Clinical Dietitian I

Mercy Cedar Rapids; Cedar Rapids (IA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Mercy Cedar Rapids is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to join its team in enhancing patient care through nutritional assessment and education. The ideal candidate will possess a degree sufficient for Registered Dietitian certification and have at least one year of clinical experience. This role includes assessing patient needs, counseling, and developing nutrition materials for diverse patient populations.

Qualifications

• 1 year of clinical nutrition experience required.
• Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process essential.
• Certification as a Registered Dietitian required.

Responsibilities

• Assess patient needs and provide nutritional interventions.
• Develop and implement nutrition programs.
• Participate in interdisciplinary care conferences.

Skills

Nutrition Assessment

Patient Counseling

Quality Improvement

Problem Solving

Education

Registered Dietitian

Degree sufficient for RD certification

Tools

ADIME Charting Format

Basic Computer Skills

Job description

This position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by enhancing the health of our patients. The Clinical Dietitian plays an active role in the interdisciplinary team to identify clinical needs, implement interventions and provide education. Patient population may include acute in-patients, skilled level of care, outpatients, Home Care, Hospice and Dialysis.

Job Duties

Assess patient needs, provide interventions and document in patient's medical record for care provided.

Participate in care conferences and in regular contact with nurses and the interdisciplinary team.

Counsel patients on nutritional care and needs, in assigned area, in accordance to policies and procedures.

Develop and implement nutrition materials and programs to persons of all ages in the hospital or community including chronic disease clinics, Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab, and weight management classes.

Present educational in-services to healthcare peers.

Using Medical Nutrition Therapy, provide nutrition education to patients and/or families based on diagnosis.

Department Specific Duties

Identify and initiate Quality Improvement projects in concert with Director or other management team members.

Participate in performance improvement projects including the implementation of the plan for improvement and monitoring the plan.

Compile statistics and reports.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

Good working knowledge of normal nutrition and diet therapy.

Ability to do patient nutritional assessment and to implement nutrition interventions.

Good judgment in problem-solving and planning of patient care.

Maintains positive attitude in work environment and manages personal frustrations professionally.

Demonstrates competency in specific skills as identified in the position core Competency and the annual competency.

Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process as it relates to the nutrition needs of the patients and ability to apply all steps of the process.

Knowledge of the Assessment, Data, Intervention, Monitoring and Evaluation (ADIME) charting format.

Basic working knowledge of computer usage in the workplace and good verbal/writing skills.

Professional Experience

One year experience in clinical nutrition required.

Education

Education sufficient to obtain certification as a Registered Dietitian with the Commission of Dietetic Registration required.

Meets continuing education requirements for Commission on Dietetic Registration and Iowa licensure required.

Licensure, Certification, Registration

Certified as a Registered Dietitian or registration eligible by the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR), and Dietetic licensure in the state of Iowa required; or if "registration eligible" by CDR, registration and licensure must be obtained within 6 months of hire.

Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse & Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.

Physical Demand Requirements

Light: Exert up to 20 lbs. of force occasionally and/or up to 10 lbs. of force frequently

About the company

656 Mercy Medical Center is a Catholic hospital in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.

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