Registered Dietitian - Dialysis
Henry Ford Health•Novi, MI
•Hybrid
About The Position
We are seeking a Registered Dietitian to join our dialysis team in a full-time, 40-hour-per-week role. This is a split-site position, providing nutrition services and patient support across two outpatient dialysis facilities in the Metro Detroit area. The successful candidate will divide their time between both locations and collaborate with interdisciplinary care teams to support optimal patient outcomes. Now Offering a $10,000 Sign-On Bonus!
Requirements
- Bachelor of Science in Nutrition
- Completion of an approved dietetic internship
- ADA Registered
- Minimum of 1 year professional experience as RD in clinical nutrition
Responsibilities
- Get to know your patients through comprehensive initial and ongoing nutritional assessments and interviews (including caregivers and relevant team members)
- Evaluate and monitor each patient's nutritional status and create personalized diet plans that actually work
- Calculate, prescribe, and teach patients and staff about their customized nutrition needs
- Provide engaging educational sessions to patients, caregivers, and unit staff
- Coordinate care with hospitals, extended care facilities, home health agencies, senior centers, and "Meals on Wheels" partners
- Monitor patients' adherence to dietary recommendations
- Advise the team on phosphorus binders, renal vitamins, stool softeners, oral iron products, cinacalcet, vitamin D analogs, and calcium supplements
- Analyze monthly lab results with patients and identify trends
- Recommend nutritional interventions like alternate feeding routes, tube feedings, and supplemental options
- Provide crisis intervention for situations like hyperkalemia and other urgent nutritional concerns
- Monitor drug-nutrient interactions
- Actively participate in interdisciplinary patient care meetings and contribute to comprehensive care plans
- Engage in unit quality improvement initiatives and activities
- Actively participate in GHS dietitian meetings and committees
- Hunt down resources that help your patients thrive nutritionally
- Make and receive referrals, share knowledge, and develop educational materials
- Serve as a professional role model for colleagues and interns
- Attend conferences, maintain memberships, and stay current with nephrology literature
- Keep your ADA registration current through continuing education in nephrology
- Participate in and facilitate kinetic modeling
- Support protocol management as needed
- Make informed recommendations based on thorough nutritional assessments and reassessments
- Mentor the next generation of Dietetic Interns when the opportunity arises
- Take on other duties as assigned
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
