Registered Dietitian - Inpatient

About the role

Join Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. As a Registered Dietitian (RD), you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. People seek guidance from an RD for many reasons—whether to maximize wellness, manage chronic diseases like diabetes or heart disease, improve sports nutrition, maintain a healthy weight, or age healthfully. You will develop personalized diet plans to help every patient achieve their goals.

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 5:00pm, with flexible start and end times.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients.
• Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans, establish a follow-up system, and maintain documentation.
• Write changes for diet orders, initiate nutrient intake assessments, assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes, and inform physicians of their patients’ nutritional status and need for diet changes.
• Create and revise education materials, participate in program development, and develop, implement, and market services.
• Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a related field.
• Current licensure to practice dietetics in the state (LD).
• Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD).
• One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition (successful completion of a Dietetic Internship Program may substitute for this requirement).

Physical Requirements

• Ability to navigate extensively to provide services to a large number of patients throughout the hospital.
• Manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer entry.
• Physical ability to measure and weigh patients.

Personal Protective Equipment

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Pay

Pay Range Minimum Annual Salary: $52,270.00

Maximum Annual Salary: $79,727.50

The pay range displayed reflects the anticipated range for new hires. Actual compensation will be determined based on the candidate’s work history, experience, skill set, and education. This range does not include applicable pay practices (e.g., shift differentials, overtime, etc.) or the value of Cleveland Clinic’s benefits package (e.g., healthcare, dental, vision, retirement savings contributions, etc.).