Dietitian Radiation Oncology

About the role

The Registered Dietitian (RD) provides medical nutrition therapy services including nutrition education, assessment, reassessment, intervention, diagnosis, monitoring and condition-specific nutrition care for patients using the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND) Standards of Practice in Nutrition Care and Standards of Professional Performance for Registered Dietitians.

Responsibilities

• Absorb and apply evidence-based competency in the physical, psychosocial, and cultural assessment of the patient and adapt care to meet the individual patient’s emotional, education, and age-specific needs.
• Initiate and participate in quality improvement programs and support institutional accreditation.
• Provide training and mentorship for Dietetic Interns as needed and serve as a supporting role in community events as requested.
• Provide outpatient nutrition counseling services through scheduling, billing, documentation, and communication with providers in accordance with coding and billing requirements and professional obligation.
• Assess, diagnose, implement, and evaluate treatments and provide appropriate, individualized plan of care based on nutrition assessment and needs of the patient while following departmental policy and guidelines.
• Set patient-focused, measurable goals and follow up appropriately.
• Demonstrate knowledge and competency that reflects current Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) practices.
• Stay abreast of and follow guidelines related to accreditation, patient safety, etc. when caring for patients.
• Support the MD and clinical staff in the provision of patient care to include collaboration with physicians to provide for the specialized needs of the patient.
• Recognize and respond to variances in patient care/condition, to include notification of the Physician and team of factors that will affect their care.
• Maintain up-to-date patient documentation without frequent supervision.
• Submit documentation of patient care information and perform timely billing so the department can be paid for the services provided in an appropriate time frame.
• Deliver excellent service to patients/families and other customers by providing assistance with their overall needs.
• This includes linking patients with appropriate resources in the community, providing service to other customers that may be assigned to another co-worker, etc.
• Stay abreast of current community and RHS resources that patients may be referred to for assistance with their needs.
• Build trusting collaborative relationships with a multi-disciplinary team to support patient care needs.
• Attend IPOC care meetings as appropriate.
• Participate actively in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Initiate and/or participate in Quality Assurance/Process Improvement processes focused on improved processes, patient safety or satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, with Commission on Dietetic Registration if registered before 12/31/2023 (Required) or Master's Degree, with Commission on Dietetic Registration if registered after 12/31/2023 (Required).
• Experience: 1 year Healthcare Nutrition/Dietetics (Preferred).
• Licenses and Certifications:
  • Registered Dietician (RD) - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) (Required).
  • Food Handlers Card (FH) - VA State - ANSI-approved Food Handlers certificate program (only required for RDs in inpatient settings) within 30 Days (Required).
  • Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) (Preferred).
  • Certified Nutrition Support Dietitian (CNSD) (Preferred).

Benefits

Actual pay is determined based on job-related factors such as relevant experience, education, credentials, skills, internal equity, and business needs.

Schedule

Details on the schedule are not specified in the job posting.

Pay

Pay range is $30.60 - $42.08/Hourly.