Clinical Dietitian I

CommonSpirit Health; Lufkin (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

CommonSpirit Health's St. Luke’s Health–Memorial Lufkin is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to deliver expert nutrition care, develop individualized plans, and improve patient outcomes within a multidisciplinary team.

You will assess patients, implement nutrition interventions, monitor progress, educate families, and coordinate with Food and Nutrition Services to ensure accurate diet orders and high-quality care.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics and ACEND-accredited program completion.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) or equivalent within 90 days.
• Dietitian: TX licensure within 90 days.

Responsibilities

• Performs nutritional assessment using age and gender appropriate standards and validated tools; identifies nutrition risk and develops care plans.
• Implements targeted nutrition interventions; provides education to patients and families; monitors and updates nutrition care plan.
• Collaborates with Food and Nutrition Services to ensure accurate diet orders and patient experience; participates in chart audits and peer reviews.
• Updates plan of care and documents patient response in medical records.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Patient education

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Dietetics

Registered Dietitian certification

Job description

*Job Summary and Responsibilities*
As a Clinical Dietitian, you will provide expert nutrition care, developing and implementing individualized plans to improve patient health outcomes.
Every day you will clearly communicate nutritional data across all systems and participate in health team meetings as the resident nutrition expert.
To be successful in this role, you will integrate robust clinical expertise with empathetic, evidence-based care, consistently adhering to professional standards and fostering effective communication with patients and healthcare teams.

• Performs nutritional assessment using age and gender appropriate standards, cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds; and utilizing validated assessment tools resulting in nutrition-related diagnosis when indicated. Conducts routine screening to identify patients at nutritional risk. Collaborates within an interdisciplinary environment to contribute to facilitating care and identifying patients at nutrition risk or needing higher levels of care.
• Implements targeted and specific nutrition intervention(s). Provides customized nutrition education to patients and/or families and caregivers. Works within an interdisciplinary environment to contribute toward overall patient care. Closely monitors, evaluates and rescreens patient nutrition status as appropriate. Updates plan of care as necessary. Follow up with patients as needed.
• Develops an intervention plan which includes appropriate feeding route, mode, and nutrition prescription unique to patient's specific needs, in accordance with physicians' orders. Monitors and evaluates patient response to interventions by meeting specific measurable goals documented in the nutrition care plan in a timely and thorough manner in the medical record.
• Collaborates with the Food and Nutrition Services team to enhance patient experience. This includes participating in test trays, menu reviews, periodic auditing of trayline for accuracy of diet orders, validating menu compliance with the facility Diet Manual Handbook and Nutrition Care Manual (NCM), supporting with patient interactive positions (i.e. dietitians, diet clerks, interns, etc.), maintaining communication with patients, staff, and guests and providing excellent customer service. Participates in peer reviews and chart audits, and collaborates in Diet Manual Handbook training for all clinical staff (new registered dietitians, nurses, therapists, physicians, etc.), including how to access it in hard and soft copy.
• Job Requirements*Required
• Bachelor's degree, and completion of accredited dietetics program (ACEND - Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Registered Dietician, or RD ADA, or RD AND, or RD CDR, within 90 Days
• Dietitian: TX, within 90 Days

Where You'll Work
St. Luke’s Health – Memorial Lufkin is a 279 bed facility and member of CommonSpirit Health, a national nonprofit health system. Serving East Texas, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin provides more than a quarter of a million patient services annually and contributes millions of dollars in local charity care and community support. We’re the area’s first Joint Commission Certified Primary Stroke Center, with board-certified neurologists and neurosurgeons offering full-spectrum stroke care. Nationally recognized as a HealthCare Center of Excellence, St. Luke's Health-Memorial Lufkin offers compassionate, comprehensive health care, including off-campus rehab and outpatient facilities and services. In addition to its large emergency department, there are 32 private rooms, dedicated imaging and OBGYN, wound care, infusion and lab services.
*Pay Range*
$26.06 - $38.76 /hour