Registered Dietitian (Nutritionist) - RUHS Public Health - County of Riverside

The County of Riverside - Riverside University Health System (RUHS) - Public Health Department seeks Registered Dietitians - Nutritionists and Per Diem Nutritionists to join the team.

Seeking self-motivated and adaptable individuals with outstanding customer service skills to provide services for the Nutrition and Health promotion branch, which may entail working in the following programs:  Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Supplemental Nutrition Program, CalFresh for Healthy Living, plus our Integrative Nutrition program working with Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC) or other nutrition programs.

These federal assistance programs provide supplemental foods, health care referrals, and nutrition information for low income pregnant, breastfeeding, and non-breastfeeding postpartum women, and infants and children up to age five who found to be at nutritional risk.

CalFresh for Healthy Living focuses on Policy, Systems and Environmental Change work. Our FQHC dietitians are credentialed and work as FQHC providers. 

Duties include (but not limited to):

• Assist the Supervising Nutritionist
• Individual nutrition counseling (in person or via phone)
• Group education/classes (in person or virtually)
• Computer use:  client data entry; determining client eligibility for WIC; create presentations, etc.
• Assist the site supervisor in administrative duties
• In the absence of the site supervisor, assume the lead role at the site
• Collaborate and partner with staff, organizations, etc.

Possession of a valid Certificate of Registration as a dietitian as issued by the Commission on Dietetic Registration is required.