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Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is passionate about providing exceptional health care to all, especially underserved communities with limited health care options. Founded by a Latina grandmother / community advocate over 50 years ago in Barrio Logan, FHCSD has grown into one of the largest community health systems in the country. With over 90 sites , over 227,000 patients, and over 1.1 million healthcare visits last year, we provide a wide variety of health care and outreach services to a very diverse patient population. We are proud of our mission, our lasting community impact, and the cultural and individual diversity of our staff

Family Health Centers of San Diego (FHCSD) is looking for a Nutritionist Health Educator. As a Nutritionist-Health Educator for Family Health Centers of San Diego, you provide individual nutrition assessment, education, and care plans for our patients. You participate in and support personal, family, and group nutrition / chronic disease education services by creating culturally and linguistically appropriate curriculums, planning programs, delivering education, and evaluating effectiveness. You have a passion for community health promotion, and for serving the medically underserved, and you understand and can easily communicate how nutrition drives patient health and outcomes.

Responsibilities :

• Actively keeps knowledge up-to-date by attending in-services, and conferences, and seeking ongoing educational opportunities. Continually seeks self-growth opportunities.
• Actively participates in and contributes to Health Education / project staff meetings, projects, and other activities.
• Completes all required documentation accurately, in a timely manner, and thoroughly in accordance with department standards.
• Conducts nutrition / health education assessments, establishes individual care plans, and uses medical data to determine the health risks and needs of patients. Ensures maximum utilization of schedules by proactively managing visits, including scheduling follow-up appointments, calling no-shows, working with recall technicians, PSRs, and Case managers.
• Individually and / or with the nutrition team, plans, creates, and develops nutrition and health education topic outlines and curriculums, incorporating various learning techniques and formats (i.e., group discussion, lectures, role-play, etc.). Reviews and assists in determining the linguistic and cultural appropriateness of materials, teaching aids, activities, methods, strategies, programs, etc. Review the efficacy of materials and programs and provide positive, action-oriented feedback. Assists with the translation and / or revisions of translated materials as appropriate.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Provides group classes on nutrition / health education topics, ensuring correct material is delivered in culturally appropriate and relevant ways.
• Provides lactation education to individuals or groups and provides follow-up appointments as needed.

Requirements :

Rewards :

FHCSD was founded by community activists working towards a common goal : caring, affordable, high-quality medical care for all. We are proud to continue this mission today as we provide accessible services to over 210,000 patients across San Diego County. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated commitment to community medicine and providing culturally competent care to the medically underserved.

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In the spirit of pay transparency, we are excited to share the base range for this position, exclusive of fringe benefits or potential bonuses.

21.26 - 30.47

If you are hired at Family Health Centers of San Diego, your final base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as geographic location, jurisdictional requirements, skills, education, and / or experience. In addition to these factors - we believe in the importance of pay equity and consider internal equity of our current team members as a part of any final offer. Please keep in mind that the range mentioned above is what we reasonably expect to pay for the role. Hiring at the maximum of the range would not be typical in order to allow for future and continued salary growth. We also offer a generous compensation and benefits package (more information on our benefits offerings is available here : FHCSD Wellness - Employee Hub (gobenefits.net)