Employer Services Dietitian PRN

About the role

The Registered Dietitian (RD) is responsible for direct patient care through the application of the Nutrition Care Process (NCP), including nutrition assessments, diagnosis, interventions, and monitoring. They also provide nutrition counseling and education for both inpatient and outpatient populations.

Responsibilities

• Completes the Nutrition Care Process and Nutrition Focused Physical Exam as appropriate for high quality patient care.
• Documents and maintains records according to the SOP for the RDN, legislation, regulations, and organization policies.
• Precepts and teaches dietetic interns and other students.
• Affirms patient/caregivers, interdisciplinary team, RNC residents, and community education needs and develops, implements, evaluates, and revises teaching strategies and programming.
• Collaborates with Manager, Nutrition Services at least 4 hours every 60 days.
• Coordinates planning, implementation, evaluation, and/or services for patients or the community in area of accountability in collaboration with the interdisciplinary team.
• Makes recommendations to improve safety and quality of care.
• Completes continuing education credits if specialty focus area and/or advanced practice areas annually.
• Consistently reads and applies learnings from published research.
• Drives programs, services, or curricula that impact focus area of dietetics or promote optimal patient care.
• Communicates, collaborates, networks, and acts as a consultant to those within and outside our organization.
• May engage in communication and interactions with the media on issues related to the focus area or other advanced clinical areas.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field; exempted from Masters requirement by virtue of existing status prior to the Jan 1, 2024 Commission on Dietetic Registration update.
• Master's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field; master's degree required when registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration is effective on or after Jan 1, 2024.
• 7 years of relevant experience in nutrition and dietetics in a focused area of practice holding a specialty certification OR 15 years of relevant experience in nutrition and dietetics to be an advanced practitioner in a varied scope of practice areas.

Qualifications

• Required: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field; exempted from Masters requirement by virtue of existing status prior to the Jan 1, 2024 Commission on Dietetic Registration update.
• Preferred: Master's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or related field; master's degree required when registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration is effective on or after Jan 1, 2024.
• 7 years of relevant experience in nutrition and dietetics in a focused area of practice holding a specialty certification OR 15 years of relevant experience in nutrition and dietetics to be an advanced practitioner in a varied scope of practice areas.

Skills

• Expertise in a variety of patient care areas or an expert in a high acuity care area.
• Communication skills.
• Confidence in advocating for patients and nutrition therapy with the interdisciplinary team and within the organization.
• Ability to lead and mentor team members through practice changes and assess competencies or develop team members in research, quality improvement, or leadership skills.
• Ability to lead department or interdisciplinary level projects.
• Ability to achieve national or state recognition as an expert in the industry.
• Ability to create patient/community focused programming and revenue generating education opportunities.
• Ability to identify philanthropic opportunities to support program objectives.
• Ability to seek grant funded opportunities.
• Ability to develop materials that may be purchased by other organizations.
• Ability to present at national continuing education events.
• Ability to write full TPN orders.
• Ability to place nasoenteric feeding tubes.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package to meet your financial, health, and work/life balance goals.

Pay

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Schedule

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