BHLEX Registered Dietitian-outpatient

Baptist Healthcare System•Lexington, KY

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The Diabetes Education Department provides patient-centered education and support to help individuals manage diabetes and related conditions. The department collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams to deliver evidence-based education, promote self-management skills, and improve health outcomes through prevention, treatment, and ongoing disease management. Dietitian Full-Time, Days Job Description: 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
One year experience as a Registered Dietitian
Commission on Dietetic Registration
Licensed Dietitian, State of Kentucky
Experience with patient education and counseling
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 the outpatient diabetes education services as needed.