Registered Dietitian (JR226059)

ViziRecruiter,LLC.; Westchester (FL); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Florida is seeking a Full-Time Registered Dietitian to provide patient care and develop nutrition care plans. Responsibilities include nutrition assessments, monitoring patient progress, and collaborating with healthcare teams. Candidates should have a degree in Nutrition and appropriate certifications. Join a team dedicated to advancing community health and state-of-the-art healthcare delivery.

Qualifications

• Ability to perform nutrition focused physical examination.
• NYS Certification required within one year of hire.

Responsibilities

• Identify and prioritize patients requiring nutrition visit.
• Develop appropriate interventions and care plan based on assessments.
• Monitor implementation and efficacy of nutrition care plans.

Skills

Ability to read, write and speak English

Nutrition assessment skills

Communication skills

Education

Baccalaureate degree in Nutrition

RD/RDN Status with the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics

Job description

Introduction

To heal, to teach, to discover and to advance the health of the communities we serve.

To learn more about the “Montefiore Difference” – who we are at Montefiore and all that we have to offer our associates, please click here.

Overview

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To learn more about the “Montefiore Difference” – who we are at Montefiore and all that we have to offer our associates, please click here.

Montefiore is a premier academic health system and the University Hospital for Albert Einstein College of Medicine, serving the more than 3 million people living in the New York City region and the Hudson Valley. Montefiore is doing more to deliver science-driven care where, when and how patients need it most. With our new member and affiliate locations in Westchester, Rockland and Orange counties, Montefiore offers patients state-of-the-art healthcare close to home.

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Full-Time Registered Dietitian at our Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital.

Job Summary

Provide in-depth nutritional assessment of nutritional status and needs and develops appropriate care plan to meet nutritional goals for patients at high nutritional risk or per policy. Assessment includes nutrition focused physical examination and identification of nutrition diagnosis(es) and etiology. Determines appropriate interventions and specific goals. Develops medical nutrition therapy care plan including discharge recommendations. Provide instructions on appropriate diet therapies to patients/family. Monitors progress towards resolution of nutrition diagnosis and achievement of goals. Actively participates as core team member in interdisciplinary coordinated patient care program and on committees for the development and revision of nutrition related policies and procedures. Acts as a source of nutrition care expertise to MMC staff and associates.

Responsibilities

• Triage assigned units daily to identify and prioritize patients requiring nutrition visit as per department standards (CBORD /Epic review).
• Logs reflect appropriate periodization of daily load. Communicates with team (nursing/provider) to encourage ordering of a consult when appropriate and identified during triage.
• Completes nutrition consults within policy time frames. Documents evidence in medical record and productivity log of timely completion of consults.
• Assesses nutritional status and needs, and develops appropriate interventions and care plan through review of the medical record, medical diagnosis and history, labs/ medications, patient/family/caregiver interview, nutrition focused physical exam, diet history, fluid balance, weight status/changes, adequacy of diet to meet needs, tolerance to EN/PN, and input from health care team. Integrates all available information to calculate estimated nutritional needs for calories, protein, fluids, micronutrients.
• Calculates estimated nutrition needs based on age, weight status, injury factors including wound healing needs, medical diagnoses and histories, current and past intake, tolerance to oral/enteral/parenteral diet order, including evaluation of EN residuals. Calculates the degree to which these needs are met by patient.
• Monitors implementation of and evaluates efficacy of nutrition care plan to determine if patient has achieved or is making progress toward the established goals. Monitors progress toward resolution of nutrition diagnosis. Modifies care plan and/or goals appropriately if necessary.

Requirements

• Ability to read, write and speak English.
• Baccalaureate degree in Nutrition required from an accredited college.
• RD/RDN Status with the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics.
• NYS Certification required within one year of hire.

Montefiore is an equal employment opportunity employer. Montefiore will recruit, hire, train, transfer, promote, layoff and discharge associates in all job classifications without regard to their race, color, religion, creed, national origin, alienage or citizenship status, age, gender, actual or presumed disability, history of disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic predisposition or carrier status, pregnancy, military status, marital status, or partnership status, or any other characteristic protected by law.