The Dietitian provides individualized diabetes selfmanagement education and training to individuals and/or groups. Consults with hospital multidisciplinary team in coordinating care. Plans and coordinates the Diabetes Center Program of Womans Hospital. Maintains the knowledge and skills required to plan coordinate implement and evaluate the diabetic patient. Ensures the National Standards for Diabetes SelfManagement Education (NSDSME) are met and maintained at all times.
Requirements:
- A bachelors degree in clinical nutrition food and nutrition or related area
- A masters degree in nutrition or exercise physiology is preferred
- Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and a supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association
- Registered Dietitian with active registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Certification/licensure as required by the state of practice
- Certified Diabetes Educator by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators is highly preferred
- At least three years of experience in nutrition assessment and counseling with a minimum of one year of experience in diabetes education and care.
Responsibilities of the position include but are not limited to:
- Obtains relevant data (e.g. physical assessment history diagnostic dataetc. and communicates data to other health team members.
- Identifies individual needs and limitations involving patients formulates and initiates plan of care reviews plan and updates plan as patient condition warrants and documents care education and patient response accurately concisely and completely according to ADA standards in accordance with program requirements to assure accreditation.
- Implements physicians orders and utilizes sounds judgment to provide appropriate treatment and education by measuring and monitoring basic physiological and psychosocial functions according to ADA standards of care.
- Evaluates patients condition on an ongoing basis and responds with appropriate interventions according to ADA standards of care and services as a resource to patients upon program completion.
- Communicates pertinent information regarding diabetic center patient status problems and anticipated problems in an accurate complete concise timely and courteous manner.
- Performs procedures with hospital equipment and instruments specific to diabetes education according to ADA guidelines.
- Oversees the planning implementing and evaluation of the DSME program and participates in the evaluation of the ADA program recognition effectiveness.
- Provides assessment teaching and followup instructions to ADA Program Recognition participants.
- Able to educate and advise bariatric patients following bariatric clinic guidelines. Prepares patientspecific plans of care education and discharge notations. Documents notes in accordance with bariatric dietitian policies and procedures.
- Able to educate and advise patients with dietaryrelated concerns following outpatient general nutrition clinic guidelines. Prepares patient specific plans of care education and discharge notations. Documents notes in accordance with outpatient general nutrition policies and procedures.
- Crosstrains outpatient dietitians to ensure competency in outpatient diabetes clinic setting. Updates dietitians on changes to clinic policies and procedures and ADA standards or care. Monitors and facilitates maintenance of dietitians qualifications (CE credits licensures registration etc..
- Stays abreast of current diabetes care guidelines including dietary guidelines oral and insulin therapy and other relevant research.
- Leads DPP sessions and participates in ADA DPP required activities (LSC SharePoint site webinars phone calls site visits CDC program data reports surveys focus groups or other evaluation activities) for each cohort.
- Arranges and coordinates the activities of the Advisory Group. Acts as a liaison between the staff Advisory Group other departments and administration.
- Perform other duties assigned by Department management according to policies and procedures and the mission of Womans Hospital.
Hours
Monday Friday; Days
Pay
Dietitian: $25.20 $36.54
Certified Diabetes Educator: $30.49 $44.21
A Work Experience with Purpose
Womans is one of the largest specialty hospitals for women and infants in the United States. We are recognized throughout the country for our innovative programs and we pride ourselves in surpassing the expectations of those we serve. Providing exceptional patient care and creating exceptional patient experiences are at the center of what we do at Womans. Our team consistently exceeds state and national benchmarks for patient satisfaction.
Our employees organizational culture mission vision values and benefits make Womans a best place to work. In fact for the17th year in a row Womans has been recognized as aBest Place to Work by Modern Healthcare making us the only healthcare organization to earn the distinction every year since the programs inception. We are proud of the level of care our staff provides to our patients and each other.
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