Dietitian - Chamberlain - Part Time

10000 Sanford; United States; On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanford Health seeks a Dietitian to plan and provide medical nutrition therapy across inpatient and outpatient settings. You will assess nutritional status, develop care plans, and educate patients and families as part of a multidisciplinary team.

The role emphasizes evidence-based nutrition, chronic disease management, and care coordination within a rural health system with a 25-bed unit and potential dialysis coverage. Requires RD credentials and ACEND-accredited education.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in dietetics or ACEND-accredited program.
• RD license and CDR registration required.
• Clinical nutrition experience with ability to manage nutrition care plans.
• Two exam attempts within three months of hire.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical nutrition therapy and monitor nutritional care for clients of all ages.
• Develop and implement individualized care plans and nutrition education.
• Perform nutrition assessments and determine status with evidence-based methods.
• Educate on disease state management and self-management education.
• Lead care protocols and update educational materials as needed.

Skills

Clinical nutrition experience

Dietary assessment

Nutrition education

Education

Bachelor's degree in dietetics

Master's degree in dietetics (ACEND requirement after 2024)

Registered Dietitian (RD) license

CDR registration

Temporary/limited permit nutritionist license

Job description

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland.

Work Shift: 8 Hours - Day Shifts (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 24

Compensation: Salary Range: $26.00 - $41.50

Union Position: No

Department Details: This position will cover for a 25 bed Critical Access inpatient and outpatient, and 44 bed Long Term Care.

Potential coverage: the dialysis unit for the main hospital.

Summary: Plans, develops, and provides diet interventions, medical nutrition therapy, nutrition care and preventive counseling to individuals and groups in all areas of primary and specialty patient/resident care, acute care, skilled nursing, out-patient, and/or community settings.

Job Description: Provides medical nutrition therapy services and monitors nutritional care of clients/patients/residents of all ages including neonatal, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric as assigned.

This includes determination of nutritional status through nutritional assessment, individualized care plans, provider order recommendations and implementation of nutrition therapy (including verbal orders, diet modification, nutrition support, oral nutrition supplements), education and counseling for disease and nutrition risk management, and evaluation of outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.

Additionally includes optimization of self-management education and skills in the care of clients/patients/residents with chronic conditions.

Ability to recognize, evaluates, and provide for nutritional needs based on cultural, ethnic, and religious beliefs.

Evaluates treatments or procedures for effectiveness using an evidence-based approach.

Works on nutrition care protocols for the assigned area and acts as leader for the health care team in the implementation of the nutrition therapies.

Educates on diet according to disease state, medical condition and health risk.

Incorporates new trends and techniques as necessary to design care plan and update standards of care educational material.

Assists in tailoring clinical education and associated materials for use with clients/patients/residents, families and caregivers.

Performs quality control and maintains a high standard in relation to infection control mechanisms for safety.

Aware and conscious of individual's insurance coverage and reimbursement circumstances, and participates in clinical performance improvement activities, including research that tests new treatments or procedures for clinical evidence of outcomes.

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree in dietetics or food and nutrition through an Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited program. (After January 1, 2024, the ACEND requires anyone taking the registration exam to become a dietitian have a master's degree. Prior to January 1, 2024, individuals qualifying to take the registration exam need to have the minimum of a bachelor's of science degree in dietetics.)
• Clinical nutrition experience through an approved coordinated undergraduate program or successful completion of post graduate internship required.
• Currently holds Registered Dietitian (RD) license within the applicable state(s).
• Registered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) required.
• For applicable states, proof of a temporary/limited permit nutritionist license will be considered for registry eligible individuals in the event they are waiting to test for their CDR.
• Individuals will be allowed two exam attempts within three months of hire into their position.

Sanford is an EEO/AA Employer M/F/Disability/Vet.

If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation for help with your online application, please call 1-877-949-5678 or send an email to [e-mail].

The Sanford organization owns and manages multiple distinct brands, including Sanford Health, Marshfield Clinic, and Good Samaritan, as well as Lewis Drug, Sanford Health Equip, Solutions by Sanford, Great Shots, and Blue Rock Bar & Grill.

Sanford Health, the largest rural health system in the United States, is dedicated to transforming the health care experience and providing access to world-class health care in America's heartland.

Headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, the organization has 53,000 employees and serves over 2 million patients and nearly 425,000 health plan members across the upper Midwest including South Dakota, North Dakota, Minnesota, Wyoming, Iowa, Wisconsin and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.

The integrated nonprofit health system includes a network of 56 hospitals, 288 clinic locations, 147 senior care communities, 4,000 physicians and advanced practice providers and nearly 1,500 active clinical trials and studies.

The organization’s transformational virtual care initiative brings patients closer to care with access to 78 specialties.

Learn more about Sanford Health’s commitment to shaping the future of rural health care across the lifespan at sanfordhealth.org or Sanford Health News.

Good Samaritan, one of the nation’s largest nonprofit providers of senior care and services, is committed to transforming the aging experience through innovation, compassion and personalized care.

As part of Sanford Health, an integrated nonprofit health system headquartered in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Good Samaritan serves 10,000 seniors and offers access to a full continuum of care, including 94 rehabilitation and skilled nursing centers, 56 assisted living and memory care facilities, 44 independent living locations and 37 home health and hospice agencies.

The senior care provider delivers services across the upper Midwest, with 70% of residents living in rural communities.

Learn more about Good Samaritan’s mission and commitment to delivering high quality senior care in rural America at good-sam.com.