Registered Dietican / 2948 Job in Franklin 37067, Tennessee Us
Position Description
Registered Dietican / 2948
Position Description:
At APS Healthcare, our mission, quite simply, is to improve the health of those we serve. We are excited to be working with the state of Tennessee to provide a full continuum of health management and wellness services to the State’s employees, including lifestyle management, disease management (DM) and case management services. The new ParTNers for Health wellness program will assist members with their health care decisions, including providing a nurse advice line, as well as biometric screenings and preventative services. The program goal is to deliver greater value to enrollees, providers, and the State of Tennessee, through improving access to appropriate health care for the program enrollees.
We invite you to help us make your community healthier and better by joining this new and exciting program! We are building a team of health care professionals in a newly created Nashville office to start up the program and be part of its success.
We have an exciting opportunity available for a Dietician. This telephonic position provides health education based on participants completed health risk assessment and lifestyle priorities, helping clients set both short and long term goals and monitor progress towards goal attainment. The Dietician will provide positive reinforcement, advice, and support.
Responsibilities:
•Provides telephonic outreach to health/wellness, and disease management program participants.
•Supports healthy lifestyle choices that will reduce long term effects of illness and improve quality of life.
•Performs other clinically based activities in a call center environment that involve coordination of care between members, providers, and community health organizations.
•Collects clinical data and enters information into care management system for tracking and metrics purposes.
•Monitors and evaluates the services and community based resources necessary to respond to the individual health needs.
Education:
•BA/BS in Behavioral health, Dietetics or related Health Care Field
•Licensed Professional (RD) required.
Qualifications:
•Minimum 3 years of recent dietetics clinical experience.
•Knowledge of adult learning and behavior change principles preferred.
•Knowledge of community based resources.
•Strong clinical assessment skills, consistent with state licensure scope of practice requirements to support long term behavioral change.
•Ability to demonstrate purposeful and outcomes directed critical thinking within daily operational activities of care management delivery using sound judgment and facts in carrying out disease management activities.
•Ability to integrate data and evaluate to design meaningful interventions.
•Strong telephonic interviewing and assessment skills.
•Strong computer skills, e.g. care management applications, Internet/Web, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
•Strong prioritization and organizational skills.
•Excellent written verbal communication skills.