Job Information
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Dietician in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
We take great strides to ensure our employees have the resources to live well, be healthy, continue learning, develop skills, grow professionally and serve our local communities. We invite you to apply for a career with Blue Cross.
Residency in or relocation to Louisiana is preferred for all positions.
POSITION PURPOSE
Responsible for collaborating with both internal and external entities to provide nutritional and dietary counseling, education and resources to individuals, targeted populations, providers, and clinical staff on the principles of nutrition. Develop, organize and lead individual and group presentations and webinars on dietary/nutritional content. Research content and design programs, research community resources and make patient referrals.
NATURE AND SCOPE
This role does not manage people
This role reports to this job: MANAGER, POPULATION HEALTH
Necessary Contacts: All areas of the company including marketing, customer service, network innovations, provider network, clinical solutions; face to face and telephonic contact with physicians and physician administrative and senior level personnel, health industry vendors, community care providers on a regular basis.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
- Bachelor's Degree in nutrition or related field required
Work Experience
- 3 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian required
Skills and Abilities
Must have ability to research and analyze member contracts/cases and make appropriate quality and cost effective decisions and referrals
Ability to work independently and make decisions required.
Must have strong communication skills including the ability to effectively explain/present information to persons with varied levels of insurance/benefits understanding.
Must have demonstrated evaluation skills at patient and populations level.
Able to travel the state as needed and lead video sessions/visits
Licenses and Certifications
Certification in a cardiometabolic disease area preferred
Current, unrestricted Food Service\RD - Registered Dietitian license in the state of Louisiana and/or in the required jurisdictions, or where services are provided required
ACCOUNTABILITIES AND ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Coordinate, plan and conduct both individual and group onsite and tele-health session visits with members, providers and staff on the principles of nutrition.
Collaborate with all areas of the company necessary and vendors to set up programs. This will include organizing and leading group sessions to assist in development of employee and member wellness programs.
Utilizes a collaborative, coaching process to assess nutritional needs and diet restrictions to develop and implement dietary care plans and engage available resources, with joint goal setting based on readiness to change stages
Establishes working relationships with referral sources including, but not limited to, multi-specialty teams and a variety of community, state and federal resources in cross-cultural settings to ensure appropriate referrals are facilitated to address identified barrios to recommended nutritional plan.
Performs evaluation of results of both individual and population based with member while serving as an advocate and liaison with members of the treatment team to ensure optimal health outcomes for the member.
Responsible for meeting annual targets for program performance as mutually agreed to by management team to maximize program value.
Accountable for complying with all laws, regulations and accreditation standards associated with duties and responsibilities.
Additional Accountabilities and Essential Functions
The Physical Demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the Accountabilities and Essential Functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions
Perform other job-related duties as assigned, within your scope of responsibilities.
Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels.
Work is predominately done while standing or sitting.
The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.
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Additional Information
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In support of our mission to improve the health and lives of Louisianians, Blue Cross encourages the good health of its employees and visitors. We want to ensure that our employees have a work environment that will optimize personal health and well-being. Due to the acknowledged hazards from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, and in order to promote good health, our company properties are smoke and tobacco free.
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana performs background and pre-employment drug screening after an offer has been extended and prior to hire for all positions. As part of this process records may be verified and information checked with agencies including but not limited to the Social Security Administration, criminal courts, federal, state, and county repositories of criminal records, Department of Motor Vehicles and credit bureaus. Pursuant with sec 1033 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, individuals who have been convicted of a felony crime involving dishonesty or breach of trust are prohibited from working in the insurance industry unless they obtain written consent from their state insurance commissioner.
Additionally, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana is a Drug Free Workplace. A pre-employment drug screen will be required and any offer is contingent upon satisfactory drug testing results.
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