Registered Dietitian

• Completes nutrition-focused physical assessments, takes measurements, reviews medical records, collects data via interviews, and evaluates anthropometric status.

• Evaluates assessment data to identify nutrition risks, nutrition problems, criteria consistent with malnutrition, knowledge deficits, and high-risk health behaviors.

• Offers nutrition interventions, orders, education, counseling, and referrals to other services.

• May place feeding tubes or perform indirect calorimetry studies.

• Provides counseling and education using evidence-based techniques that reflect appropriate health literacy and cultural sensitivity to patients with disease processes requiring nutritional management.

• Monitors and evaluates nutrition care plans to reach nutrition goals and promote optimal outcomes.

• Supervises practice experience for dietetic interns, dietetic technicians, registration eligible dietitians and new employees, participates in research, performance improvement, and initiatives.

• Enters complete, accurate, and timely electronic health record documentation.

• Enters nutrition orders when authorized by Medical Staff policy and procedure to reflect patient care.

• Participates in patient care rounds, collaborates with physicians, nurses, and other allied health professionals to create nutrition plans of care.

• Promotes evidence-based nutrition care and makes expertise available to foodservice areas.

• Provides timely responses to internal electronic communication.

• Other duties as assigned.

$10,000 Sign On Bonus for eligible applicants

Relocation Bonus for eligible applicants

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Must be able to read, write, speak, and have good comprehension of conversational English [Required]

• Basic computer skills and knowledge of Microsoft Office [Required]

• Comprehensive knowledge and application of nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy [Required]

• General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing, e-mail, and spreadsheet software [Required]

• Ability to search the web for nutrition research or practice updates and apply knowledge to updating reference materials, preparing for presentations, education, etc. [Required]

• Avails self to staff on units as the nutrition expert [Required]

• Participates in Quality Improvement activities [Required]

• Attends interdisciplinary meetings and rounds on assigned units as scheduled unless valid excuse demonstrated [Required]

• Assists in regulatory survey preparation when applicable [Required]

• Reviews and/or updates department resource/reference materials when applicable or required [Required]

• When confronted with barriers to meeting patient care standards, improves process by planning and implementing action steps [Required]

• Identifies specific patient or staff needs, initiates and develops educational or clinical materials then evaluates outcomes [Required]

• Assures that care delivered to each patient is in accordance with established standards [Required]

• Skill and knowledge in working with an electronic health record system [Required]

• Analyzes and interprets reliable assessment data to identify an actual occurrence, risk of, or potential for developing a nutrition problem [Required]

• Nutrition Diagnoses/Problems are included on the patient care plan and updated as more data becomes available, or signed off as applicable [Required]

• Provides appropriate intervention in accordance with the identified patient’s goals [Required]

• Identifies and follows through with potential complex discharge planning needs, intervenes early to promote timely attainment of goals [Required]

• Adheres to reassessment timeframe per standards [Required]

• Reassesses and updates nutrition care process and implement changes as indicated [Required]

• Complies with National Patient Safety Goals regarding abbreviation usage, patient identification [Required]

• Assessment, interventions and procedures utilizing equipment are appropriate for age group [Required]

• Strong verbal and written communication, organizational, problem-solving, and customer service skills [Required]

• Ability to interact constructively with supervisors, peers, and support personnel [Required]

• Ability to work well with minimal supervision [Required]

• Ability to keep accurate and complete records [Required]

• Initiative to keep abreast of new information/products/developments in the field of Dietetics [Required]

• Knowledge of federal, state, and local laws and regulations as related to Dietetics practice [Required]

• Proficiency in the Nutrition Care Process of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics [Required]

• Proficiency in identifying and using comparative standards to estimate energy, fat, protein, carbohydrate, fiber, fluid, vitamin and mineral needs as well as recommended body weight, BMI, and desired growth patterns [Required]

• Ability to be flexible and willingness to adapt to changes as necessary [Required]

Education:

• Bachelor's [Required]

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) [Required]

Physical Requirements:

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