Nutrition Support Dietitian

About the role

The Registered Dietitian (RD) at Option Care Health, Inc. is responsible for developing and implementing clinical, operational, and marketing strategies to promote the home nutrition support program. This role involves providing daily clinical support to parenteral nutrition (PN) patients, performing comprehensive nutrition assessments, and collaborating with pharmacy and nursing teams.

Responsibilities

• Provides day-to-day clinical support of parenteral nutrition (PN) patients.
• Performs comprehensive nutrition assessments, develops and implements nutrition care plans, and provides nutrition education and guidance to patients, caregivers, and clinical staff.
• Conducts nutrition assessments on assigned patients according to developed standards and evidence-based practice.
• Evaluates patients for appropriateness of initiating parenteral nutrition in the home setting by completing full nutrition assessments and assisting in the coordination of this therapy in the home.
• Conducts patient education/teaching in areas of parenteral and enteral nutrition, in-person or phone-based, when necessary according to the needs of the business.
• Participates or leads discussions on PN patients during daily or weekly team meetings, and collaborates regularly with pharmacy and nursing team on the care plan for PN patients.
• Works closely with account managers and regional sales directors to support nutrition-related sales activity and account relationships within assigned territory on a regular basis to ensure appropriate market penetration for nutrition services.
• Maintains knowledge of EN and PN products and basic reimbursement guidelines to effectively answer questions for patients, referral sources, prescribers, and the organization’s employees.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and communicates to appropriate managers and Area Manager, Nutritional Services. Defines and implements Action Plans to continually improve the patient care process.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates continuing education, orientation, and in-service education programs in coordination with corporate, clinical, and sales management.
• Assists in the orientation and training of new Registered Dietitians, sales professionals, and other nutrition-support related staff.
• Uses clinical data to identify and diagnose nutrition-related problems, selects appropriate interventions, tracks progress toward goals.
• Communicates findings of nutritional assessments to appropriate disciplines and documents with progress notes and assessments of patients’ medical records.
• Participates in professional organizations.
• Participates in on-call Dietitian Rotation.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary Option Care information.

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian with a license/certification in the current state of practice, as appropriate.
• Two years of experience with enteral and parenteral nutrition as a nutrition support professional.
• Board Certification in Nutrition Support or intent to receive within 1 year of hire.
• Current CPR certification if patient facing.

Qualifications

• Ability to travel within assigned territory and attend required meetings.
• Leadership and supervisory skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate clinical programs that will meet the needs of the office and community served.
• Ability to educate and empower staff to implement nutrition service processes in the home care setting.
• Flexibility and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Able to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with team members.
• Self-directed, able to work without the presence of an immediate supervisor.
• Intermediate competency with Microsoft Office software.
• Able to work under stressful conditions.

Skills

• Ability to perform comprehensive nutrition assessments.
• Knowledge of EN and PN products and basic reimbursement guidelines.
• Ability to identify and diagnose nutrition-related problems.
• Ability to track progress toward goals.
• Ability to communicate findings of nutritional assessments.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Bonding Time Off
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• HSA Company Match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• myFlexPay
• Family Support
• Mental Health Services
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Award/Recognition Programs