Clinical Dietitian – Days

Clinical Dietitian – Days

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or advanced degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Practice in an acute care setting (outside of dietetic internship) preferred.
• Computer literacy (minimum Outlook, Word, Excel, EMR).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with patients and staff from diverse cultural, educational, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Exceptional time management skills; self-starter and a team player.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the delivery of nutrition care to assigned patients.
• Identify patients at nutritional risk; perform nutrition assessments based on pertinent medical, laboratory and patient interview data. Provide diet therapy and counseling.
• Plan, recommend and evaluate enteral and parenteral nutrition prescriptions specific to individual patient nutrition and metabolic requirements.
• Monitors and evaluates patient’s progress. Electronically documents all aspects of nutrition care.
• Mentor and teach nutrition and diet therapy principles to dietetic interns, medical students, and healthcare providers.
• Act as a resource for department staff, physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care team.
• Participates in continuing education and Inservice training programs.
• Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving.
• Ensure improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning.

Preferred Qualifications

• Practice in an acute care setting (outside of dietetic internship) preferred.
• Advanced practice certification and/or nutrition support and/or pediatric experience a plus.