Advanced Dietitian

Advanced Dietitian

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. Founded in 1913, City of Hope has grown into one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the U.S., and one of the leading research centers for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses.

The successful candidate:

Responsible for assessing patients' nutritional status and intervening with appropriate medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and/or education to improve, maintain, or optimize nutritional status.

Job Responsibilities:

• Formulate and implement nutritional care plans based on assessment of patients' nutritional needs, diet restrictions, nutrition support and physician care plans. Each RD will be able to manage a minimum of 12 patients daily.
• Monitor and evaluates effectiveness of patients care plan. Document thoroughly and appropriately all nutrition care information in patient medical record.
• Counsel and educate on nutritional support and nutritional management to patients and their families, physicians, paraprofessionals, the community and potential candidates for hire within the corporation.
• Collaborate with medical staff, nursing, pharmacy, and other hospital stakeholders to plan and implement patient care as necessary in meeting the nutritional needs of patients.
• Monitor inpatient foodservice operations to ensure compliance with physician diet orders and quality standards. Assist with monthly foodservice in-service education. Sign off on foodservice competencies for inpatient meal delivery. Approve inpatient menus.
• Monitor foodservice operations to ensure compliance with physician diet orders and quality standards.
• Integrate food and dietetic services into the hospital wide QAPI and infection control programs.
• Responsible for clinical nutrition and nutrition support in coordination with the use of Telemedicine and the use of other nutritional services for patient care needs internally and externally as designated by CTCA.

Job Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum of 7 years of clinical dietician experience [oncology experience and/or advanced degree may reduce minimum years] or Certified Specialist in Oncology (CSO)
• Education: Bachelor of Science in nutritional science
• Licensure: Maintenance of Dietetic Registration
• Certification: See Experience Requirement

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our comprehensive benefits, click here: Benefits Information

City of Hope employees pay is based on the following criteria: work experience, qualifications, and work location.