Clinical Dietitian
About The Position
Saint Joseph Hospital, founded in 1877, is a 433-bed hospital in Lexington, Kentucky, committed to providing compassionate care to the underserved. It is recognized as a 2024 Best Place to Work in Kentucky and is part of CommonSpirit Health, a large Catholic health system dedicated to advancing health for all. As a Clinical Dietitian, you will provide expert nutrition care, developing and implementing individualized plans to improve patient health outcomes. You will communicate nutritional data across all systems, participate in health team meetings as the nutrition expert, and integrate clinical expertise with empathetic, evidence-based care. This role involves performing nutritional assessments, conducting screenings, collaborating with interdisciplinary teams, implementing nutrition interventions, providing patient education, and monitoring patient progress. You will also collaborate with the Food and Nutrition Services team to enhance patient experience, participate in quality improvement initiatives, and contribute to training for clinical staff.
Requirements
- Bachelors Other completion of accredited dietetics program (ACEND - Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics)., upon hire
- Registered Dietician, within 90 Days
- Registered Dietitian ADA, within 90 Days
- Registered Dietitian AND, within 90 Days
- Registered Dietitian CDR, within 90 Days
- Dietitian: KY, within 90 Days
Responsibilities
- Performs nutritional assessment using age and gender appropriate standards, cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds; and utilizing validated assessment tools resulting in nutrition-related diagnosis when indicated.
- Conducts routine screening to identify patients at nutritional risk.
- Collaborates within an interdisciplinary environment to contribute to facilitating care and identifying patients at nutrition risk or needing higher levels of care.
- Implements targeted and specific nutrition intervention(s).
- Provides customized nutrition education to patients and/or families and caregivers.
- Works within an interdisciplinary environment to contribute toward overall patient care.
- Closely monitors, evaluates and rescreens patient nutrition status as appropriate.
- Updates plan of care as necessary.
- Follow up with patients as needed.
- Develops an intervention plan which includes appropriate feeding route, mode, and nutrition prescription unique to patient's specific needs, in accordance with physicians' orders.
- Monitors and evaluates patient response to interventions by meeting specific measurable goals documented in the nutrition care plan in a timely and thorough manner in the medical record.
- Collaborates with the Food and Nutrition Services team to enhance patient experience.
- Participates in test trays, menu reviews, periodic auditing of trayline for accuracy of diet orders, validating menu compliance with the facility Diet Manual Handbook and Nutrition Care Manual (NCM).
- Supports with patient interactive positions (i.e. dietitians, diet clerks, interns, etc.).
- Maintains communication with patients, staff, and guests and providing excellent customer service.
- Participates in peer reviews and chart audits.
- Collaborates in Diet Manual Handbook training for all clinical staff (new registered dietitians, nurses, therapists, physicians, etc.), including how to access it in hard and soft copy.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
