Registered Dietitian Oncology Clinic

BHS Baptist Healthcare System; Elizabethtown (KY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Tuition Assistance reimbursement

Paid Time Off

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Bereavement Leave (pets)

Employee Assistance Program

Retirement plans with company match

Job summary

Baptist Health is seeking a part-time Registered Dietitian for the Medical Oncology Clinic in Kentucky. You will assess nutrition needs for radiation and chemotherapy outpatients and counsel on nutrition-related side effects of oncology treatment.

The role includes providing evidence-based recommendations to optimize nutritional status during cancer care, with a focus on individualized patient support in the clinic.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science Degree with major in food and nutrition required.
• Master's degree in dietetics required for those who graduated after January 2024.
• Degree must be recognized ACEND or AND accreditation.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutritional needs of radiation and chemotherapy outpatients.
• Provide counseling to patients on managing nutrition-related side effects of oncology treatment.
• Provide appropriate recommendations to optimize nutritional status of patients.

Education

Bachelor of Science Degree with major in food and nutrition

Master's degree in dietetics required for those who graduated after January 2024

ACEND or AND accreditation recognition

Current Kentucky Dietitian license

Registered Dietitian (RD) credential or registry eligible

Job description

Registered Dietitian - Medical Oncology Clinic

Part-time (48-hour pay period), First Shift.

Sign-On Bonus $10,000 for Eligible Candidates.

Job Description

Assess nutritional needs of radiation and chemotherapy outpatients.

Provide counseling to patients on managing nutrition-related side effects of oncology treatment and importance of nutrition in relation to cancer.

Provide appropriate recommendations to optimize nutritional status of patients.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science Degree with major in food and nutrition required.
• (Master's degree in dietetics required for those who graduated after January 2024).
• Degree must be recognized accredited University or College approved by the Accreditation Council for Education and Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) or the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
• Current Kentucky Dietitian license required.
• Registered Dietitian (RD) credential required, or registry eligible with the expectation of obtaining registration within the required probationary period.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition (CSO) credentialing preferred.

Benefits

• Tuition Assistance reimbursement program
• Paid Time Off available for use upon hire
• Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement plans with company match

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.

Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Founded in 1924 in Louisville, Kentucky, Baptist Health is a full‑spectrum health system dedicated to improving the health of the communities it serves. The Baptist Health family consists of 10 hospitals, employed and independent physicians, and more than 470 points of care, including outpatient facilities, physician practices and services, urgent care clinics, outpatient diagnostic and surgery centers, home care, fitness centers, and occupational medicine and physical therapy clinics. Baptist Health’s eight owned hospitals include more than 2,300 licensed beds in Corbin, Elizabethtown, La Grange, Lexington, Louisville, Paducah, Richmond and New Albany, Indiana. Baptist Health also operates two joint venture hospitals: the 410‑bed Baptist Health Deaconess Madisonville in Madisonville, Kentucky with Deaconess Health System based in Evansville, Indiana, and the Baptist Health Rehabilitation Hospital, a 40‑bed inpatient rehabilitation facility with Encompass Health, based in Birmingham, Alabama. Baptist Health employs more than 24,000 people in Kentucky and surrounding states. Baptist Health is the first health system in the U.S. to have all of its hospitals recognized by the American Nursing Credentialing Center with either a Magnet® or Pathway to Excellence® designation for nursing excellence. Baptist Health’s employed provider network, Baptist Health Medical Group, has more than 1,820 employed providers offering care in 78 specialties, including approximately 862 physicians and 958 advanced practice clinicians. Baptist Health’s physician network also includes more than 2,000 independent physicians.

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