Registered Dietitian

Intermountain Health • Logan, UT

22d • $29 - $50 • Onsite

About The Position

The Registered Dietitian Clinical facilitates the nutrition care process to provide individuals with quality medical nutrition therapy for common disease states and/or to promote optimal wellness. The position is full-time at 40 hours per week, working two days at Bear River Family Medicine Clinic and two days at South Cache Family Medicine Clinic. The role may be hired at the Registered Dietitian Clinical or Registered Dietitian Clinical Specialist level based on the selected candidate’s qualifications and experience. No weekends, holidays, evenings, graveyard, or on-call shifts are scheduled.

The Clinical Specialist role includes applying the Nutrition Care Process across multiple patient populations and/or disease types and interpreting evidence-based research for clinical practice. The position is based in Logan, Utah, with locations listed as Bear River Clinic, Budge Clinic, and South Cache Valley Clinic.

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration, or registration-eligible for the Clinical role. Registration-eligible employees must pass the Registered Dietitian credentialing exam within six 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.
• 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 according to the primary state of practice requirements; when required, it must be obtained within six months of hire.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, Registered Dietitian registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration is required.
• For the Clinical Specialist role, graduates after January 1, 2024 must have completed at least a master’s degree from an accredited university; education is verified.
• 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 in general medical nutrition therapy, nutrition-focused physical examination, malnutrition diagnosis, nutrition requirement calculations, anthropometric measurements, nutrition education, critical thinking, customer service, professional communication, and computer proficiency.

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

• Complete and document nutrition assessments.
• Assess and interpret nutrition-related laboratory values.
• Identify and document nutrition diagnoses.
• Identify and implement appropriate nutrition interventions, including quality nutrition education tailored to customer needs, expectations, and culture.
• Monitor and evaluate individual nutrition outcomes related to nutrition diagnoses, goals, and interventions.
• Communicate nutrition expertise with appropriate healthcare providers.
• Collaborate with other dietitians, including referring patients to specialty-trained dietitians as appropriate.
• Support nutrition care across the healthcare continuum.
• Participate in department continuous improvement projects.
• Exercise Registered Dietitian Nutritionist order-writing privileges according to policy and protocol.

Benefits

• $2,500 sign-on bonus.
• The company describes a generous benefits package covering programs intended to support well-being and a sustainable culture of wellness; specific benefits are not listed in the posting.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time