Maria Moran, Rdn, Cd Email & Phone Number

Portland, Oregon, United States

Seattle, Washington, United States

- Oversee and manage a diverse team of clinical therapists, dietitians, nutrition specialist, and milieu manager.- Hire, onboard, and train new employees in the above roles, ensuring they are equipped for their clinical responsibilities in collaboration with department leads.- Perform bi-monthly clinical documentation reviews for therapists and dietitians ensuring that all clinicians are completing timely & accurate documentation.- Complete bi-annual assessments and provide formal/informal feedback to employees, including initiating performance improvement plans and follow-through.- Point person for coordinating spontaneous coverage needs for clinical teams, ensuring adequate staffing for all program and clinical needs.- Participate in Leadership meetings to address any system-wide concerns, personnel issues, and program changes.- Serve as point person for any system-wide communication needs.- Lead therapist, dietitian, and milieu weekly group supervision meetings in collabortion with the Senior Clinical Supervisior and Milieu Manager.- Provide weekly 1:1 supervision to a team of 4 dietitians. - Lead several meals and groups weekly; providing education, direction, and support to clients and staff. - Stretch to maintain a caseload of primary clients as needed to support the overall goals of the company.

Seattle, Washington, United States

Bellevue, Washington, United States

Bellevue, Washington

● Provided medical nutrition therapy for patients with eating disorders by assessing nutritional status & establishing a plan of care in collaboration with the treatment team. Followed by evaluation & modification of course of treatment as necessary. o Experience working with adolescents as young as 10yo, families, & adults. ● Delivered individualized nutrition counseling in alignment with the Family-Based Treatment model, as indicated depending on a patient’s diagnosis. ● Assessed appropriateness of the Family-Based Treatment approach and recommend alternative modes of treatment for patients with ARFID, Binge Eating Disorders, & OSFED.● Facilitated experiential groups such as restaurant outings, lunch innings, menu planning, grocery outings, & cooking groups.● Developed & delivered curriculum for nutrition education groups for adolescent patients, adult patients, & caregivers. ● * Core Value Award for Innovation received in 2020 for advocating for Spanish-speaking patients & families to be assigned to my caseload.

Greater Seattle Area

Greater Seattle Area

Perform face-to-face at-risk health education based on participants' completed health risk appraisal.- Over 750 individual coaching sessions completed. Provide assessment of at-risk areas and refer to appropriate resources offered through Boeing. Understand and deliver client-centered coaching through a combination of reflective listening and identification of readiness to change.Deliver group health education sessions on a variety of health & nutrition topics to groups ranging from 2-200 employees.- Over 60 educational events presented on diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular health, fad diets and more.Utilize Motivational Interviewing techniques to elicit behavior change.Improve the health lifestyle behaviors and overall health of participants.

Greater Seattle Area

• Provided comprehensive nutrition support for patients that required enteral and parenteral therapy across pediatric, adult, and geriatric patient populations. • Managed patient case load of ~1,000 throughout Washington and Oregon State. • Counseled patients with chronic diseases that negatively affect nutritional status such as cancer, stroke, gastrointestinal diseases, ALS, and prematurity.• Worked to resolve issues related to failure to thrive, GI intolerance, allergies, protein energy malnutrition, diabetes, and renal insufficiency. • Ongoing monitoring and reporting of the effectiveness of enteral/parenteral treatment, resulting in modification of the treatment plan as necessary.• Educated and trained patients and caregivers on how to effectively use home infusion equipment and supplies.

Greater Seattle Area

• Maintained and grew relationships with referrals sources. Served as key point of contact and representative of Option Care to provide education, assistance, and service to referral sources.• Educated patients, their families, and hospital staff on the services and products provided by Option Care.• Responsible for collecting, reviewing and completing preadmission information to ensure seamless patient hospital discharge.• Provided oversight and input to providers regarding patient treatment process and transition to home care.• Consistently communicated with agency staff, medical team, patients and family throughout the discharge process to implement an effective treatment plan.

Greater Seattle Area

ACT! (Actively Changing Together) Program FacilitatorACT! (Actively Changing Together) is a program designed and offered in collaboration with the YMCA and Seattle Children’s Hospital. It is a nutrition, activity, and self-improvement group for youth that are overweight or at risk of becoming overweight and their parents. • Conducted small group sessions that incorporated presentations on a variety of health topics with cooking demonstrations.• Encouraged discussion amongst participants through the fostering of a safe environment and asking open-ended questions. • Recruited families to participate in the ACT! Program through phone outreach.

Greater Seattle Area

Walgreens Infusion & Respiratory Services

- Provided administrative assistance to the Grant Program Investigators. - Organized data for evaluation of the Estudiante de Dietética Research Grant. - Developed reports and presentations needed to support the USDA grant that funded the curriculum.- Facilitated interviews with grant program participants to assess the success of the program.