Registered Dietitian Clinical Specialist

Job Description:

Posting Details

• Shift: This role is 5 days per week - 8-hour daytime workdays. You cannot work remotely for this position. We offer a flexible schedule, including weekend and holiday rotations, with remote and on-call coverage on Sundays.
• Part Time 24 hrs/weekly
• Additional Details:
  Join our dynamic team y's Regional Hospital, where we pride ourselves on delivering award-winning care as a Level 2 Trauma Center and Stroke Center of Excellence, serving western Colorado and eastern Utah. Our inpatient dietitians are integral members of our care team, significantly impacting patient outcomes. You'll enjoy a high level of autonomy in your role, working with a diverse patient population, including adult critical care, trauma, acute inpatient rehabilitation, and neonatal ICU.
  
  This position is a great opportunity for those who thrive in fast-paced environments.

Essential Functions

• Provides Medical Nutrition Therapy to individuals with specialized health conditions and or in specialized populations.
• Uses the Nutrition Care Process to facilitate the provision of more complex nutrition care with moderate autonomy and supportive guidance from advanced practice dietitians.
• Uses advanced counseling techniques to influence behavior change.
• Uses technology in estimating needs and nutrition goals (ex: indirect calorimetry, nutrient analysis software, glucometers, etc.)
• Mentors newly graduated dietitians, dietetic interns, and clinical diet techs.
• Applies research to improve patient outcomes. Implements the latest evidence-based care with the interdisciplinary team and in updating care practices/processes within the facility.
• Manages nutrition care across the continuum including durable medical equipment order writing.
• Registered Dietitian Nutritionist order writing privileges per policy/protocol.
• Identify and screen inpatients for nutritional risk and malnutrition in all areas of the hospital including but not limited to orthopedics, surgical, general medicine, telemetry, progressive care step-down, intensive care and behavioral health.
• Assess nutritional status, develop, and document care plans, monitor results and interventions according to AND Nutrition Care Process using the EMR.
• Responsible for assessing nutritional needs including management of oral nutrition supplements, enteral nutrition, and parenteral nutrition.
• Evaluate and monitor patient’s estimated nutrition needs for various medical conditions.
• Participates in interdisciplinary rounds with the care team, acts as the nutrition expert making evidence-based recommendations.
• Provides nutrition counseling and education for patients and families when indicated.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives internal and external to the department.
• Promote mission, vision and values of Lutheran Medical Center and Intermountain Health.
• Acts as a nutrition liaison/resource to other hospital departments within the organization.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory agencies and requirements.

Skills

• Specialty Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Complex Problem Solving
• Advanced Counseling Techniques
• Nutrition Focused Physical Exam
• Nutrition Related Technology Proficiency
• Research Study Interpretation
• Mentoring
• Professional Communication

Minimum Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• For graduates after Jan 1, 2024, completion of a minimum of a master’s degree by an accredited university. Education is verified.
• Completion of an ACEND accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dietetic Internship, Coordinated Program, or graduate-level competency-based dietitian nutritionist program.
• State licensure or certification in accordance with the primary state of practice requirement for Registered Dietitians. If the primary state of practice requires licensure or certification, this must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Demonstrated ability to apply the Nutrition Care Process…