Clinical Dietitian - Per Diem, Bariatrics Program

Albany Medical College; New York (NY); Hybride; USD 59 000 - 89 000; Temps partiel

Résumé du poste

Albany Medical College seeks a Clinical Dietitian - Per Diem Bariatrics Program to deliver comprehensive nutrition care across the organization in Albany, NY. The role focuses on malnutrition assessment and treatment within the Bariatrics program and supports senior staff in nutrition services.

The position requires RD credentials and ongoing CE credits, with responsibilities including care planning, interdisciplinary collaboration, and potential training duties. Per diem schedule is possible.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian as delineated by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Maintenance of continuing education requirements for dietetic registration.
• Experience (see also competency based objectives and level advancement criteria)

Responsabilités

• Design and implements individualized nutrition care plans for hospitalized and ambulatory patients across the life span, considering cultural and religious diversity.
• Prioritizes patient caseload based on assigned level of risk.
• Collaborates daily with interdisciplinary care teams on nutrition care plan development in the context of the medical management.
• May be asked to assist with orientation and training of new level 1 dietitians and nutrition assistants.
• Provides cross-coverage of RD assignments as needed.
• Participates in weekend & holiday clinical nutrition coverage.
• Complete productivity data.
• Participates in clinical team by providing input to team decisions, facilitating open communication among the group, and by attending all team meetings.
• Participates in service-specific graduate medical education and other educational opportunities (after 1 year).
• Assists with data collection and projects as requested.
• Practices within the ADA scope of practice.

Connaissances

Registered Dietitian

Formation

Registered Dietitian credential (RD)

Description du poste

Department/Unit: HBD - Surgery Bariatric Work Shift: Day (United States of America) Salary Range: $59,066.00 - $88,599.00 Clinical Dietitian - Per Diem Bariatrics Program Albany, NY Responsible for providing comprehensive, high quality nutrition care to patients throughout the organization. Primary area of focus includes the assessment and care of patients determined to be malnourished or at risk for malnutrition. Staff will serve as role models by practicing exemplary behaviors when working with patients, visitors and fellow staff members.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Maintain ethics standards within the professional and hospital guidelines.
• Design and implements individualized nutrition care plans for hospitalized and ambulatory patients across the life span, considering cultural and religious diversity.
• Prioritizes patient caseload based on assigned level of risk.
• Collaborates daily with interdisciplinary care teams on nutrition care plan development in the context of the medical management.
• May be asked to assist with orientation and training of new level 1 dietitians and nutrition assistants
• Provides cross-coverage of RD assignments as needed.
• Participates in weekend & holiday clinical nutrition coverage.
• Complete productivity data.
• Participates in clinical team by providing input to team decisions, facilitating open communication among the group, and by attending all team meetings.
• Participates in service-specific graduate medical education and other educational opportunities (after 1 year).
• Assists with data collection and projects as requested.
• Practices within the ADA scope of practice.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Registered Dietitian as delineated by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Maintenance of continuing education requirements for dietetic registration.
• Experience (see also competency based objectives and level advancement criteria)

Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System! Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer.

This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a “need to know” and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.

Albany Medical Center is the centerpiece of medicine, research, and medical education in New York’s Capital Region and is the area's largest private employer with more than 10,000 employees. Albany Medical Center offers excellent career opportunities in a wide range of roles in both patient care and administration.

We value all our staff members and offer outstanding employee benefits including:

• Excellent health care coverage with no copay at Albany Medical Center providers
• A wide array of services and programs to support emotional, physical, and mental wellbeing

Anchored in the state’s historic capital city, Albany Medical Center offers a full range of inpatient and outpatient care and is home to the region’s largest hospital, only Level 1 adult and pediatric trauma centers, and only children’s hospital. The downtown campus also offers opportunities at Albany Medical College. Albany Medical Center, along with Columbia Memorial Health, Glens Falls Hospital, Saratoga Hospital, and the Visiting Nurses, form the Albany Med Health System, serving more than three million people over 25 counties.