Clinical Dietician - Liberty OP Cardiac Rehab - PRN

The Christ Hospital Health Network • West Chester Township, OH

6h

About The Position

A member of the multidisciplinary health care team responsible for designing, coordinating, and implementing optimal nutritional care and education for patients and clients in accordance with established standards of care. The role provides outpatient nutritional counseling, assesses nutritional needs, develops and monitors individualized plans of care, communicates care through documentation using the Nutrition Care Process and ADIME, and educates patients and families. It also supports corporate wellness services and community programs through presentations, activities, budgeting, outcome documentation, and event support. The dietician maintains professional competency, participates in performance improvement, and demonstrates awareness of patients’ developmental, physical, psychosocial, cultural, religious, language, communication, and literacy needs across the life span.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree from a Coordinated Program or Didactic Program in Dietetics; alternatively, a bachelor’s degree with a certificate in a Didactic Program in Dietetics and completion of a Dietetic Internship or Preprofessional Practice program. The program must be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation/Approval for Dietetics Education (CAADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
• Active registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association is required. Registration-eligible candidates with a limited permit to practice in Ohio may be considered, but must successfully complete the registration exam before the 90-day review.
• Current license to practice dietetics in the state of practice (Ohio or Kentucky) is required.
• In-depth knowledge of normal and therapeutic nutrition and the nutritional requirements of individuals of all ages and physical or disease states.
• Ability to assess nutritional status and risk and develop comprehensive care plans for patients at all levels of nutritional risk.
• Ability to develop and implement effective nutrition education plans and programs for a variety of target audiences.
• Strong verbal and written communication, interpersonal, problem-solving, decision-making, time-management, and leadership skills.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in general clinical dietetics practice is desirable.
• One year of experience in the practice area is preferred.
• Computer skills are strongly preferred.
• Active professional certification specific to the practice specialty is preferred when applicable.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual initial and follow-up appointments for outpatient nutritional counseling.
• Prepare for outpatient counseling based on individual needs and specific diseases.
• Assess the nutritional needs of patients identified as requiring medical nutrition therapy, using age-specific physiological and developmental criteria.
• Develop, monitor, and reassess plans of care that account for age-specific needs and cultural and socioeconomic factors; revise plans as needed to improve outcomes.
• Communicate nutrition needs and care issues to other health care providers using Nutrition Care Process and ADIME documentation.
• Educate patients, families, and significant others about normal and therapeutic nutrition based on individual learning needs, including age-related, cultural, and spiritual considerations.
• Develop educational materials for patient education.
• Develop nutritional care plans and establish goals with patients and families based on nutritional standards of care.
• Develop or modify, deliver, and evaluate group presentations, including lunch-and-learns and displays.
• Plan and conduct corporate wellness activities, including presentations and audience-engagement activities; develop and update proposed and actual budgets; document pre- and post-program data and prepare executive summaries of outcomes.
• Assist with other corporate wellness activities, such as biometric screenings.
• Plan, develop, and conduct community programs, including group presentations and appropriate activities; develop and update proposed and actual budgets; document pre- and post-program data and prepare executive summaries of outcomes.
• Support health fairs and other community events.
• Maintain professional competency through appropriate reading and attendance at seminars, workshops, meetings, and conferences.
• Participate in competency assessment and self-evaluation to establish professional goals and a development plan, emphasizing a specialty area when appropriate.
• Provide educational opportunities for staff members.
• Participate in interdepartmental and intradepartmental performance-improvement activities related to patient care and service.
• Maintain effective written and oral communication within the institution, organization, and department.
• Demonstrate competencies addressing the developmental, physical, psychosocial, mental, emotional, social, cultural, religious, language, communication, and literacy needs of patients across the life span.

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