Senior Registered Dietitian

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Banner Thunderbird Med Ctr (5555 W Thunderbird Rd) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R4426326
** Primary City/State:
** Glendale, Arizona
** Department Name:
** Culinary & Nutrition-Hosp
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* Work Shift:

** Day
* * Job Category:
** Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary# **$5,000 Sign-On Bonus!!
***** If selected, the recruiter will provide eligibility criteria for the sign-on bonus
*** A rewarding career that fits your life. Learn how Banner Health, a certified Great Place To Work, prioritizes team members and strives to be the best place to work in health care.

Banner Thunderbird is a desirable facility with the diversity of populations from neonatal, to pediatric to adult and geriatric populations.  Have inpatient behavioral health units for adult and peds as well.  Also we are a level 1 Trauma center so the the patient populations are acute and variable.  Large hospital so ability to cover multiple areas to stay practiced. Growing with new tower opening in 2026 with additional Med/surg beds and Women and Infant Services beds including increase in NICU beds.
** Applicant should have previous RD experience, preferably Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC)  
**** Full-Time: 4x10's or 5x8's with a start time between 6:30am-8am.**$5,000 Sign on; requires 12 month commitment for
* Registered Dietitians
* Banner Health’s premier West Valley Level I Trauma for adults and Tertiary Care destination for all ages. Banner Thunderbird Medical Center (BTMC) and Banner Children’s Hospital at Thunderbird provide a preferred destination for surgical, oncological, cardiovascular, neuroscience, orthopedic, pediatric, and women and infant services achieved through best-in-class 5-star CMS rating to provide patients with high quality, safe care for the best possible experience.

Our campus is one of the largest campuses in the Banner network with over 3000 employees. BTMC was voted Best of the Best in 2023 by Banner Health out of 30 hospitals. This is the most prestigious award one of our largest hospitals can receive for consistently meeting our annual targets. If you would like to contribute to truly leading edge caring, we invite you to bring your experience and skills to Banner Thunderbird.

POSITION SUMMARY  This position provides leadership in specialty area of clinical nutrition, establishes practice standards and serves as a mentor to educate colleagues in the specialty nutrition area. This position manages a complex caseload of patients by providing comprehensive nutritional assessments and nutrition-focused physical exams, developing and managing all aspects of appropriate nutrition care plans, and monitoring outcomes of plans. Provides patient and family nutrition counseling and education.

Develops Nutrition Standards of Practice and Education material in collaboration with peers. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary Health Care team providing input and establishing patient care policies, programs, quality improvement activities and provides in-service education in areas of expertise.
CORE FUNCTIONS  
1. Provides comprehensive nutrition assessment of patients' nutritional needs, to include nutrition-focused physical exams as appropriate, with at least 50% of patient case load in designated specialty area. Obtains timely and appropriate data and analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards and established practice guidelines.
2. Demonstrates and maintains competency in enteral and parenteral clinical practice protocols and oral nutrition management standard of practice as demonstrated by successful completion of initial competency exams and ongoing evaluation.
3. Writes orders to initiate and manage the nutrition care and of all assigned patients including those receiving nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) per protocols.
4. Evaluates effectiveness of the care plan and communicates effectively to the other members of the healthcare team to provide optimal nutrition outcomes. Provides pertinent information in the medical records, patient plans of care and/or…