Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.
With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.
As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.
Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none.
Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.
Jamaica Hospital Medical Center a member of the Medisys Health Network is a 404-bed fully accredited community-based teaching hospital and Level I Trauma and Stroke Center. Since 1980, we have been a WIC Provider and have over the years consistently and successfully grown annually from an initial caseload of 50 to over 10,000 participants. We are a top-tier WIC program provider and our (4) WIC program sites offer a variety of services including nutritional education, supplemental food benefits, breastfeeding support, and referral to community organizations. We endeavor to teach participants how to sustain a healthy lifestyle. We are currently seeking a full-time Nutritionist to provide educational and counseling support services to WIC participants
DUTIES: Provision of individual / group nutrition education counseling to pregnant, postpartum, and breastfeeding women, infants, and children. The candidate will be required to participate in and promote all special projects mandated by the NYSDOH. Must adhere to and feel comfortable promoting breastfeeding as the best nutrition for infants. This position requires traveling to satellite programs located in the Brooklyn and Queens area
QUALIFICATIONS:
RD preferred but not required.
Registered with the Commission on Dietetics Registration with a Bachelor's degree in from an accredited four-year college or university
Two years nutrition experience;
Bachelor's of Science degree in Dietetics, Public Health Nutrition or Community Nutrition from an accredited four-year college or university and two years nutrition experience.
Spanish fluent preferred.
NEW GRADS WELCOME!!!
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