Dietitian Nutritionist Weight Management

Atrium Health; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Atrium Health is seeking a Registered Dietitian to assess nutritional status and provide medical nutrition therapy within a multidisciplinary care team. You will develop and monitor nutrition plans, educate patients and families, and document care comprehensively in all required tools.

The role includes leading in-service trainings and mentoring dietetic interns, with opportunities to disseminate findings and contribute to patient-centered outcomes.

Qualifications

• Assess and monitor nutritional status and adjust care using current literature.
• Provide MNT counseling, develop/monitor/implement MNT for patients/clients.
• Coordinate nutrition into a total patient therapy program with medical team.
• Complete documentation including care plans, assessments, and education in required tools.
• Develop and evaluate education materials; identify learner needs and document responses.
• Deliver periodic in-services; supervise residents and physicians as applicable.
• Mentor dietetic team members and interns.
• Disseminate nutrition research findings to medical team and public.
• Communicate with multidisciplinary departments to ensure standards of excellence and patient satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Assess and monitor nutritional status and adjust care as indicated.
• Provide MNT/counseling, including assessment, education, and referrals.
• Coordinate nutrition into total patient therapy with physicians and nurses.
• Document nutritional care plans, assessments, consultations, and education promptly.
• Develop/evaluate education materials and tailor for learner level.
• Lead in-services and contribute to training for residents and staff.
• Mentor team members and dietetic interns under manager guidance.
• Share nutrition research findings with care teams and patients.
• Collaborate with departments to uphold service excellence.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

MNT counseling

Interdisciplinary communication

Documentation

Patient education

Staff education

Mentoring interns

Research dissemination

Quality-focused care

Education

Bachelor's degree required or Master’s depending on RD status

RD/LDN registry eligible or Registered Dietitian

Licensed by state Board of Dietetics and Nutrition

RD/LDN registered within 4 months of hire

Specialty certifications may be required

Tools

Documentation tools

Job description

• Assesses and monitors nutritional status of patients/clients and adjusts nutritional care as indicated utilizing current scientific literature on methodology and relates this information to medical status, anthropometric data, clinical assessment, and nutrition evaluation of the patient/client.
• Provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT)/counseling including assessment and education, developing, monitoring, and implementing MNT/counseling for patients/clients in assigned areas. Completes consults and referrals as received.
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, and others to coordinate nutrition into a total patient/client therapy program.
• Completes all required documentation including nutritional care plan, assessments, consultations, nutrient intake analyses and patient/client education in all required documentation tools in a timely, professional, and thorough manner.
• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient/client and family education. Develops, evaluates, and utilizes appropriate education materials. Learning needs are identified using methods appropriate to each learner's developmental and educational level; evaluates and documents learner response to teaching.
• Provides/develops periodic in-services on selected topics to team members and other disciplines as requested. In-service development for residents and attending physicians is supervised by clinical manager or designee.
• Under the guidance of the manager or designee, participates in basic skills orientation, training, and mentoring of team members and dietetic interns as applicable.
• Teaches and disseminates results and findings of nutrition research to medical team members, nursing, pharmacy, patients, and public.
• Communicates with multidisciplinary departments on patient/client care and issues, including performance feedback on personnel when requested or applicable to ensure standards of excellence are met for customer satisfaction.

Essential Functions

• Assesses and monitors nutritional status of patients/clients and adjusts nutritional care as indicated utilizing current scientific literature on methodology and relates this information to medical status, anthropometric data, clinical assessment, and nutrition evaluation of the patient/client.
• Provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT)/counseling including assessment and education, developing, monitoring, and implementing MNT/counseling for patients/clients in assigned areas. Completes consults and referrals as received.
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, and others to coordinate nutrition into a total patient/client therapy program.
• Completes all required documentation including nutritional care plan, assessments, consultations, nutrient intake analyses and patient/client education in all required documentation tools in a timely, professional, and thorough manner.
• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient/client and family education. Develops, evaluates, and utilizes appropriate education materials. Learning needs are identified using methods appropriate to each learner's developmental and educational level; evaluates and documents learner response to teaching.
• Provides/develops periodic in-services on selected topics to team members and other disciplines as requested. In-service development for residents and attending physicians is supervised by clinical manager or designee.
• Under the guidance of the manager or designee, participates in basic skills orientation, training, and mentoring of team members and dietetic interns as applicable.
• Teaches and disseminates results and findings of nutrition research to medical team members, nursing, pharmacy, patients, and public.
• Communicates with multidisciplinary departments on patient/client care and issues, including performance feedback on personnel when requested or applicable to ensure standards of excellence are met for customer satisfaction.

Physical Requirements

Must be able to give and receive verbal communications on a continuous basis. Must be able to read written communications on a continuous basis both hard copy and on a computer screen. Able to compose written communications frequently. Able to lift and carry objects weighing 25 pounds or less occasionally. Able to perform motor skills as reaching out/up. Frequent periods of walking, standing, sitting. Infrequently squatting, twisting, and bending.

Education, Experience And Certifications

Bachelor's degree if RD before 1/1/2024, Master's degree if RD on or after 1/1/2024 required. RD/LDN registry eligible or Registered Dietitian (Commission on Dietetic Registration) and Licensed by the applicable state Board of Dietetics and Nutrition required. If RD/LDN registry eligible, RD/LDN registered required within 4 months of hire. Specialty certification (i.e., CDCES, CNSC, AND Certifications) may be required. Department managers determine requirements for specialty certifications relevant to the position and the timeframe required to obtain.

Patient Population Served

Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development and demonstrates the skills and competency appropriate to the ages, culture, developmental stages, and special needs of the population served.