Clinical Dietitian

CommonSpirit Health•Phoenix, AZ

26d

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian provides expert nutrition care by developing and implementing individualized plans to improve patient health outcomes. The role communicates nutritional data across systems and participates in health team meetings as the resident nutrition expert. Successful performance requires clinical expertise, empathetic and evidence-based care, adherence to professional standards, and effective communication with patients and healthcare teams. The Clinical Dietitian develops nutrition interventions tailored to each patient's needs and medical orders, monitors and documents responses to care, updates plans as needed, and collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams and Food and Nutrition Services to identify nutrition risks, support appropriate levels of care, and enhance the patient experience. The position is at Saint Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, a 571-bed nonprofit hospital.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and completion of an accredited dietetics program (ACEND — Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics).
Registered Dietitian (RD, RD-ADA, RD-AND, or RD-CDR) within 90 days of hire.

Responsibilities

Develop an intervention plan that specifies the appropriate feeding route, mode, and nutrition prescription for each patient's needs and physicians' orders.
Monitor and evaluate patient responses to interventions against measurable goals documented in the nutrition care plan, recording findings thoroughly and promptly in the medical record.
Update the plan of care as necessary and follow up with patients as needed.
Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team to facilitate care and identify patients at nutrition risk or who need a higher level of care.
Collaborate with the Food and Nutrition Services team to enhance the patient experience.
Communicate nutritional data across systems and participate in health team meetings as the resident nutrition expert.