Clinical Dietitian

Deaconess Health System•Newburgh, IN

About The Position

Deaconess Dietitians provide nutritional care to hospital patients and manage nutrition care for assigned units, spending a significant portion of their time assessing and instructing individual patients. The Clinical Dietitian identifies patients at nutritional risk or those with a physician consultation order, conducts nutritional assessments, and completes assessments for patients identified as high risk through nursing screening. The role includes identifying food and drug interactions and providing nutrition education to patients and their families. The dietitian develops and implements plans of care based on assessed nutritional needs and available resources, coordinating plans with other healthcare personnel. Nutrition care plans and related information are documented in patients’ medical records in accordance with the Standards of Care. The role also includes maintaining the tube-feeding formulary, developing therapeutic menus, participating in meetings and quality-improvement activities, teaching and assessing outpatients and Home Healthcare patients, and providing consultation to affiliated hospitals and clinics.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
Completion of an approved internship or C.D.P. program.
Credentialed through CDR or registry eligible.
If registry eligible, pass the RD exam and become registered within 6 months of hire.
Obtain licensure in the applicable state within 6 months of becoming registered through CDR.

Nice To Haves

New graduates are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Identify patients at nutritional risk and patients with physician consultation orders.
Conduct nutritional assessments, including assessments for patients identified as high risk by nursing screening.
Identify food and drug interactions and provide nutrition education to patients and family members.
Develop and implement plans of care based on nutritional needs and available resources, coordinating with other healthcare personnel.
Document nutrition care plans and related information in patients’ medical records in accordance with the Standards of Care.
Maintain the tube-feeding formulary by evaluating products, recommending and communicating product changes, and instructing appropriate personnel in the use of new products.
Formulate menus for therapeutic diets based on patients’ medical and physical conditions and integrate them with basic institutional menus.
Attend appropriate intra- and inter-departmental meetings, in-services, and care conferences.
Teach and assess outpatients and Home Healthcare patients.
Provide consultative services to affiliated hospitals and clinics, including Deaconess Cross Pointe, Pediatric Specialty Clinic, Wound Clinic, Weight Loss Solutions Clinic, and The Women’s Hospital.
Participate in care path and CQI teams and in the Hospital QAPI program.