Culinary Nutrition Educator

Job description

Under the direction of the Saint Barnabas Hospital Center for Culinary Medicine and Teaching Kitchen’s Director, the Culinary Medicine Educator will work closely with the Director to ensure the mission and goals of the Teaching Kitchen are achieved. The individual will be responsible for implementing culturally relevant cooking classes in both English and Spanish, with a focus on nutrition and healthy eating. The Culinary Medicine Educator will work with the Director to develop culinary nutrition programming for a wide variety of audiences, including patients, community members, staff members and medical students. The Culinary Nutrition Educator will support the Director in achieving the Teaching Kitchen’s strategic goals and responsibilities, including daily operational tasks, supervision of volunteers and interns, as well as the execution of collaborative projects with partner organizations. NOTE: this position will eventually be responsible for running community classes on weekends. PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Promote a safe, cooperative and professional health care environment to ensure optimum patient care (as per HR Policy 113c). - Adheres to all hospital policie...