Registered Dietitian

Yale New Haven Health • New Haven, CT

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About The Position

The Registered Dietitian manages nutrition care for patients throughout the lifecycle in inpatient or outpatient settings. The role provides optimal nutrition based on patients’ medical, cultural, and age-specific needs, applying knowledge of growth and development, medical sciences, psychology, and socioeconomic factors to clinical dietetics. The dietitian assesses nutritional risk and malnutrition, recommends and facilitates age-appropriate nutrition care plans, and supports behavioral changes through patient and family education and counseling. The role translates nutrition science and food knowledge into practical medical nutrition therapy and manages an internship rotation when assigned.

The position provides evidence-based medical nutrition therapy using the Nutrition Care Process, maintains accurate clinical documentation, and organizes timely clinical nutrition and counseling services. It also requires ongoing professional development and credential maintenance, direct supervision and education of dietetic interns during assigned rotations, and participation in leadership and departmental service activities.

Requirements

• Registered Dietitian with a minimum bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; a master’s degree is required for those completing educational and supervised practice requirements after January 2024.
• At least three years of clinical dietetics experience with a master’s degree, or at least four years without a master’s degree, and successful application via the YNHHS Career Ladder.
• Registered Dietitian credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Dietitian-Nutritionist Certification from the Connecticut State Department of Public Health within three months of hire.
• Working knowledge of evidence-based medical nutrition therapy principles.
• Ability to provide nutrition assessment, follow-up, and education to individuals, groups, and healthcare team members using scientific knowledge, section standards, and the Nutrition Care Process.
• Ability to gather, review, and synthesize complex medical information to plan scientifically sound, realistic, and fiscally responsible patient care.
• Knowledge of food preparation, menu planning, and nutrient analysis theories and principles.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize patient care, and work effectively as part of a healthcare team.
• Ability to teach and mentor dietetic interns competently in medical nutrition therapy.
• Ability to use word processing, spreadsheet, presentation, nutrient analysis, and electronic medical record software systems.
• Ability to sit and stand for significant periods and walk significant distances to cover geographically diverse hospital inpatient units or clinics.

Nice To Haves

• YNHH-approved specialty certification.
• Clinical experience in an acute care facility and/or outpatient setting, depending on the position opening.
• Teaching experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide age- and culturally appropriate medical nutrition therapy to assigned patients using evidence-based practice guidelines and the Nutrition Care Process.
• Conduct nutrition assessments that reflect patients’ nutritional risk factors in relation to age, medical or psychiatric conditions, and treatment; identify, document, and treat malnutrition; and make nutrition therapy recommendations to patients, families, and the healthcare team.
• Organize and deliver timely clinical nutrition and counseling services on assigned inpatient units or in ambulatory settings.
• Maintain accurate, current clinical documentation, including medical records, productivity and financial data, and formula records as applicable, in accordance with HIPAA and section standards.
• Participate in professional development and maintain required registration, certifications, and credentials.
• Conduct dietetic intern education during assigned rotations, directly supervise day-to-day internship operations, identify learning obstacles, implement revised teaching strategies, and provide remediation experiences as requested.
• Attend or chair assigned section, departmental, and interdisciplinary meetings and in-services; share meeting summaries with managers or teams; follow through on directives; and serve as a departmental champion when assigned.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level