Clinical Dietitian III

Texas Children's Medical Center • Houston, TX

18d

About The Position

We are searching for a Clinical Dietitian III- LIVER. Someone who will provide nutritional assessment of patients, care plan development and management of needs across the patient care continuum leveraging their clinical expertise to lead quality improvement projects, create staff education, or conduct research. Think you've got what it takes?

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition
• RD/RDN from commission on dietetic registration
• LD- licensed in the state of Texas by TX Department of Licensing and Regulation
• An additional certification (CDCES, CCTD, CEDRD, CHES, CNSC, CSO. CSOWM, CSP, CSPCC, CSR,CSSD, or IBCLC) required.
• 7 years nutrition experience including 2 years clinical specialty area of focus required.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides age-appropriate assessments and reassessments of all patients identified at nutrition risk to include diabetes management and education per established time frame/guidelines.
• Adapts nutrition plan to specific economic, social, cultural, and age-appropriate patient needs utilizing progressive problem-solving skills.
• Implements proactive patient management through identification of trends, anticipatory interventions, non-apparent barriers such as cognitive or behavioral issues, medication side effects.
• Leads interdisciplinary team in creating or improving nutrition related services, practice, or protocols.
• Serves as the subject matter expert in areas of expertise.
• Utilizes Nutrition Focused Physical Exams and other diagnostics and incorporates findings into interpretation and interventions of health condition.
• Researches and implements evidenced based practice into current practice.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees