Nutrition Support Dietitian Credentialed
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Job Location:
Ann Arbor, MI - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
3 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Employment Type:
Part timeShift:
Description:
Nutrition Support Dietitian - Credentialed
Department: Clinical Nutrition
Location: Trinity Health
Position Purpose
This position completes nutrition assessments and provides medical nutrition therapy using the nutrition care process in a timely manner according to Food and Nutrition Services department and hospital policies and regulatory standards. Delivers individualized nutrition care to patients in either the inpatient senior living outpatient clinic and/or contract services while performing within the Scope of Practice per Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary care team. Provides nutrition education for the patients family medical and non-medical staff and community.
Status available: contingent
REQUIRED EDUCATION EXPERIENCE AND CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE
Education
Bachelors degree (B.S.) from four-year college or university. Masters Degree as required by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (effective Jan. 1 2024) or bachelors degree grandfathered prior to this update.
Licensure / Certification
Minimum: Dietetic Registration Eligible. Must be able to pass RD examination within one year of date of hire.
Preferred: Proof of Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Experience
One-year full-time professional dietetics experience preferred
Required Skills and Abilities
Ability to deal with stressful situations.
Displays strong communication skills and ability to interact in a positive manner with physicians patients families and other hospital staff.
Ability to work effectively with a diverse collaborative and team-oriented culture.
Ability to organize workflow and finish tasks in a timely manner with accuracy and consistency.
Ability to maintain confidentiality.
Must be able to read speak and write English with understanding.
Ability to understand and use basic keyboarding skills office-related applications electronic health records including remote access and menu software systems.
A personal presence is characterized by a sense of honesty integrity and caring with the ability to inspire and motivate others to promote the philosophy mission vision goals and values of Trinity Health.
What you will do:
Meet hospital department and regulatory standards for providing nutrition screening assessments and reassessments for assigned units according to established standards and policies.
Perform a nutrition-focused physical exam on patients and makes a nutrition diagnosis along with a treatment plan.
Use evidence-based practice and clinical judgment to individualize medical nutrition therapy inclusive of oral enteral parenteral interventions based on clinical competency.
Document using standardized language from Nutrition Care Process Terminology manual communicates initiation and progress of care plans.
Identify and provide age-specific nutrition care to meet the cultural needs of the patients and their families.
Provide education/or counseling to patients family and/or group setting as per assessed need request or consult.
Provide nutrition and other related education to Food Service Staff medical nursing dietetic interns and/or allied health as requested by RHM or as assigned by the Clinical Nutrition Leader.
Advise FANS department/colleague on patient nutritional care food allergies modified diets based on the Nutrition Care Manual.
Participate in the promotion of health or provision of nutrition education/information for the community/retail space in collaboration with FANS leadership or as assigned by the Clinical Nutrition Leader.
Complete all required/assigned reports in an accurate and timely manner.
Actively participates in department specific and/or hospital wide teams and committees as appropriate such as patient satisfaction interdisciplinary rounds and quality improvement as appropriate.
Keep current on nutrition research and incorporate into daily practice.
Our Commitment
Rooted in our Mission and Core Values we honor the dignity of every person and recognize the unique perspectives experiences and talents each colleague brings. By finding common ground and embracing our differences we grow stronger together and deliver more compassionate person-centered care. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability veteran status or any other status protected by federal state or local law.
Key Skills
- Culinary Experience
- EMR Systems
- Motivational Interviewing
- Food Service
- Hospital Experience
- Acute Care
- Computer Skills
- MDS
- Dietary Department Experience
- Dialysis Experience
- Food Production Experience
- Tube Feeding
About Company
Trinity Health is one of the largest not-for-profit, Catholic health care systems in the nation. It is a family of 115,000 colleagues and nearly 26,000 physicians and clinicians caring for diverse communities across 25 states. Nationally recognized for care and experience, the Trinity ... View more
