Clinical Dietitian

Trinity Health • Muskegon, MI

46d • Onsite

About The Position

This is a part-time Clinical Dietitian position, primarily on the 1st shift (8 am to 4:30 pm). It may involve working one of four weekends and rotating holidays. The role focuses on developing and implementing nutritional care plans, communicating patient information, monitoring care quality, instructing patients on diets, and educating dietary staff. The position requires accountability for hospital resources and maintaining competency in electronic health records.

Requirements

• Bachelors degree in Dietetics from an accredited university or institution of higher learning.
• Registered member of the American Dietetic Association or eligible to become a registered member.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements a plan of nutritional care utilizing accepted dietary standards based on assessment of nutritional needs and correlates with other healthcare plans.
• Communicates patient nutritional information to appropriate health team members, sets priorities on daily work assignments.
• Participates in monitoring and evaluating the quality and appropriateness of nutritional care.
• Instructs in-patients and out-patients in prescribed diets and provides follow up services to assess adequacy of nutritional care.
• Demonstrates accountability for hospital resources.
• Identifies personal learning needs related to clinical and age related patient populations.
• Educates dietary staff in areas of clinical nutrition including use of diet manuals, meal patterns.
• Maintains competency in accessing and documenting patient information in the automated patient medical record as defined by policy and procedure.

Benefits

• Colleague Referral Program to earn cash and prizes
• Unlimited career growth opportunities with one of the largest Catholic healthcare organizations in the country
• DailyPay - if you’re hired as an eligible colleague, you’ll be able to see how much you’ve made every day and transfer your money any time before payday.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Part-time
• Career Level: Mid Level