Clinical Dietitian Specialist - Nutrition Services

TieTalent; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health services organization is seeking a Clinical Dietitian Specialist for its Syracuse location. The role involves providing critical nutrition services, ensuring the well-being of patients through comprehensive dietary management, and participating in quality assurance activities. Candidates should possess relevant degrees and registrations, along with experience in clinical dietetics.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of post-RD certification experience in clinical dietetics.
• Specialty certification or advanced specialized membership required within 3 years of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical nutrition services including assessment, diet formulation and nutrition intervention.
• Ensure regulatory compliance and quality care.
• Participate in quality assurance and improvement programs.

Skills

Nutrition assessment

Diet formulation

Self-management training

Nutrition intervention

Education

Bachelors or Masters degree

Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration

NYS Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist license

Job description

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About

Syracuse

Allied Health

Full-time

Opening on: Jun 13 2025

Nutrition Services

State of New York

TH Clinical Nutritionist 3, NSSL2

83345

UUP (State University Professional Services Unit)

Job Summary

The Clinical Dietitian Specialist is responsible for providing clinical nutrition services, including nutrition assessment, modified diet formulation, self-management training and nutrition intervention to patients/residents. Ensures patient satisfaction, quality care, regulatory agency compliance, and good public relations are achieved through the safe and efficient use of resources. Position must provide nutrition services in identified specialty area for a minimum of 70% of workload/responsibilities. Specialty areas include NICU, bariatric, renal, cardiac, diabetes, nutrition support, transplant, oncology, pediatrics and out-patient services. Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to implement, initiate or modify order for diet or nutrition-related actions (e.g. nutrition supplements, dietary supplements, diet modifications, diet texture modifications for dentition or individual preferences, nutrition-related laboratory tests and medications, and nutrition education and counseling). Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to manage nutrition support therapies (e.g., enteral, and parenteral formula selection and rate adjustments based on energy needs or laboratory results, addition of designated medications and vitamin/mineral supplements to parenteral nutrition solutions or supplemental water for enteral nutrition). Participates in facility-wide and department Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement (QAPI) Program and on QAPI teams to improve processes and patient care. Participates in and attends departmental meetings, staff development, patient care rounds and professional programs. Provides outpatient nutritional counseling to patients, focusing on specific disease/disorders where nutrition counseling can impact the patient's medical status, meeting documentation and billing regulatory standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelors or Masters degree required. Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration required. NYS Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist license (or eligible) required. Three or more years of post RD certification experience in clinical dietetics. Specialty certification or advanced specialized membership required within 3 years of hire.

• Candidates with Bachelors or Masters degree, Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration upon hire or within six (6) months of hire, NYS Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist license upon on hire or within one (1) year of hire, and less than 3 years of post RD certification experience will be considered for appointment to an entry-level (SL1) position at commensurate title and salary.
  
  

Preferred Qualifications

Master's degree with preferred area of Nutrition or related field. Two (2) years or more of experience with Inpatient Critical Care or two (2) years or more of experience with Outpatient Counseling with experience in billing. Board certification as a Nutrition Support Clinician or other certifications in Pediatrics or Adult Nutrition: Board Certification as a Specialty in Pediatric Nutrition, Weight Management and Obesity, Oncology Nutrition, Renal Nutrition or board certification in Advanced Diabetes Management.

Work Days

Monday-Friday, days with weekends and holidays

Message To Applicants

The salary for this role is $65,000+ Depending on qualifications

Recruitment Office: Human Resources

Executive Order

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Governor's Office of Employee Relations at [phone] or via email at [e-mail].

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or disability or other protected classes under State and Federal law.

Work Location: In person

• Syracuse, New York
  
  

Languages

• English

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