Clinical Dietitian I

CommonSpirit Health•The Woodlands, TX

About The Position

St. Luke’s Health - The Woodlands Hospital is a 245-bed facility serving North Harris and Montgomery counties. Its clinical services include cardiovascular care, diagnostic imaging, women’s services, neurosciences, pediatric care, surgery, pathology, pulmonary services, and sleep disorder services. The hospital is recognized as a Best Hospital by U.S. News & World Report, is the clinical home for the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center, and received an “A” hospital safety grade from The Leapfrog Group in 2023 and 2025. The Clinical Dietitian provides expert nutrition care by developing and implementing individualized plans intended to improve patient health outcomes. The role communicates nutritional information across systems and participates in health team meetings as the nutrition expert. Care is evidence-based, empathetic, and consistent with professional standards, with effective communication with patients and healthcare teams. The dietitian assesses and monitors patients’ nutritional status, identifies nutrition-related diagnoses and risk, develops and implements individualized nutrition interventions, and provides education to patients, families, and caregivers. The role works with interdisciplinary care teams and Food and Nutrition Services, contributes to patient experience and service quality, and participates in peer reviews, chart audits, and Diet Manual Handbook training for clinical staff.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and completion of an accredited dietetics program (ACEND—Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics).
Registered Dietitian credential required within 90 days of hire; the posting lists Registered Dietician, Registered Dietitian ADA, Registered Dietitian AND, or Registered Dietitian CDR.
Texas Dietitian credential required within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

Perform nutritional assessments using age- and gender-appropriate standards, taking cultural, religious, and ethnic backgrounds into account and using validated assessment tools; identify nutrition-related diagnoses when indicated.
Conduct routine screening to identify patients at nutritional risk.
Collaborate with interdisciplinary teams to facilitate care and identify patients at nutrition risk or those who need a higher level of care.
Implement targeted, specific nutrition interventions.
Provide customized nutrition education to patients, families, and caregivers.
Monitor, evaluate, and rescreen patients’ nutrition status as appropriate; update plans of care and follow up with patients as needed.
Develop intervention plans that specify an appropriate feeding route, mode, and nutrition prescription based on the patient’s needs and physicians’ orders.
Evaluate patient responses to interventions against measurable goals documented in the nutrition care plan, and record findings thoroughly and promptly in the medical record.
Collaborate with Food and Nutrition Services to enhance the patient experience, including participating in test trays and menu reviews, periodically auditing trayline diet-order accuracy, and validating menu compliance with the facility Diet Manual Handbook and Nutrition Care Manual.
Support patient-interactive roles, maintain communication with patients, staff, and guests, and provide excellent customer service.
Participate in peer reviews and chart audits.
Collaborate in Diet Manual Handbook training for clinical staff, including registered dietitians, nurses, therapists, and physicians, and explain how to access hard- and soft-copy versions.