​Food FARMacy Dietician

• March 10, 2023
• Lonnie Valencia

Food FARMacy Dietician

Full-Time: 40 hours per week

Location: 9541 Plaza Circle, El Paso, TX 79927

Reports to: Director of Programs

Position Summary:

Oversee day-to-day operations at El Pasoans Fighting Hunger’s Food FARMacy which requires frequent contact with volunteers, community partners, and healthcare providers. Provide nutrition consultations and nutrition education for people with diet-related chronic diseases and triage patients to community resources.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

Work with patients, partners, and operations.

Patients:

• Provide excellent customer service to Food FARMacy clients
• Assist patients with selecting foods appropriate for their chronic conditions
• Develop culturally-appropriate nutrition information materials (i.e. flyers, brochures, recipes)
• Document patient visits using Intake Database
• Create and administer assessments to track changes in client nutrition knowledge and behavior for reporting and evaluation
• Work with patients to track dietary restrictions and nutrition goals
• Create mechanisms for client feedback
• Participate in Food FARMacy program analysis and evaluation efforts

Partners:

• Attend community events related to the Food FARMacy
• Collaborate with healthcare organizations to engage them as healthcare partners
• Maintain regular communication and feedback loops with healthcare partners
• Lead or host nutrition education events with community partners (i.e. cooking demos, samples, health fairs, etc.)

Operations:

• Assist with maintaining food supply at the Food FARMacy by selecting food from the warehouse, logging the inventory
• Maintain food safety standards for storage and distribution
• Oversee volunteer activities and maintain behaviors consistent with EPFH standards
• Work closely with leadership to ensure effective and efficient program and service
• Implement a nutrition labeling system and ensure that it is maintained by Food FARMacy staff

Qualifications:

• Communicate effectively in English and Spanish
• Dietetic degree from an accredited school and one year of dietetic experience in a clinical setting
• 2 years experience working in a community setting
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Current ServSafe Food Protection Managers license
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Strong organizational skills, including the ability to successfully manage multiple priorities and projects and consistently meet deadlines;
• Strong attention to detail and ability to work with a high degree of accuracy;
• Strong Customer Service skills;
• Computer skills to enter client orders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English and Spanish;
• Flexible and quickly adapt to changing priorities;
• Work effectively under periodically stressful conditions;
• Good problem-solving skills;
• Work well independently, as well as a member of teams;
• Positive and professional attitude and demeanor;
• Ability to pass a background check;
• Ability to pass random drug testing.

Submit a letter of interest and resume to Nora Aviles, Human Resources & Administration Manager, at naviles@epfhfb.org

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El Pasoans Fighting Hunger is an Equal Opportunity Employer