Transplant Clinical Dietitian

Description

Are you passionate about the patient experience? At Methodist Healthcare, we are committed to caring for patients with purpose and integrity. We care like family! Jump-start your career as a(an) Clinical Dietitian Transplant today with Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant.

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career, and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive medical coverage that covers many common services at no cost or for a low copay. Plans include prescription drug and behavioral health coverage as well as free telemedicine services and free Air Med medical transportation.
• Additional options for dental and vision benefits, life and disability coverage, flexible spending accounts, supplemental health protection plans (accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity), auto and home insurance, identity theft protection, legal counseling, long-term care coverage, moving assistance, pet insurance, and more.
• Free counseling services and resources for emotional, physical, and financial wellbeing.
• 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service).
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with 10% off HCA Healthcare stock.
• Family support through fertility and family building benefits with Progyny and adoption assistance.
• Referral services for child, elder and pet care, home and auto repair, event planning, and more.
• Consumer discounts through Abenity and Consumer Discounts.
• Retirement readiness, rollover assistance services, and preferred banking partnerships.
• Education assistance (tuition, student loan, certification support, dependent scholarships).
• Colleague recognition program.
• Time Away From Work Program (paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence).
• Employee Health Assistance Fund that offers free employee-only coverage to full-time and part-time colleagues based on income.

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Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

Come join our team as a(an) Clinical Dietitian Transplant. We care for our community! Just last year, HCA Healthcare and our colleagues donated 13.8 million dollars to charitable organizations. Apply Today!

As a Dietitian - Transplant you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and evaluating all phases of nutritional care for pre-transplant as well as post-transplant patient populations at several MHS Transplant Clinics. As a Dietitian – Transplant, you will coordinate and maintain a high standard of nutritional care and provide advice regarding patient candidacy.

What you will do in this role:

• As a Dietitian – Transplant you will perform nutritional assessment, develop plans of care and educate patients and caregivers as appropriate.
• You will participate in satellite clinic operations for patient assessment and multi-disciplinary meetings with the transplant team members to deem candidacy.
• You will be responsible for meeting patient needs. Must understand the disease process as well as dialysis needs for patients undergoing transplant evaluation and follow-up.
• You will determine recommendations for nutritional status improvements and provide direction and instruction for resolution of barriers to transplantation.
• You will maintain documentation in the patient’s medical record all interventions and recommendations to determine candidacy.
• You will collaborate with the medical team as well as referring dieticians to determine the best transplant plan of care and waitlist nutritional management.

What qualifications you will need:

• You must have a Bachelor Degree focused on nutritional aspects of patient care in an acute care setting.
• You must be a Registered Dietitian and Licensed in the State of Texas.
• You must have a minimum of 3 years work experience as a Registered Dietitian.

Methodist Hospital Specialty and Transplant has been nationally recognized for its record-setting kidney, liver, and pancreas transplant programs. It is home to the Texas Transplant Institute and is the largest living donor kidney…