and organization skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• New York State Dietician License. 
• 1 to 2 years of Pediatric Nutrition experience.

Work Schedule:

Monday to Friday; Variable Hours (Full-Time)

Salary Grade/Rank:

Salary Range:

Commensurate with experience and qualifications

Executive Order:

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation.  If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor’s Office of Employee Relations at (518) 474-6988 or via email at info@goer.ny.gov.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, creed, age, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, familial status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, criminal conviction, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

Women, minorities, veterans, individuals with disabilities and members of underrepresented groups are encouraged to apply.

If you are an individual with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please contact Human Resources at ada@downstate.edu