Registered Dietitian - Part Time

Cleveland Clinic; Mayfield Heights (OH); On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Part time

Job summary

Cleveland Clinic Health System's Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights seeks a part-time Registered Dietitian. You will provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients within the DDSI Nutrition-Digestive Disease Institute.

This role features a shared weekend rotation (1 weekend per month or every 5 weeks) with on-call duties on holidays. Required: Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics, LD licensure, and RD certification; clinical nutrition experience

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or a related field.
• Current licensure as a Licensed Dietitian (LD).
• Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD).

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients.
• Implement nutritional care plans and establish a follow-up system with documentation.
• Inform physicians of patient nutritional status and need for diet changes.
• Create and revise education materials, participate in program development and market services.
• Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.

Skills

Nutrition knowledge

Patient counseling

Medical nutrition therapy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition or Dietetics

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 - Part Time

Location

Mayfield Hts

Facility

Hillcrest Hospital

Department

DDSI Nutrition-Digestive Disease Institute

Job Code

D21024

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic and experience world-class healthcare at its best. Cleveland Clinic Hillcrest Hospital is a proud Magnet Hospital awarded by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, the highest honor an organization can receive for professional nursing practice. Here, you will work alongside a dedicated team of caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career.

People seek guidance from a Registered Dietitian (RD) for many reasons, whether tomaximize wellness,learnhealthier eatinghabitsordecrease the risk of chronic diseases.No matter the reason,you willhelpthese patientsdevelop personal diet plans to achieve their goals.

This is a part-time role. A caregiver in this position works a shared weekend rotation, 1 weekend per month or every 5 weeks. These weekend (Saturday/Sunday) requirements will be Holidays will be on-call only and be rotated.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy,educationand counseling to patients.

• Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans,establisha follow-upsystemandmaintaindocumentation.

• Write changes for diet orders,initiatenutrient intake assessments, assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids andelectrolytesandreview laboratory and clinical progress notes.

• Inform physicians of patientnutritional status andneed for diet changes.

• Create and revise education materials,participatein program development and develop,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’sDegree inNutrition,Dieteticsor a related field

• Currentlicensure as aLicensed Dietitian (LD)

• Active certification as a RegisteredDietitian(RD)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian inClinicalNutrition OR successful completion of CCF Dietetic Internship Program

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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