Pediatric Registered Dietician

The Opportunity

As COPA's Pediatric Registered Dietitian, you'll care for children whose nutritional needs extend beyond traditional counseling. Working closely with providers, behavioral health clinicians, and families, you'll support children with complex medical, developmental, and nutrition-related concerns through compassionate, evidence-based care. This is an opportunity to build meaningful relationships, influence lifelong health behaviors, and make a lasting impact on the well-being of children throughout Central Oregon.

The Company

Central Oregon Pediatric Associates (COPA) has been caring for kids and families in Central Oregon for over 50 years, building lifelong relationships and helping children thrive from newborns to teens. Our mission is to provide exceptional, right-fit care for kids at every age and stage, and our vision is to improve the health of all kids in our community. We do this in a welcoming, inclusive environment where collaboration, openness, play and accountability are part of how we care, not just what we do. At COPA, you’ll work alongside people who value kindness, teamwork, and earning families’ trust every single day.

The Job

• Provide individualized nutrition care by assessing patients, developing personalized care plans, and supporting healthy growth and development from infancy through adolescence.
• Educate and empower families through nutrition counseling, chronic disease management, patient education, and culturally responsive, family-centered care.
• Coordinate care across the healthcare continuum by partnering with primary care providers, specialists, community organizations, and social service agencies to ensure seamless patient support.
• Advocate for patients by assisting with medical necessity documentation, insurance appeals, nutritional equipment and formula requests, and connecting families with needed resources.
• Drive quality and collaboration by participating in interdisciplinary care teams, quality improvement initiatives, care coordination, and Patient-Centered Primary Care Home (PCPCH) efforts while promoting evidence-based pediatric nutrition.