Clinical Dietitian I

Deerfield Management Companies•Cary, NC

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian I provides medical nutrition therapy and diabetes education to improve patient outcomes and quality of life. The role delivers individual medical nutrition therapy and individual or group diabetes education in person and/or through telehealth. It assesses, monitors, and documents patients’ nutritional status and needs using established standards of care and evidence-based practice guidelines, and provides tailored, age-specific, disease-specific, and culturally competent counseling and education to patients and families. The dietitian documents patient progress in the electronic medical record and collaborates with primary care providers and specialty services to coordinate care. The role also develops and updates educational materials, provides training or presentations to other providers as needed, contributes website articles and recipes, and supports outcomes collection and research activities. The dietitian keeps current with developments in dietetics, trains patients on continuous glucose monitoring devices after completing the required training program, and maintains applicable licenses, credentials, and continuing education. Additional assigned or necessary tasks may also be performed.

Requirements

Registered Dietitian through the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Licensed Dietitian through the North Carolina Board of Nutrition and Dietetics.
At least 1 year of clinical nutrition experience is highly preferred.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Strong computer skills.
Strong attention to detail.
Ability to work as a team player.
Efficient time management and workload prioritization.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing and in person.
Ability to read and interpret common medical terminology.
Ability to report on time for scheduled shifts and be prepared to perform the job duties.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.
At least 1 year of clinical nutrition experience highly preferred.
Diabetes education experience preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide individual medical nutrition therapy and individual and group diabetes education to support patient goals, through in-person and/or telehealth sessions.
Assess, evaluate, interpret, monitor, and document patients’ nutritional status and needs using standards of care and evidence-based practice guidelines.
Counsel patients and provide tailored nutrition education to patients and their families.
Use age-specific, disease-specific, and culturally competent educational materials and counseling techniques to meet patient needs.
Document patient progress in the electronic medical record.
Communicate and collaborate with patients’ primary care providers and specialty services to coordinate care.
Attend mandatory trainings and department meetings and contribute ideas and thoughts to discussions.
Develop, review, update, and implement educational materials for patients and providers.
Provide in-service training or presentations for company providers and specialists as needed.
Contribute blog articles and recipes to the company website.
Contribute case studies and patient progress data to outcomes collection and research activities.
Study emerging trends and research in dietetics and share findings with the nutrition team.
Train patients on continuous glucose monitoring devices after completion of the training program.
Maintain licensure through the North Carolina Board of Nutrition and Dietetics and credentials with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Complete at least 15 diabetes-related continuing education credits annually to maintain instructor status in the Avance Care accredited diabetes program, in addition to continuing education required to maintain RDN credentials.
Accomplish assigned tasks and other tasks as they become necessary.
Adhere to Avance Care policies and procedures and act as a role model within the clinic.
Perform administrative and clinical duties as workload necessitates.
Maintain company and patient confidentiality on and off work premises.
Maintain a positive and respectful attitude, team spirit, and morale; use tact in personal interactions.
Report to work on time for scheduled shifts, prepared to perform the duties of the position.