Clinical Dietitian - 4 days/week

Bronson Healthcare Group•Kalamazoo, MI

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian is a member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team and provides patient-centered care. The dietitian assesses nutrition needs; develops, implements, and evaluates nutrition care plans; reports results appropriately; applies current research and evidence-based guidelines; and coordinates work in accordance with department policies, procedures, and healthcare team goals. The role is accountable for setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and promoting positive patient outcomes. It involves working with healthcare team members and interacting with patients, caregivers, and families while being supportive of diversity and cultural factors. The dietitian provides patient, community, and staff education individually or in groups as needed, and participates in efforts to improve community health and well-being. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate skills and competencies specific to the population served. This position is scheduled for four days per week, 32 hours weekly, on first shift, and is part-time.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Nutrition.
Master’s degree for individuals becoming Registered Dietitians in 2024 and thereafter; RDs who graduated before 2024 are not required to have a graduate degree.
Completion of a supervised practice program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
Credential as a Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist by the Commission on Dietetic Registration within six months of hire.
Demonstrated computer competency, including ability to use an Electronic Medical Record, and proficiency in Microsoft Office.
Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
Excellent organizational and communication skills and ability to manage several projects simultaneously.
Demonstrated skills and competencies specific to the population served when providing direct patient care.

Responsibilities

Assess patients’ nutrition needs and identify patients at increased nutritional risk using nutrition screening criteria and medical record reviews.
Monitor nutrition-related risks and patient status using anthropometric, biochemical, laboratory, feeding, intake, diagnosis, and chronic-condition information.
Document nutrition assessments, interpreting nutrition intake, physical, anthropometric, biochemical, laboratory, feeding-skill, and clinical-sign data.
Develop and document age- and disease-specific nutrition plans of care, identify nutrition problems, and prescribe appropriate interventions as part of patients’ overall care plans.
Review patient response to nutrition plans and adjust the plans when needed based on observed changes or unresolved or new nutrition problems.
Apply dietary guidelines and nutrition standards of care in health and disease to patient care and education.
Assess patient and family teaching needs and develop and document teaching plans with patient-focused outcomes.
Participate in developing and documenting discharge or discontinuation-of-care plans; monitor progress toward discharge and update nutrition plans as necessary.
Document follow-up plans and provide phone follow-up when indicated, supporting continuity of care with primary care providers and dietitians.
Review medical records and analyze nutrition-related data for process improvement or compliance.
Provide patient, community, and staff education individually or in groups as needed.
Coordinate activities with the healthcare team and work according to department policies, procedures, and team goals.