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Job Description:

The Registered Dietitian functions within a multidisciplinary team to provide nutrition therapy for inpatients and/or outpatients at UofL Health facilities per scope of assignment. The dietitian will provide safe effective and evidence-based nutrition care and services in accordance with guidelines from the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition and other industry principles. The dietitian supports quality clinical outcome practice and development and growth of individual and team nutrition therapy skills. Responsibilities include meeting objectives for department facility and organizational goals; interacting with professional staff patients and families; providing comprehensive nutrition therapy and guidance within licensed area of expertise and responsibility; providing quality learning experiences for nutrition students/interns as applicable; and maintaining professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

Essential Functions:

• Provides medical nutrition therapy using the nutrition care process including nutrition screening assessment diagnosis intervention monitoring and education according to established departmental policies and standards of practice
• Conducts malnutrition identification and assessment including nutrition-focused physical exam where applicable
• Is fiscally responsible by adhering to departmental productivity standards while maintaining quality services and monitoring appropriateness of product and mode of nutrition support
• Communicates and interacts effectively with patients and families community members and health professionals in accordance with evidence-based nutrition practice and customer service skills
• Serves as a nutrition resource to other departments maintaining effective working relationships with members of the medical staff other healthcare professionals and affiliates; participates in multi-disciplinary committees and/or activities as directed
• Improves practice based on quality evaluation and assists in data collection/analysis and research as directed
• Supports Nutrition Therapy team goals participates in self-development to increase department level of service and assists in keeping practice guidelines current per industry research and standards
• Precepts and provides supervised practice to nutrition students/interns as applicable with instruction and application reflecting the standards of UofL Health
• Maintains competency with regular continuing education including that in focused area of practice
• Other essential functions where applicable:
  • At facilities where dietitian-placed feeding tubes and/or nasal bridling are practice and clinically privileged once specifically trained and deemed competent participates in feeding tube and/or nasal bridle placement documentation tracking and competency maintenance per hospital and manufacturer guidelines and requirements
  • In settings where applicable once trained and/or certified instructs patients on lactation insulin injection continuous glucose monitoring medication management and/or insulin pump use

Other Functions:

• Maintains compliance with all company policies procedures and standards of conduct
• Complies with HIPAA privacy and security requirements to maintain confidentiality at all times
• Performs other duties as assigned

Additional Job Description:

Education:

• Bachelors Degree (required)
• Masters Degree in nutrition/dietetics public health or education (preferred)
• Registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration or eligible for registration and registered within 90 days of start (required)
• Licensure by the Kentucky Board of Licensure and Certification for Dietitians or licensed at next available application period (required)

Experience:

• One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in a critical care setting (preferred)
• One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in community and/or outpatient nutrition therapy (preferred if in an outpatient role)

Certification:

• Specialist or advanced practice certification from the Commission on Dietetic Registration the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education or the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (preferred)