Clinical Dietitian Professional Job Aurora area,Colorado USA,Healthcare

Job Overview

Come be a part of our Clinical Nutrition Team! We are an incredible group of clinicians dedicated to providing patient & family centered evidence-based medical nutrition therapy. Our clinical RDs are highly integrated within the multidisciplinary team on the inpatient units and outpatient clinics at Children's Hospital Colorado. Come experience the culture of Clinical Nutrition excellence, collaboration, partnership, and connection!

The Clinical Dietitian Professional is an experienced team member who provides comprehensive, safe, and ethical medical nutrition therapy to patients, families, and other clients in inpatient or outpatient settings. This is an outpatient dietitian role providing coverage to specialty clinics at Children s Hospital Colorado Anschutz Campus and across the Denver Metro Area.

SHIFT DETAILS: 0.60 FTE. Monday-Friday, 8am-4:30 pm, 3 x 8 hour shifts/week

Essential Functions / Responsibilities

Assesses, plans, and delivers accurate medical nutrition therapy using established standards and evidence.

Incorporates principles of culture-competence and family-centered care.

Trains and observes RDs, interns, and students in their clinical practice. Provides feedback to enhance understanding and compliance.

Pursues professional growth and skill development.

Actively contributes to rounds, care conferences, and care coordination. Collaborates and promotes teamwork to achieve positive patient and client outcomes across the organization and/or within the department.

Proactively connects with Clinical Nutrition team members and other disciplines in the organization to identify Clinical Nutrition-related issues, potential solutions, and opportunities for quality and process improvement.

Ensures compliance with established regulatory standards and healthcare regulatory requirements by identifying and following policies and procedures for the nutritional care provided.

Accurately documents patient care and tracks time/activities for use with benchmarking, billing, and/or productivity in accordance with department standards.

Participates in advocacy, policy and procedure review, quality improvement and/or research.

Collaborates as a member of committees, task forces, and/or work groups.

Works collaboratively as a member of committees, task forces, and work groups, and is involved in projects that support the organization s mission.

Financial Responsibility:
Assists in achieving departmental financial budget targets.

Guidelines, Complexity, and Decision Making

Guidelines: Developmental, standard, or intermediate level. Guidelines are generally numerous, well established, and directly applicable to the work assignment. Work assignment and desired results are explained by general oral or written instructions.

Complexity: Falls between the entry and full performance/senior level. Duties assigned are generally repetitive and restricted in scope but may be of substantial intricacy. Employee primarily applies standardized practices.

Decision Making: Decisions or recommendations on non-standardized situations are limited to relating organizational policies to specific cases. Brings non routine issues to supervisor. Problems that are not covered by guidelines or that are without precedent are taken up with the supervisor.

Communications: Contacts with team members, clients or the public where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, gathered, or presented and some degree of discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.

Supervision Received: Under normal supervision, within a standardized work situation, the employee performs duties common to the line of work without close supervision or detailed instruction. Work product is subject to continual review.

Minimum Qualifications

Education: Bachelor s Degree
Experience: Three (3) years clinical nutrition
Licensure: Registered Dietitians (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (RDN) adhering to the Commission on Dietetic Registration guidelines.

Salary Information and Benefits

Salary Information:
Pay is dependent on applicant s relevant experience. Annual Salary Range (Based on 40 hours worked per week): $58,900.08 to $88,350.12

Benefits Information:
Here, you matter. As a Children s Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children s Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April. Children s Colorado delivers annual base pay…


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