Chapel Hill, NC30+ days ago
Knowledge/Skills/and Abilities Requirements: • Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process and ability to apply all steps of the process • Knowledge and application of medical nutrition therapy • Understands and can implement Motivational Interviewing • Critical thinking to integrate facts, informed opinion, active listening, and observations • Decision making, problem solving, and collaboration • Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, hospital and medical staff, and physicians • Ability to function independently on assigned patient care units • Ability to counsel and educate others • General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing, and spreadsheet software. Education Requirements: • Bachelor's degree required from a US regionally accredited university or college and course work accredited or approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics • Master's in related Dietitian field for new graduates becoming licensed after 1/1/2024 • Completion of a Coordinated Program in Dietetics or Dietetic Internship accredited by ACEND (Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics) of no less than 900 hours (1200 hours for graduates of programs beginning 2012).