Inpatient Clinical Dietitian

About the role

This position is available at Department 11903 Atrium Health Floyd Medical Center - Food and Nutrition Status.

Responsibilities

• Assesses and monitors nutritional status of patients/clients and adjusts nutritional care as indicated utilizing current scientific literature on methodology and relates this information to medical status, anthropometric data, clinical assessment, and nutrition evaluation of the patient/client.
• Provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT)/counseling including assessment and education, developing, monitoring, and implementing MNT/counseling for patients/clients in assigned areas.
• Completes consults and referrals as received.
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, and others to coordinate nutrition into a total patient/client therapy program.
• Completes all required documentation including nutritional care plan, assessments, consultations, nutrient intake analyses and patient/client education in all required documentation tools in a timely, professional, and thorough manner.
• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient/client and family education. Develops, evaluates, and utilizes appropriate education materials.
• Learns needs are identified using methods appropriate to each learner's developmental and educational level; evaluates and documents learner response to teaching.
• Provides/develops periodic in-services on selected topics to team members and other disciplines as requested.
• In-service development for residents and attending physicians is supervised by clinical manager or designee.
• Participates in basic skills orientation, training, and mentoring of team members and dietetic interns as applicable.
• Teaches and disseminates results and findings of nutrition research to medical team members, nursing, pharmacy, patients, and public.
• Communicates with multidisciplinary departments on patient/client care and issues, including performance feedback on personnel when requested or applicable to ensure standards of excellence are met for customer satisfaction.

Requirements

• Must be able to give and receive verbal communications on a continuous basis.
• Must be able to read written communications on a continuous basis both hard copy and on a computer screen.
• Able to compose written communications frequently.
• Able to lift and carry objects weighing 25 pounds or less occasionally.
• Able to perform motor skills as reaching out/up.
• Frequent periods of walking, standing, sitting.
• Infrequently squatting, twisting, and bending.

Qualifications

• Minimum of bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition or related field if CDR registration eligibility is obtained prior to January 1, 2024, or minimum of master’s degree if initial CDR registration is obtained on or after January 1, 2024.
• None Required.

Skills

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the population served.

Benefits

Comprehensive suite of Total Rewards including:

• Compensation
• Premium pay
• Incentive pay
• Paid Time Off programs
• Health and welfare benefits
• Family benefits
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs
• Education Assistance Program

Pay

$28.55 - $42.85

Schedule

Typically, Monday-Friday; Occasional Holidays and weekends