Ambulatory Renal Transplant Dietitian

The University of Kansas Health System • Kansas City, KS

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Ambulatory Renal Transplant Clinical Dietitian serves as an integral member of the interdisciplinary transplant care team. This role focuses on providing comprehensive nutrition care to renal transplant patients in the outpatient setting through a hybrid work model that includes both in-person clinic visits and remote care. The dietitian conducts individualized nutrition assessments, develops and implements tailored nutrition care plans, and provides ongoing monitoring and follow-up to evaluate patient progress. Nutrition interventions are adjusted as needed to support optimal transplant outcomes and long-term patient health.

Requirements

• Master's Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics (required for RDs credentialed after 1/1/2024.) from an accredited college or university.
• Bachelors Degree in Nutrition or related field from an accredited college or university.
• High School Graduate
• Registered Dietitian (RD) - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) Bachelor's degree required for RDs credentialed prior to 1/1/2024. upon Hire
• Licensed Dietitian - Health Occupations Credentialing - Kansas (KDADS) upon Hire

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates competence in the areas of critical thinking, interpersonal relationships, and technical skills.
• Performs key functions of nutrition care according to department standards and procedures, including screening for nutrition risk, nutrition assessment, development of care plan, and follow-up monitoring/reassessment of patients identified to be at nutrition risk.
• Collaborates with physicians and other members of the health care team to implement nutrition care, coordinates care in conjunction with other disciplines, assesses progress of patients towards desired outcomes, records variances, and communicates with health care team when outcomes are not met.
• Acts as a nutrition resource/advocate to others for specific patients/families.
• Participates in team management rounds and care conferences of patients, and reports and responds to resulting requests for nutritional services.
• Instructs/counsels patients/families in nutritional care, understands/applies basic learning principles to both children and adults, is aware of available resources, utilizes available resources, and evaluates effectiveness of own teaching.
• Serves as student preceptor.
• Maintains and upgrades own level of nutritional care expertise while serving as a nutrition expert to staff, clients, students and community.
• Provides smooth, efficient, courteous flow of nutritional care information to Clinical Nutrition staff, managers and others health providers as needed.
• Actively participates in staff meetings, ad hoc meetings, and as a resource to others.
• Applies current research findings in practice by implementing evidenced based practice.
• Participates in department quality improvement activities and data collection as requested
• Participates in community education activities and/or outreach programs as needed.
• Must be able to perform the professional, clinical and or technical competencies of the assigned unit or department.
• Other duties may be assigned as required.

What This Job Offers