Dietitian

Encompass Health • Birmingham, AL

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About The Position

The Dietitian promotes patient health and wellness through personalized nutrition care. The role assesses patients’ nutritional needs, develops and implements dietary plans, educates patients about healthy eating, provides instruction on post-discharge diets, and monitors nutritional status. The Dietitian also counsels patients according to physician orders and diet instructions, collaborates with physicians and other care disciplines, evaluates nutrition-related referral orders, documents care in medical records, adapts menus for special dietary needs, conducts calorie counts, and reviews menus for nutritional adequacy.

Requirements

• Registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the American Dietetic Association.
• State licensure is required.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree from an accredited institution with a major in Food & Nutrition.

Nice To Haves

• Membership in the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• One year of Clinical Dietetics experience.

Responsibilities

• Communicate with and counsel patients according to physician orders and diet instructions.
• Communicate with physicians and other disciplines involved in patient care.
• Evaluate referral orders to determine the adequacy of nutrition intake methods.
• Document pertinent information in patients’ medical records according to established standards.
• Implement nutritional care plans, adapt menus, and assist patients with special dietary needs.
• Conduct calorie counts and make appropriate recommendations.
• Review, revise, and sign off on menus for nutritional adequacy.
• Assess patients’ nutritional needs, provide education on healthy eating habits, instruct patients on post-discharge diets, and monitor nutritional status.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their families.
• Paid time off that accrues over time.
• Tuition reimbursement and continuing education opportunities.
• Company-matching 401(k).
• Employee stock purchase plan.
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time