Clinical Dietitian - Inpatient Full Time

Provider Careers at Bronson Medical Group; Kalamazoo (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Bronson Methodist Hospital is seeking an inpatient Clinical Dietitian to join the Nutrition Support Team in Kalamazoo. The role provides patient-centered nutrition assessment, care plan development, and collaboration with physicians, nurses, and therapists to improve outcomes.

The dietitian will educate patients and families, monitor progress, and support discharge planning in a fast-paced hospital setting on a full-time basis.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Nutrition required.
• Master’s degree preferred for Registered Dietitian status if graduating in 2024 or later.
• Experience with nutrition assessment and care planning is expected.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutrition needs and develop nutrition care plans.
• Coordinate with multidisciplinary team to implement care plans.
• Educate patients and families on nutrition and discharge planning.
• Maintain documentation of nutrition assessments and plans.

Skills

Computer proficiency

Independent work

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Nutrition

Master’s degree for RD if 2024 onwards

Job description

Love Where You Work!Team Bronson is compassionate, resilient and strong. We are driven by Positivity which inspires us to be our best and to go above and beyond for our patients, for one another, and for our community.If you’re ready for a rewarding new career, join Team Bronson and be part of the experience.LocationKalamazoo-601 John St.-Bronson Methodist Hospital South Campus (South Pavilion)TitleClinical Dietitian - Inpatient Full TimeThe clinical dietitian serves as a member of the multidisciplinary healthcare team and provides patient-centered care. The dietitian assesses nutrition needs; develops and implements nutrition care plans; evaluates and reports the results appropriately; interprets, evaluates, and utilizes pertinent and current research related to nutrition care; and coordinates activities according to department policies and procedures and the goals for the healthcare team. The dietitian is accountable for setting priorities, meeting deadlines, and promoting the achievement of positive patient outcomes. In addition to working with the healthcare team, the dietitian will also interact with patients, caregivers, and families.Utilizing a team-based approach, the dietitian provides highly proficient care, utilizing evidence-based guidelines, which is patient-centered and supportive of diversity and cultural factors. The dietitian is responsible for patient, community, and staff education programs (individual or group) as needed and is an active participant in improving the health and well-being of the community. Employees providing direct patient care must demonstrate skills and competencies specific to the population served.Qualifications:• Possess a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Nutrition.• Possess a master’s degree if becoming a Registered Dietitian in 2024 and thereafter (RDs who graduated prior to 2024 are not required to possess a graduate degree).• Completion of a supervised practice program (Dietetic Internship Program, Individual Supervised Practice Pathway, Coordinated Program, Future Graduates Program, and International Dietitian Education Program) accredited by Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).• Must be credentialed as a Registered Dietitian or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) within 6 months of hire.• Additional certification or progress toward certification completion, education, and experience may be required depending on the specific department and position (i.e., Diabetes Education requires applicants to obtain CDCES credentials and complete insulin pump training and certifications).Clinical Skills:• Utilizes nutrition screening criteria and reviews medical records of individual patients to identify patients with increased nutritional risk including in-patients on assigned units, patients with scheduled visits in assigned clinics, and patients scheduled for outpatient nutrition counseling.• Identifies ongoing risk for nutritional problems through regular review of anthropometric, biochemical and laboratory data; documentation of feeding skills; records of parenteral, enteral, and oral intake, diagnosis, or presence of chronic diseases or conditions associated with nutritional risk throughout patient’s hospitalization and outpatient’s course of treatment.• Documents nutritional assessment by evaluation and interpretation of nutritional intake data; physical, anthropometric, biochemical and laboratory data; normal, immature, and dysfunctional and behavioral aspects of feedings skills; and clinical signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiency, inadequacy, excess or toxicity.• Establishes and documents the nutritional plan of care for individual patients by identifying nutritional problems and prescribing nutrition interventions that are age- and disease-specific and incorporates these into the patients’ overall plans of care.• Reviews medical record and observes patient for response to nutritional plan of care and for changes that indicate unresolved or presence of new nutrition problem(s) and adjusts nutritional aspects of the patient’s plan of care accordingly.• Maintains knowledge of dietary guidelines and nutritional standards of care in health and disease and applies these guidelines to patient care and patient education.• Assesses patient/family teaching needs and develops and documents a teaching plan with patient focused outcomes identified.• Participates in developing and documenting a plan for discharge or discontinuation of care. Maintains knowledge of progression toward discharge and updates nutrition plan as necessary.• Documents plan for follow up with qualifying and/or quantifying statements (identifies what, when and where follow-up, if any, will occur).• Provides phone follow-up when indicated and assists in the continuity of care with primary care providers and dietitians providing follow-up care.• Reviews medical records of individual patients to collect and analyze nutrition related data for Process Improvement and/or Compliance.• Additional skills and competencies may be required depending on the specific department and area of practice (i.e., nutrition-focused physical exam, motivational interviewing, and MNT/DSME billing in outpatient care areas).Professional Skills:• Demonstrate a high degree of competency with computers, including the ability to use an Electronic Medical Record (training will be provided) and is proficient in Microsoft Office.• Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.• Must possess excellent organizational and communication skills and the ability to manage several projects simultaneously.• Work which produces high levels of mental/visual fatigue (i.e., interactive, and repetitive or small detailed work requiring alertness and concentration for sustained periods of time, the operation of and full attention to a personal computer or CRT between 40 and 70 percent of the time).• The job produces some physical demands such as regular walking, standing, stooping, bending, sitting, and some lifting of light weight objects.ShiftTime TypeFull timeScheduled Weekly Hours40Cost Center1605 Clinical Nutrition (BMH)Agency Use Policy and Agency Submittal DisclaimerBronson Healthcare Group and its affiliates (“Bronson”) strictly prohibit the acceptance of unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies (\"Recruiters\") in response to job postings or word of mouth. Unsolicited resumes sent to any employee of Bronson by Recruiters, without both a valid written agreement with Bronson and a direct written request from the Bronson Talent Acquisition Department for a specific job position, will be considered the property of Bronson. Furthermore, no fees will be owed or paid to Recruiters who submit resumes for unsolicited candidates, even if those candidates are hired. This policy applies regardless of whether the Recruiter has a pre-existing agreement with Bronson. Only candidates submitted through a specific written agreement with the Bronson Talent Acquisition Department for a named position are eligible for fee consideration.