Inpatient Clinical Dietitian Per Diem

Clinical Dietitian

Responsible for providing comprehensive, high quality nutrition care to patients throughout the organization. Primary area of focus includes the assessment and care of patients determined to be malnourished or at risk for malnutrition.

The successful candidate will:

• Oversee the delivery of nutrition care to assigned patients.
• Identify patients at nutritional risk; perform nutrition assessments based on pertinent medical, laboratory and patient interview data. Provide diet therapy and counseling.
• Plan, recommend and evaluate enteral and parenteral nutrition prescriptions specific to individual patient nutrition and metabolic requirements.
• Monitors and evaluates patient's progress. Electronically documents all aspects of nutrition care.
• Mentor and teach nutrition and diet therapy principles to dietetic interns, medical students, and healthcare providers.
• Act as a resource for department staff, physicians, nurses, and other members of the health care team.
• Participates in continuing education and Inservice training programs.
• Communicate effectively and work cooperatively with others.
• Demonstrate leadership skills in decision-making and problem solving.
• Ensure improvements in practice settings by assuming responsibility for self-development in lifelong learning.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Bachelor's degree or advanced degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Practice in an acute care setting (outside of dietetic internship) preferred. Advanced practice certification and/or nutrition support and/or pediatric experience a plus.
• Computer literacy (minimum Outlook, Word, Excel, EMR).
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to work with patients and staff from diverse cultural, educational, and ethnic backgrounds.
• Exceptional time management skills; self-starter and a team player.

Experience (see also competency-based objectives and level advancement criteria): Clinical Dietitian: 0-3 years' experience. Sr. Clinical Dietitian: 3-8 years' experience in tertiary care.