O/P Clinical Dietitian, FCCC: PRN

Firelands Health Careers•Sandusky, OH

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Clinical Dietitian conducts nutritional assessments, plans, directs, and educates weight management, diabetes, and nutrition patients, as well as special needs patients, including pediatrics. This role participates in maintaining comprehensive clinics within the Center for Coordinated Care, including the Weight Management and Nutrition and Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) programs. The position also involves meeting accreditation requirements for the DSME program in accordance with American Diabetes Association standards, working collaboratively with an interdisciplinary education team, and consulting with primary care physicians regarding therapeutic problem-solving for program referrals. The Clinical Dietitian coordinates dietary activities for Weight Management and Nutrition and DSME, provides direct education to individuals and groups, and maintains all required documentation in participant education records, ensuring confidentiality. Additionally, this role educates and supports special needs populations with specific nutritional needs (e.g., celiac, pediatric, cystic fibrosis), promotes healthy living and awareness through community educational programs, interviews patients and/or families to gather dietary information, screens medical records, calculates modified diets, provides diet counseling, and charts appropriately in patient medical records after each contact.

Requirements

Registered Dietitian licensed in the State of Ohio.
Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDES), certification in weight management or goal of obtaining certification within 3 years of employment at Firelands.
Experience in nutritional care and education strongly desired.
Successful completion of a one hundred eighty (180) day get-acquainted period.

Responsibilities

Conducts nutritional assessments.
Plans, directs, and educates weight management, diabetes, and nutrition patients, as well as special needs patients, including pediatrics.
Participates in maintaining comprehensive clinics in the Center for Coordinated Care, including Weight Management and Nutrition and Diabetes Self-Management Education (DSME) programs.
Participates in meeting requirements for accreditation for DSME program in accordance with American Diabetes Association standards.
Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary education team.
Collaborates with primary care physicians regarding therapeutic problem-solving of program referrals.
Coordinates Weight Management and Nutrition and DSME dietary activities and provides direct education for individuals and groups.
Coordinates and maintains all required documentation in program participant’s education record and ensures confidentiality.
Coordinates efforts to educate and support special needs population groups, such as celiac, pediatric, or cystic fibrosis patients who have specific nutritional needs.
Promotes healthy living and awareness, and obesity and diabetes prevention by providing educational programs to the community such as community health fairs and support groups.
Interviews patients and/or family to obtain information regarding food habits and preferences for guidance in planning the patient’s diet.
Screens medical records for pertinent information and documents as needed per established guidelines.
Calculates diets for weight management patients and other modified diets in accordance with disease states, and provides diet counseling for all patients on modified diets who require it.
Charts appropriately in the patient's medical records after each patient contact.