Department:

Psychiatry - General - 412202

04/23/2024

Yes

Permanent Faculty

Clinical Instructor - Registered Dietician

Fixed Term Faculty

FAC0005048

Full-Time Permanent

40

1

North Carolina, US

08/12/2024

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OUR MISSION

Our mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.



Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.



Education: We will prepare tomorrow's health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.



Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.

The UNC Department of Psychiatry is looking for a Registered Dietitian to serve as a Clinical Instructor in the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (CEED). This 1.0 FTE role will be involved with primarily clinical activities and will work closely within a multidisciplinary healthcare team to provide assessments and interventions to individuals with eating disorders. Primary responsibilities include completion of outpatient nutrition assessments, developing and implementing nutrition interventions and monitoring and evaluating patient progress. In addition, this individual will be involved in team meetings and conferences. Other clinical opportunities may include supervising clinical trainees. Research opportunities may include providing treatment as a clinical trial dietitian, contributing to research design, academic presentations, and publications. Additional opportunities may also include presenting in professional training seminars.

A Master's Degree in a related field and Registered Dietitian (RD) credential are required. Applicants must be licensed in the state of North Carolina prior to start date.

Experience with the treatment of individuals with eating disorders is preferred.

Not Applicable.

Interested candidates may apply by going to


https://unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/279013 and attaching a curriculum vitae and letter of application. Please include the names of 2-3 references.