Registered Dietitian, Outpatient
About The Position
PRN outpatient RD, Registered and Licensed Dietitian, work with outpatient nutrition education services. Diabetes Care Clinic helps patients manage condition and enabling them to lead the lives they want to lead. The program offers preventive and maintenance services for adults suffering from diabetes. Under limited supervision, provides professional medical nutrition therapy to groups and individuals of all ages and abilities, in a variety of settings in the outpatient nutrition service area. Follows established standards of practice and guidelines defined by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, USDA, American Diabetes Association, and other evidenced based resources for the assessment of patients, and subsequent planning, implementation, evaluation of nutrition education. Services also includes continuum of care for out-patients requiring medical nutrition therapy. Works with an established multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide quality nutrition education services including all department services. Also provides support the outpatient diabetes education services as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree
- Experience with patient education and counseling
- One year related experience
- Current registration or registration-eligible with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Those registration-eligible must become registered within 4 months of date of hire unless extension granted
- Licensed Dietitian in Kentucky or licensed-eligible after receiving CDR registration. Those licensed-eligible must become licensed in KY within 4 months after receiving CDR registration unless extension granted.
Responsibilities
- Provides professional medical nutrition therapy to groups and individuals of all ages and abilities, in a variety of settings in the outpatient nutrition service area.
- Follows established standards of practice and guidelines defined by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, USDA, American Diabetes Association, and other evidenced based resources for the assessment of patients, and subsequent planning, implementation, evaluation of nutrition education.
- Provides continuum of care for out-patients requiring medical nutrition therapy.
- Works with an established multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide quality nutrition education services including all department services.
- Provides support to the outpatient diabetes education services as needed.
Benefits
- Preventive Plan
- Retirement Plans
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Career Level
Mid Level
