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Full-Time
Clinical Health Educator
University Surgeons Associates
Posted on 9/23/2025
University Physicians' Association
No salary listed
Knoxville, TN, USA
In Person
Category
 Medical, Clinical & Veterinary (1) |
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Required Skills
Word/Pages/Docs
Excel/Numbers/Sheets
Requirements
- BS or MS in Kinesiology or Nutrition
Responsibilities
- Create diet and exercise programs for those on track for bariatric surgery, surgical prehabilitation, and medical weight loss.
- Collaborate and communicate with Mid-Level Providers and the Bariatric Dietitian to optimize patient weight loss outcomes.
- Evaluate food intake diaries and collect appropriate data to give patient specific dietary recommendations and acknowledge achievements.
- Create individualized cardiovascular and strength training regiments that are appropriate for medical weight loss and bariatric surgery patients.
- Assist patients in weight loss goal setting, lifestyle modification plans, and general healthy living education.
- Have knowledge of and provide samples to patients of vitamins and food products in the clinics inventory.
- Make calls to pre-operative, post-operative, and medical weight loss patients through telehealth visits.
- Teach pre-operative and post-operative educational classes for bariatric patients.
- Assist with data collection for maintaining ASMBS accreditation.
- Facilitate support groups.
- Operate standard office equipment including computers, fax machines, copiers, printers, telephones, etc. Should be proficient in computer programs such as Outlook, Word, and Excel.
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