Registered Dietitian - Dialysis - 40 Hours/Week

Job Summary

We are seeking a Registered Dietitian to join our dialysis team in a full-time, 40-hours-per-week role. This is a split-site position, providing nutrition services and patient support across two outpatient dialysis facilities in the Metro Detroit area. The successful candidate will divide their time between both locations and collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams to support optimal patient outcomes.

Work Locations

• Troy Dialysis (70% of the time)
• 2050 Livernois, Suite A
  Troy, MI 48083
• Home Dialysis Specialty Center (30% of the time)
• 29001 Harper Ave.
  St. Clair Shores, MI 48081

Duties & Responsibilities

• Interviews patients (and others as relevant) for initial and update assessments
• Assesses patient’s initial and ongoing nutritional status
• Calculates, prescribes and instructs others regarding diet for patients
• Provides nutritional education to patient, caregivers and unit staff
• Cooks with other health care facilities and is involved in continuing communication with hospitals, extended care facilities, home health care agencies, senior centers and “Meals on Wheels” staff
• Makes recommendations regarding phosphorus binder initiation, type and dosage changes, renal vitamins, stool softeners, oral iron products, cinacalcet and oral vitamin D analogs and calcium supplements
• Reviews monthly labs with patient
• Makes recommendations regarding nutritional issues, (e.g. alternate feeding route, tube feedings supplemental feedings) and monitors status
• Provides crisis intervention, (e.g. response to panic values, hyperkalemia)
• Makes recommendations to patients and team based on nutritional assessments/reassessments
• May mentor Dietetic Interns as requested

Education & Experience

• Requires Bachelor of Science in Nutrition
• Requires completion of an approved dietetic internship
• ADA Registered and minimum of 1 year professional experience as RD in clinical nutrition required

Additional Details

This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.