Registered Dietitian

Cleveland Clinic

65d•Onsite

About The Position

Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients. This role is essential in diagnosing and treating malnutrition, allowing patients to cope with multiple diagnoses, both new and chronic. The Registered Dietitian will optimize nutrition care and enhance the overall patient experience. This position involves 8 5-hour shifts per week, Monday through Friday, from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or a closely related field
Maintain current licensure to practice Dietetics in the current state (LD)
Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD)
One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition OR successful completion of a Dietetic Internship Program

Nice To Haves

Prior EPIC experience
Prior hospital experience

Responsibilities

Provide direct patient care using medical nutrition therapy for an assigned patient population.
Provide counseling and education services to patients with disease processes requiring nutritional management.
Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans, establish a follow-up system, and maintain documentation.
Write diet order changes, initiate nutrient intake assessments, assess patients for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies, evaluate appropriate fluid and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes, inform physicians of patients' nutritional status and need for changes in diet, enteral or parenteral feeding, and develop care plans, documentation, and reassessments.
Develop and contribute to Cleveland Clinic sponsored education programs for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, students, peers, and the public.
Create and revise education materials related to disease management through medical nutrition therapy.
Participate in program development designed to market and expand departmental services and revenue generation.
Market services to potential and current referral sources and develop and implement services in response to client's needs and wants.
Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.
Complete reports for ongoing productivity tracking.
Participate in professional growth activities and attend and contribute to conferences and seminars on nutrition and related topics.
Conduct clinical research.
Comply with all regulatory organizations, including CMS, JCAO, and ADA, and policies and procedures of the department and Cleveland Clinic.