Clinical Dietitian In-Patient Jefferson Center City Per Diem

Job Details

Job Description

Provides appropriate medical nutrition therapy goals for patients throughout the organization. Educates patients regarding their diet/nutrition plan for discharge when needed. Serves as a nutrition resource to physicians nursing staff and other health care team members. Participates in patient care rounds.

• cts as the patients primary advocate for all aspects of nutrition care. Assesses nutrition

needs for patients receiving enteral and parenteral feedings and/or eating based on age and disease specific requirements.

• Develops implements and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition interventions for patients based on departmental policies and procedures.
• Provides nutrition education to patients families and/or caregivers as needed. Educates and acts as a resource for students residents medical staff nursing and other healthcare team members regarding nutrition support practices.
• Interacts with co-workers visitors and other staff consistently utilizing Jeffersons core values.
• Communicates clearly and effectively in both written and verbal form to patients public support staff physicians and other allied health team members.
• General knowledge of nutrients analysis electronic medical record and spreadsheet software

Qualifications

Degree/Diploma Obtained Program of Study Required/Preferred

Bachelors

Nutrition or Dietetics

Required

Masters Related Field Preferred

Additional Qualifications:

• Completion of a supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• One year acute care hospital/critical care experience preferred

Licensing Requirements

Registered Dietitian or eligible for registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

If registration eligible must past the dietetic registration exam within 6 months of hire. Licensure state of

Pennsylvania within 6 months of hire. Position may be terminated if registration and/or Licensure is not achieved within the required timeframe

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Worker Sub Type

Employee Entity

Primary Location Address

Nationally ranked Jefferson which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65000 people strong dedicated to providing the highest-quality compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrows professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College Jefferson College of Nursing and the Kanbar College of Design Engineering and Commerce dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8300 students. Jefferson Health nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age race color religion creed sexual orientation gender gender identity marital status pregnancy national origin ancestry citizenship military status veteran status handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues including medical (including prescription) supplemental insurance dental vision life and AD&D insurance short- and long-term disability flexible spending accounts retirement plans tuition assistance as well as voluntary benefits which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues including those who work less than part-time(including per diemcolleagues adjunct faculty and Jeff Temps) have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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