Registered Dietitian RDN

Banner Health; Tucson, Northern (AZ, KY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on Bonus

Job summary

Banner Health in Tucson, Arizona seeks a Registered Dietitian to provide nutrition assessments, develop care plans, and educate patients and families within an interdisciplinary team.

The role requires solid nutrition knowledge, RD credentials within 6 months of hire, and ability to work across medical, nursing, and culinary teams; schedule Tue-Sat 7am-8:30am.

Great place to work with benefits and opportunities for professional development, with a $10,000 sign-on bonus for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent coursework.
• Must be a Registered Dietitian or RD Eligible.
• Master’s degree required to be eligible to take the RD exam (by 2024).
• Must obtain RD credentials within 6 months of hire.
• Maintain active RD credentials and state licensure as required.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive nutritional assessments and nutrition-focused exams.
• Develop and manage nutrition care plans and monitor outcomes.
• Educate patients and families on nutrition and education materials.
• Collaborate with interdisciplinary health care teams and contribute to quality improvement.
• Lead and mentor staff as assigned and participate in process improvement.

Skills

Communication skills

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition/Dietetics

Registered Dietitian (RD) or RD Eligible

Master’s degree (by 01/2024)

Job description

Primary City/State: Tucson, Arizona Department Name: Work Shift: Day Job Category: Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary $10,000 Sign on Bonus Available for Qualified Candidates!

Great careers are built at Banner Health. We’re looking for the best and brightest to join our team that earned Great Place To Work® Certification™.

This recognition reflects Banner Health's investment in team members' professional development, wellness benefits, and continued education. It highlights our commitment to advocating for diversity in the workplace, promoting work-life balance, and boosting employee engagement.

As our Registered Dietitian you will interact closely with our medical providers, our administration, our nursing staff, our therapy teams, and our culinary department on-site to support our patients. Providing comprehensive nutritional assessments, developing appropriate nutrition care plans, monitoring outcomes, providing patient and family nutrition counseling and education, developing Nutrition Standards of Practice and Education material in collaboration with peers, participating in interdisciplinary Health Care teams and providing input into patient care, policies, programs, quality improvement activities and providing in-service education in areas of expertise.

3 yrs of acute care setting experience preferred and advanced knowledge of nutrition support is required (TPN and Tube Feeding calculations and parenteral macro-nutrients and micro-nutrients).

Schedule available is Tuesday through Saturday with some flexibility to start between 7am to 8:30am.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position manages a complex caseload of patients by providing comprehensive nutritional assessments and nutrition-focused physical exams, developing and managing all aspects of appropriate nutrition care plans and monitoring outcomes of plans. Provides patient and family nutrition counseling and education. Develops Nutrition Standards of Practice and Education material in collaboration with peers. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary Health Care team providing input into patient care, policies, programs, quality improvement activities and provides in-service education in areas of expertise.

CORE FUNCTIONS

• 1. Provides comprehensive nutrition assessment of patients' nutritional needs, to include nutrition-focused physical exams as appropriate. Obtains timely and appropriate data and analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards and established practice guidelines.
• 2. Demonstrates and maintains competency in enteral and parenteral clinical practice protocols and oral nutrition management standard of practice as demonstrated by successful completion of initial competency exams and ongoing evaluation.
• 3. Writes orders to initiate and manage the nutrition care and of all assigned patients including those receiving nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) per protocols.
• 4. Evaluates effectiveness of the care plan and communicates effectively to the other members of the healthcare team to provide optimal nutrition outcomes. Provides pertinent information in the medical records, patient plans of care and/or clinical pathways while meeting requirements of regulatory agencies (i.e. Joint Commission, CMS, State and Local Agencies).
• 5. Provides nutrition education to patients, families, staff and other health care team professionals through the development of effective teaching materials and in-service programs; Evaluates patient and/or family response to education.
• 6. Provides leadership in area of coverage, monitors proper patient care procedures and acts as liaison with nursing areas. May participate in process improvement teams. Serves as mentor to new staff and interns where assigned.
• 7. Participates in continuous quality improvement activities in clinical areas to ensure optimal nutrition care outcomes are achieved. May participate in outcome studies as needed. In some roles, this position may manage assigned staff: recruits, selects, trains, evaluates, manages performance.
• 8. This position interacts with patients, families, health care providers and nutrition and dietary staff in support of providing high quality nutrition assessment, care planning, delivery and measurement of outcomes. Position communicates effectively and provides education to ensure optimum nutritional care. Position works independently and provides guidance to nutrition services staff in the development of nutrition plans. Position may also provide community education.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Must possess knowledge of nutrition and dietetics demonstrated through the completion of a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent coursework.
• Must be a Registered Dietitian or RD Eligible based on academic and professional requirements as defined by the Commission on Dietetic Registration(CDR) of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Effective January 1, 2024 CDR requires a minimum of Master's degree to be eligible to take the registration examination.
• Must possess RD credentials within 6 months of hire.
• Must hold current registration through the Commission on Dietetic Registration of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and be able to maintain ongoing registration verification of registration annually.
• Maintains current licensure as required by State law.
• Must be able to communicate effective at prioritizing assigned patient case load.
• Employees working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital, BTMC Behavioral, and BUMG, BUMCT, or BUMCS in a Behavioral Health clinical setting that serves children must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their employment.
• An Arizona Criminal History Affidavit must be signed upon hire.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Additional related education and/or experience preferred.

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