Pediatric Nutrition Specialist

1 week ago


Kansas City, Kansas, United States University of Kansas Medical Center Full time
Job Title: Research Dietitian Specialist- Pediatrics

At the University of Kansas Medical Center, we are seeking a highly skilled Research Dietitian Specialist to join our team in the Department of Pediatrics. This is a unique opportunity to work with a research team focused on delivering healthy lifestyle programming to children and families.

Job Responsibilities:
  • Develop and manage healthy lifestyle programming for pediatric patients, including creating therapeutic diets and implementing meal preparation and service.
  • Select appropriate modes of feeding for patients and converse with healthcare personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions.
  • Construct menus for therapeutic diets based on medical and physical conditions of patients and integrate patient menus with basic institutional menus.
  • Inspect meals served for conformance to prescribed diets and standards of palatability and appearance.
  • Instruct patients and their families in nutritional principles, dietary plans, food selection, and preparation.
  • May supervise activities of workers engaged in food preparation and service, engage in research, teach nutrition and diet therapy to medical students and hospital personnel, or serve as an interventionist on the team.
Work Environment:

This role is typically performed in a typical interior work environment with minimal unpleasant elements.

Required Qualifications:
  • Masters in dietetics and nutrition.
  • Experience with group-based health promotion/nutrition intervention for children and families.
  • Experience working as part of a team.
Preferred Qualifications:
  • Great communication skills.
  • Detail-oriented.
  • Excellent at working with children and families.
Benefits:

The University of Kansas Medical Center offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health, dental, and vision insurance, health expense accounts, employer-paid life insurance, long-term disability insurance, and various additional voluntary insurance plans. Paid time off, including vacation and sick leave, begins accruing upon hire, plus ten paid holidays. One paid discretionary day is available after six months of employment, and paid time off for bereavement, jury duty, military service, and parental leave is available after 12 months of employment. A retirement program with a generous employer contribution and additional voluntary retirement programs (457 or 403b) are available.

The pay range for this position is $54,000.00 to $80,000.00, with a midpoint of $67,000.00.



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