Registered Dietitian - Inpatient

Cleveland Clinic; Slaton (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital in Canton as an inpatient Registered Dietitian. You will provide medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients, develop care plans, and collaborate with the care team to support nutrition goals.

The role requires a bachelor’s degree in nutrition or dietetics, RD credential, state licensure, and at least one year of clinical nutrition experience. Start times are 8:00am to 5:00pm, with days shift.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics or a related field.
• Current licensure to practice dietetics in the state (LD).
• Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD).
• One year experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition.
• Successful completion of a Dietetic Internship Program may substitute for experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy,education,and counseling to patients.
• Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans,establisha follow-upsystem,andmaintaindocumentation.
• Write changes for diet orders,initiatenutrient intake assessments, assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes and inform physicians of their patients’ nutritional status and need for diet changes.
• Create and revise education materials,participatein programdevelopment, anddevelop,implementand market services.
• Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.

Skills

Medical nutrition therapy

Counseling

Patient education

Education

Bachelor's degree in nutrition or dietetics

RD credential (registered dietitian)

State licensure (LD)

Clinical nutrition experience

Job description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives - beginning with our own. That's the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Registered Dietitian - Inpatient

Location

Canton

Facility

Mercy Hospital

Department

Dietary-Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

Job Code

T23012

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

People seek guidance from a Registered Dietitian (RD) for many reasons. Some individuals want to maximize wellness and learn to eat healthier to decrease the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. Others would like to learn more about sports nutrition,maintaininga healthy weight or aging healthfully. No matter what the reason is, Registered Dietitians help develop personal diet plans to help every patient achieve their goals.

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 5:00pm. Start and end times may be flexible.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy,education,and counseling to patients.
• Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans,establisha follow-upsystem,andmaintaindocumentation.
• Write changes for diet orders,initiatenutrient intake assessments, assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes and inform physicians of their patients’ nutritional status and need for diet changes.
• Create and revise education materials,participatein programdevelopment, anddevelop,implementand market services.
• Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's degree in nutrition,dieteticsor a related field
• Current licensure to practice dietetics in the current state (LD)
• Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD)
• One year experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition
• *Successful completion of a Dietetic Internship Program may substitute for experience requirement

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to navigate extensively to provide services to a large number of patients throughout the hospital and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer entry.
• Must have physical ability to measure and weigh patients.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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