Registered Dietitian

Encompass Health • Edgewood, KY

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About The Position

The Registered Dietitian promotes patient health and wellness through personalized nutrition plans. The role assesses patients’ nutritional needs, develops and implements dietary plans, provides education on healthy eating habits, instructs patients on post-discharge diets, and monitors nutritional status. The dietitian communicates with and counsels patients according to physician orders and diet instructions, collaborates with physicians and other disciplines involved in patient care, evaluates referral orders to determine whether nutrition intake methods are adequate, and documents relevant information in patient medical records. The role also includes adapting menus for special dietary needs, conducting calorie counts and making recommendations, and reviewing, revising, and approving 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 and collaborate with physicians and other disciplines involved in patient care.
• Evaluate referral orders to determine the adequacy of nutrition intake methods.
• Document pertinent information in patient 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.
• Provide education on healthy eating habits and instruct patients on post-discharge diets.
• Monitor patients’ nutritional status.

Benefits

• Affordable medical, dental, and vision plans for full-time and part-time 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