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We are seeking a compassionate and knowledgeable Registered Dietitian to join our Outpatient Pediatric Endocrinology team. This part-time role (20 hours per week) focuses on providing specialized nutrition care for children and adolescents with endocrine disorders.
Job Responsibility:
Provides timely, comprehensive, evidence-based nutritional care and education to patients and families
Participates in the training of medical staff, dietetic interns and peers
Ensures best practices by regularly reviewing various literature and changing policies/practice as needed
Acts in a manner which is highly responsive to patients' needs and promotes and supports the highest quality nutritional care
Provides ongoing nutritional assessment, monitoring, evaluation, and education to patients and families
Develops and implements individualized nutrition care plans for patients across the lifecycle, from infants to the elderly, as assigned
Integrates evidence-based research in the education, practice and management of patients
Effectively communicates nutrition plans and rationale to team members verbally and in the medical record
Demonstrates the ability to utilize various HIPAA secure patient communication modalities such as Zoom, My Chart, etc
Provides education on medical nutrition therapy and food-drug interactions to patients to patients, their families and significant others
Ensures continuity of care when a patient transitions to an alternate level of care within the facility or at discharge
Develops nutrition education materials
Provides lectures to residents, NP’s, and Fellows on Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
Demonstrates advanced clinical skills and knowledge base and mentors Clinical Dietitians
Serves as clinical preceptor to dietetic interns and provides didactic training to nutrition students, peers and other medical professionals, including medical students, surgical residents, fellows, attendings
Participates in orienting, training and in-servicing professional and other nutrition staff
Maintains expertise by pursuing pertinent continuing education opportunities
Participates in unit-based, disease-specific and interdisciplinary rounds on a frequent basis and acts as a consultant/resource to all members of the health care team
Participates in weekly nutrition support rounds
Serves as liaison/ambassador between patients/units and foodservice staff
Exercises independent judgment and displays advanced decision making
Evaluates literature, new products, and techniques
Develops standards/protocols to ensure consistent, appropriate, evidence-based therapies
Participates in quality assurance activities. Serves on committees for department and hospital initiatives
Represents the department at community nutrition functions
Attends regular department staff meetings as scheduled
Research/Publishing/Speaking opportunities may arise and participation is encouraged, though not required
Requirements:
Bachelor's degree Accepted if certified by the Commission on Dietetics Registration for degrees received before 1/1/2024 and 2 years clinical nutrition experience in a healthcare setting required
Master's degree ACEND certified for degrees received on/after 1/1/2024 and 2 years clinical nutrition experience in a healthcare setting required
Or equivalent combination of education and experience
RD - Registered Dietician upon hire required
Advanced Certification CNSC, CDCES, CSP or other specialist certification in specific area of practice within 1-1/2 years required
2 years of experience, CDCES preferred (required after 18 months)