Registered Dietitian Inpatient

Intermountain Health • St. George, UT

19d • $32 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Dietitian Specialist facilitates the nutrition care process in specialty care areas or specialized populations with a moderate degree of autonomy, using experience-based knowledge, nutrition assessment, and diagnostic reasoning skills and competencies. This position provides medical nutrition therapy to individuals with specialized health conditions or in specialized populations, and manages nutrition care across the continuum, including durable medical equipment order writing. The role may be hired as a Registered Dietitian Clinical or Registered Dietitian Clinical Specialist based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience.

The position is full-time, 40 hours per week, with rotating weekends and holidays. It is located at Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital in St George, Utah. The listed hourly range is $32.34–$49.94, with the actual rate dependent on experience. A $2,500 sign-on bonus is offered.

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration, or registration eligible for the Registered Dietitian Clinical role. Registration-eligible employees must pass the Registered Dietitian credentialing exam within 6 months of hire to remain in the job.
• For registration-eligible graduates after January 1, 2024, completion of at least a master’s degree from an accredited university; education is verified.
• For the Registered Dietitian Clinical Specialist role, be a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• For graduates after January 1, 2024, completion of at least a master’s degree from an accredited university; education is verified.
• Completion of an ACEND-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dietetic Internship, Coordinated Program, or graduate-level competency-based dietitian nutritionist program.
• State licensure or certification in accordance with the primary state of practice requirements for Registered Dietitians. If required by the state, this must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, demonstrated ability to apply the Nutrition Care Process across multiple patient populations and/or disease types.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, demonstrated ability to interpret and apply evidence-based research to clinical practice.
• Skills include specialty Medical Nutrition Therapy, complex problem solving, advanced counseling techniques, Nutrition Focused Physical Exam, nutrition-related technology proficiency, research study interpretation, mentoring, and professional communication.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in clinical dietetics.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, 2 or more years of dietetics experience in a clinical setting.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, experience managing patients in a specialty area.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, a relevant dietetics-related specialty practice credential, such as CNSC, CSP, CDCES, CSO, CSR, or CSOWM.

Responsibilities

• Provide Medical Nutrition Therapy to individuals with specialized health conditions or in specialized populations.
• Use the Nutrition Care Process to facilitate more complex nutrition care with moderate autonomy and supportive guidance from advanced practice dietitians.
• Use advanced counseling techniques to influence behavior change.
• Use technology to estimate needs and nutrition goals, such as indirect calorimetry, nutrient analysis software, and glucometers.
• Mentor newly graduated dietitians, dietetic interns, and clinical diet techs.
• Apply research to improve patient outcomes.
• Implement the latest evidence-based care with the interdisciplinary team and update care practices and processes within the facility.
• Manage nutrition care across the continuum, including durable medical equipment order writing.
• Exercise Registered Dietitian Nutritionist order-writing privileges per policy or protocol.

Benefits

• A $2,500 sign-on bonus.
• A comprehensive benefits package covering programs intended to foster wellness across living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time