Upcoming Events & Opportunities
EXCITING NEW EVENTS THIS FALL SEMESTER!
Jocceline Hernandez Bio
Jocceline Hernandez is a Registered Dietitian and a Lactation Educator who received both her Bachelor and Master of Science in nutrition and dietetics degree at CSUN. There, she also completed her dietetic internship with a community nutrition concentration. Currently, she works at the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health as a Nutrition Consultant for the Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health Division. In this role, she trains and provides technical assistance to over 300 prenatal clinics throughout LA County serving Medi-Cal participating mothers. She also collaborates with the California Department of Public Health to co-author several nutrition tools such as MyPlate resources for pregnant and those with gestational diabetes. She has over 7 years’ experience working with underrepresented communities and has traveled abroad to Guatemala and the Dominican Republic providing nutrition and lactation education to mothers and their families. When she is not talking about nutrition, Jocceline enjoys road trips with her family along the California coast and brings her 12yr old senior dog poodle-mix, Kirby along for the adventures.
Diet Aide Position
Job opportunity for SDFSA members this fall!
Los Robles Hospital at Thousand Oaks, CA
is in need of Diet Aide staff. This is a great opportunity for food and nutrition students to gain the experience needed to apply to dietetic internships and to apply their knowledge of medical nutrition therapy.
Please see below for more details:
Position: Diet Aide PRN Position
Location: Los Robles Hospital
Description: The diet office staff is responsible for meal delivery to hospital patients. This position works on obtaining daily menu selections from patients, correcting menus for therapeutic diets, meal delivery and running meal tray line.
The position is an as needed position, with several different shifts available daily.
Or you may contact Kerri McDonald RD for any questions you may have about this position at, 805 370-4779
or email at kerri.mcdonald@hcahealthcare.com
CONSULTING NUTRITIONAL SERVICES (CNS)
Student Work Opportunities
This is a great community health/nutrition educator job opportunity for those who are looking to gain experience.
CalFresh Health Living Education Sessions:
These sessions are typically held in the morning or the afternoon and usually last 45 minutes to 1 hour. Your role is to assist the Registered Dietitian with set up of the sessions, conduct food frequency questionnaires, in addition to giving out special "door" prizes along with follow-up and post-tests. We also need assistance contacting participants prior to sessions and being sure that they are ready for Zoom session.
All our work is conducted remotely via Zoom and by telephone. You will need to have access to a computer and Smartphone.
Things we are looking for:
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Good communication
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Reliable
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On time
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Responsive to requests
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Spanish speaking a plus
You determine your schedule based on the days you are available to work. We understand that students have varying schedules at different times of the year and that class schedule change with each semester. We are flexible with scheduling, and you can contact us to see if your schedule meets our needs.
If interested, please provide your resume to CNS at cns@foodsafe.com.
