Clinical Dietitian

HCA Healthcare; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 37,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) plan with employer match

Job summary

HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s seeks a Clinical Dietitian to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy across patient age groups, collaborating within an interdisciplinary team.

The role includes nutrition screenings, focused exams, care plan development, education, and ongoing outcomes evaluation within a hospital setting. RD credential and ACEND-supervised practice are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent required.
• Completion of an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program required.
• One to two years of hospital clinical nutrition experience preferred.
• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (RD)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate as part of an interdisciplinary health care team to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy across all patient ages and acuities.
• Perform timely nutrition screenings and assessments per policy.
• Conduct nutrition-focused physical exams for patients at nutritional risk.
• Identify patients at nutritional risk based on established criteria.
• Evaluate age-specific and disease-specific nutritional needs and develop individual plans of care.
• Evaluate and monitor effectiveness of medical nutrition therapy interventions.
• Provide nutrition education and counseling to patients, families, and caregivers.
• Participate in competency assessments and RD chart audits with a passing score of 80% or higher.
• Adhere to nutrition guidelines, care manuals, and facility protocols; uphold Academy Code of Ethics.

Skills

Nutrition care

RD licensure

Hospital nutrition

Nutritional assessments

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition or Dietetics

ACEND-accredited supervised practice

Job description

Hourly Wage Estimate: $26.65 - $41.10 / hour

Learn more about the benefits offered ( https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards ) for this job.

The estimate displayed represents the typical wage range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have and comparison to other employees already in this role. The typical candidate is hired below midpoint of the range.

Do you want to join an organization that invests in you as a(an) Clinical Dietitian? At HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, you come first. HCA Healthcare has committed up to $300 million in programs to support our incredible team members over the course of three years.

Job Summary and Qualifications

To collaborate as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide patients of all age groups and acuity levels with high quality Medical Nutrition Therapy following the Nutrition Care Process. Note: The following is not intended to be a finite list of responsibilities for this Clinical Dietitian position

Performs timely nutrition screenings and assessments in accordance with the Corporate Screening and Assessment Policy

Perform nutrition focused physical exams on patients who are at nutritional risk.

Identify patients at nutritional risk based on established criteria

Evaluate age specific, developmental and disease specific nutritional needs of patients

Develop and implement individualized nutritional plan of care.

Evaluate and monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.

Identify patient nutrition education needs and provide nutrition counseling to patients, family, and/or caregivers.

Participate in the competency assessment process and achieve a passing score of 80% or higher on RD chart audits

Adheres to nutrition care guidelines, the nutrition care manual, department/facility guidelines and/or protocols to provide evidence-based nutrition care.

Integrates the Academy Code of Ethics in all areas of practice.

What qualifications you will need:

Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent required

Completion of an ACEND-accredited supervised practice program required

One to two years of hospital clinical nutrition experience preferred

Licensure, Certifications, Training and Credentials:

Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Required

Benefits

HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children’s, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include:

• Comprehensive benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short-term disability coverage and leaves of absence

• Savings and retirement resources , including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling

• Education support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location.

HCA HealthONE, one of the largest and most comprehensive healthcare systems in the Rocky Mountain region, offers more than 170 care sites in the Denver metro area. Offering services across the continuum of care to meet patients’ total healthcare needs, HCA HealthONE includes seven acute care hospitals, a dedicated flagship pediatric hospital, a rehabilitation hospital, CareNow® urgent care clinics, mental health campuses, imaging and surgery centers, physician practices, home and hospice care, and AirLife Denver, which provides regional critical care air and ground transportation. Among HCA HealthONE’s acute care hospitals is Presbyterian/St. Luke’s (P/SL). P/SL has been meeting the healthcare needs of patients and their families from across the Rocky Mountain region for more than 140 years. Included on the P/SL campus is Rocky Mountain Children’s, a dedicated pediatric hospital, making the campus the only tertiary/quaternary combined pediatric and adult hospital in this region. P/SL is home to an award-winning cancer program including the Colorado Blood Cancer Institute, a solid organ transplant program, and complex orthopedics. Consistently among the Denver Business Journals’ list of top corporate philanthropists in the Denver-metro area, HCA HealthONE was named as one of the most community-minded organizations by The Civic 50 and contributed more than $1 million through cash and in-kind donations last year alone, along with more than $400M in federal, state and local taxes.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated $3.7 billion in costs for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

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HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are a family 270,000 dedicated professionals! Our Talent Acquisition team is reviewing applications for our Clinical Dietitian opening. Qualified candidates will be contacted for interviews.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.