Registered Dietitian Diabetes & Metabolism

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Summary
The Clinical Dietitian delivers comprehensive nutrition support and medical nutrition therapy aligned with patients medical goals. This role involves educating patients about their diet and nutrition plans and acting as a key nutrition resource for medical and nursing staff as well as other healthcare team members. The Clinical Dietitian collaborates closely with the interdisciplinary healthcare team to develop and implement nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy based on established standards of care and practice guidelines.
Ambulatory Clinical Dietitians in specialty departments are responsible for the clinical nutrition care of patients with complex or specialized dietary needs. The Clinical Dietitian in specialty departments functions as a professional consultant and member of the health care team providing high quality evidence-based nutrition care for their designated specific patient population.

Job Duties

• Acts as the primary advocate for patients nutrition care assessing and determining nutritional needs based on age and disease-specific requirements.
• Develops implements and monitors nutrition interventions to ensure their effectiveness and outcomes.
• Provide individual and/or group nutritional education to patients families and caregivers serving as a resource for students medical staff and healthcare team members.
• Conducts nutrition assessments evaluates the need for enteral and parenteral nutrition support and communicates necessary dietary adjustments with physicians.
• Interacts with co-workers visitors and other staff in alignment with Jeffersons core values maintaining regular punctual attendance.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Nutrition Dietetics or related field.
• Strong knowledge of nutrition and dietetics principles.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Ability to develop and implement individualized nutrition care plans
• Proficiency in patient education and counseling.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to work effectively as part of a healthcare team
• Knowledge of electronic health record (EHR) systems.
• Commitment to continuous professional development and staying current with industry trends
• RD - Registered Dietitian - Commission on Dietetic Registration Within 180 Days

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Nutrition Dietetics or related field preferred for those registered prior to January 1 2024 and required for those graduating after January 1 2024.
• RD - Registered Dietitian - Commission on Dietetic Registration

Additional Qualifications

Physical Demands
Lift and carry 40-50 lbs. Examples: Push/pull patients on bed stretcher (requires 29 lbs. push force) lateral transfers up to 50 lbs. of the patients weight. Frequent to continuous standing/walking. Patient transporters can walk 8-10 miles per shift. *Patient care providers may be required to perform activities specific to their role including kneeling bending squatting and performing CPR.

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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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