Transplant Nutrition Specialist II

Baylor Scott & White Health-posted 3 months ago

Full-time • Mid Level

Dallas, TX

5,001-10,000 employees

Hospitals

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The Transplant Nutrition Specialist 2 provides advanced nutrition therapy for patients with end-stage organ failure, transplant recipients, and living donors. This role includes nutrition assessment, personalized care planning, and evidence-based interventions to improve patient outcomes. Performs all duties of Transplant Nutrition Spec 1 as well as TPN or insulin management based upon certifications and competencies.

Performs advanced nutrition assessments for patients with complex medical conditions.
Integrates biochemical, clinical, and anthropometric data with a nutrition-focused physical assessment.
Interprets complex patient medical data and interviews patients and caregivers to develop individualized medical nutrition therapy plans.
Conducts frailty tests in select patients and provides targeted nutrition interventions to optimize pre- and post-transplant recovery.
Assesses calorie, protein, fluid, vitamin, mineral, electrolyte, and insulin needs of patients.
Formulates and implements personal nutrition prescriptions for oral diets and supplements.
Implements enteral tube feeding including placement of nasoenteric feeding tubes and selecting formulas, infusion rates, and duration.
With appropriate certification, manages parenteral nutrition therapy.
Recommends and orders appropriate laboratory tests, monitors biochemical and clinical indices, and evaluates tolerance of nutrition therapies.
Monitors patients' response to nutrition therapies and adjusts therapies as indicated.
Acts as a clinical specialist in diabetes insulin management for credentialed professionals.
Provides individualized and group counseling on complex, multi-factorial diets.
Integrates assessments of socio-economic status, family dynamics, patient motivation, and adherence barriers to develop personalized nutrition plans.
Educates patients and caregivers on fitness, weight management, and frailty interventions.
Develops nutrition education tools such as handouts, pamphlets, booklets, etc.
Plays a key role in transplant candidacy evaluations and contributes to transplant selection conferences.
Participates in patient rounds, clinic visits, and discharge planning.
Attends meetings on nutrition, transplant education, patient care standards, or policies.
Researches, develops, and delivers education and instructional programs for dietetic interns, healthcare professionals, or community groups.
Assists with curriculum development, training, instruction, and evaluation of dietetic interns.
Engages in transplant nutrition research, contributing to study design, literature review, data collection, and results examination.
May serve as an investigator and present research findings through national conferences, abstracts, or publications.
Evaluates and appropriately utilizes pertinent research information and guidelines in directing patient care.
Participates in quality assurance programs by assisting in the development of patient care criteria and examining care given.
Rotates holiday coverage and weekend on-call duties.

Master's degree in a relevant field.
2 years of experience in nutrition therapy.
Registered Dietitian (RD) certification.
One of the following certifications: Certified Diabetes and Education Specialist (CDCES), Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC), or Certified Clinical Nutrition Transplant Dietitian (CCTD).

Eligibility on day 1 for all benefits.
Dollar-for-dollar 401(k) match, up to 5%.
Debt-free tuition assistance, offering access to many no-cost and low-cost degrees, certificates and more.
Immediate access to time off benefits.

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