Registered Dietitian Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Active status as Registered Dietitian Nutrition (RDN) with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) is required and licensed where states mandate.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Minimum 3-5 year of clinical experience in an acute care setting.
• Previous experience working with dietetic interns, maintaining comprehensive curriculum, and acting as a preceptor.
• Displays strong communication skills and ability to interact in a positive manner with physicians, patients, families and other hospital staff.
• Must be able to read, speak, and write English with understanding.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local regulatory requirements and experience interacting with inspectors and documentation standards.
• Ability to be a self-starter and independent worker able to manage multiple conflicting priorities and demands.
• Excellent leadership, analytical, organizational, planning, delegation, coaching, communication (verbal, written and interpersonal), and computer (MS Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, EMR and nutrition software) skills; with a continuous improvement mindset and ability to challenge conventional thinking at all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrates knowledge of diverse patient populations, various acuity levels, in a high volume setting.
• Ability to work effectively in a diverse, collaborative, and team oriented culture.
• Ability to lead a team, manage performance, provide constructive feedback, prepare and issue performance reviews.
• Demonstrates the ability to handle confidential information and situations.
• A personal presence characterized by a sense of honesty, integrity, and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy, mission, vision, goals, and values of Trinity Health.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree along with advanced certification (e.g. CDE, CNSC, CSO, CSG, or AP) preferred in dietetics.

Responsibilities

• Interviews, selects, orients, trains, rounds and/or develops dietitians, dietetic technicians and dietetic interns to uphold THS mission, vision, and values, and achieve strategic goals specific to THS and the RHM.
• Ensures that the clinical dietetics team practices and conducts themselves in a professional manner aligned with the Code of Ethics and Scope of Practice.
• Creates and adjusts schedule to provide adequate coverage while optimizing staffing pattern. Assists in the timely review and payroll sign-off.
• Maintains updated employee files including annual competencies, registration, licensure, certification, and continuing education requirements.
• Assists Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager with performance evaluations and disciplinary action as needed.
• Coordinates dietetic intern schedule and experience to help meet competency requirements.
• Serves as liaison between the General Manager and dietitians to resolve menu/formulary related issues and maintains regulatory compliance.
• Assists Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager in the implementation of Trinity Health initiatives, standards, and new programs.
• Functions as clinical nutrition expert and technical advisor to clinical staff, directors and managers for more than one site.
• Meets hospital, department, and regulatory standards for providing nutrition screening, assessments, and reassessments from assigned units according to established policies.
• Uses evidence-based practice and clinical judgment to individualize medical nutrition therapy, documents using standardized language from Nutrition Care Process Terminology manual and communicates initiation and progress of care plans.
• Actively participates with rounds, interdisciplinary teams and committees as appropriate.
• Provides education/or counseling to patients and/or family as per assessed need, request, or consult.
• Provides nutrition and other related education to Food Service Staff, medical, nursing, dietetic interns and/or allied health as requested by RHM or as assigned by the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager.
• Conducts yearly clinical nutrition competency assessments on all Clinical Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians.
• Participates with the promotion of health or provision of nutrition education/information for the community/café, in collaboration with Retail Manager or as assigned by the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager.
• Ensures dietitians adhere to the scope of practice and standard of care documentation and policies through chart audits and timeliness of assessment tool.
• Maintains minimum productivity standards. Ensures productivity tools for benchmarking are completed in a timely manner and reviewed with the Regional Clinical Nutrition Manager.
• Participates in multidisciplinary meetings and committees, including the quality improvement committee (QIC) and leadership/management meetings.
• Identifies quality improvement opportunities, collects data, and develops and implements strategies as appropriate.
• Participates in food and nutrition-related research as appropriate.

Benefits

• Career growth and advancement potential