Clinical Dietitian - Specialty Rehab

About the role

Duke University Health System seeks to hire a dedicated Clinical Dietitian who will embrace our mission of Advancing Health Together. The Specialty Rehab Services Midtown helps you regain strength and mobility after illness or injury. Our certified diabetes educators provide nutrition counseling and personalized plans to manage your nutritional health. We offer customized rehab plans for people who are recovering from serious health events like a heart attack or stroke, injuries, and surgery. We also offer services to improve function in people with diabetes, severe heart and lung disease, and more. Our programs focus on reaching individual goals, achieving independence, and incorporating exercise.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all phases of nutrition care including nutrition assessment, care planning, monitoring, education and counseling of hospitalized patients and outpatients in a variety of settings.
• Perform duties in support of and in compliance with performance improvement plans, JCAHO, and other licensing, accrediting, and regulatory agencies.

Requirements

• Education: Baccalaureate degree in Food and Nutrition, Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences, Human Nutrition, or comparable major.
• Experience: One year in an acute care environment preferred; experience may be waived for specific positions.
• Licensure: Registered dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration; Licensed dietitian/nutritionist (LDN) by the North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutrition; provision for license-eligible dietitians as above.

Qualifications

• Education: Baccalaureate degree in Food and Nutrition, Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences, Human Nutrition, or comparable major.
• Experience: One year in an acute care environment preferred; experience may be waived for specific positions.
• Licensure: Registered dietitian (RD) by the Commission on Dietetic Registration; Licensed dietitian/nutritionist (LDN) by the North Carolina Board of Dietetics and Nutrition; provision for license-eligible dietitians as above.

Skills

• Ability to coordinate all phases of nutrition care.
• Ability to perform duties in support of and in compliance with performance improvement plans, JCAHO, and other licensing, accrediting, and regulatory agencies.

Benefits

DUHS offers career growth and enrichment within our Nutrition services. There is a clinical ladder program with various steps and opportunities at each hospital within the health system.

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