Registered Dietitian- Remote Telehealth

Circle Home Telehealth Services; United States; Remote; USD 67,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in telehealth services seeks a Registered Dietitian to join their multidisciplinary team. The role involves assessing patients' dietary needs, creating personalized eating plans, and providing nutritional education. Ideal candidates will be licensed in Maryland with experience in telehealth and chronic care coordination.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with credentialing from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Must be licensed in Maryland.
• Two years of experience with Medicare population preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with care team to progress patient care plans.
• Assess dietary and nutritional needs for patients.
• Provide nutrition counseling and education.

Skills

Problem Solving

Time Management

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Registered Dietitian credential

Current Licensed Dietitian in Maryland

Tools

EMR documentation

Job description

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Circle Home Inc offers a program of telehealth services focused on helping moderate to high-risk patients (primarily those covered by Medicare) living at home to better manage their care so they can minimize or avoid breakdowns in their health resulting in expensive hospitalizations, emergency department use or other institutional care. The Circle Home Program (CHP) is carried out through a highly specialized, multi-state physician group practice specializing in remote chronic care coordination and monitoring of patients in the home. Care coordination and health status monitoring activities are carried out by a team of nurse practitioners, registered nurses, social workers, and dietitians.

JOB OVERVIEW

The Registered Dietitian is a member of the Circle Home multidisciplinary care coordination team. In collaboration with a multidisciplinary care team, the Registered Dietitian will perform standardized comprehensive needs assessment, identify, and address barriers to care and align patients with available benefits and resources needed to facilitate a plan of care implementation.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborates with members of the care team to facilitate the progression of the patient's care plan goals.

Confers with members of the care team on the patient’s dietary/nutritional situation and needs.

Assesses the patient’s dietary/nutritional situation in relation to the medical and behavioral health needs by providing brief assessments of each patient participating in the CHP.

Interviews patients, family members, and caregivers via telephone to assess dietary/nutritional needs and plan appropriate interventions and goals.

Provides nutrition counseling and education.

Educates patients, family members, and caregivers on how nutrition can affect their condition.

Create personalized eating plans in collaboration with patients, family members, and caregivers.

Works with patients and families to ensure diet and nutritional needs are met to promote health and well-being.

Reviews patient care plans for progression and barriers to meeting goals and collaborates with Circle Home clinical team and referring provider on objectives, interventions, and needed support.

Review remote patient monitoring measurements as appropriate to dietary/nutritional situation.

Perform appropriate reassessments and evaluate progress against care goals and the plan of care and revises plan, as needed.

OTHER RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible for attending and actively participating in all staff meetings, in-services, continuing education, and annual compliance requirements.

Comply with all OSHA and safety policies, practices, and procedures. Report all unsafe practices or accidents to supervisor.

Will be compliant with the relevant regulations concerning the privacy and security of patient’s protected health information (PHI) as established by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA).

Perform other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Must be a Registered Dietitian credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

Current Licensed Dietitian in Maryland- MUST BE LICENSED IN MARYLAND

Two (2) years of relevant experience; working with the Medicare population highly preferred.

Must have at least 1 year of experience conducting telehealth visits with patients.

Highly proficient in spoken and written English (bilingual is a plus).

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:

Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of effective chronic care coordination.

Proficient in documenting in an EMR.

Highly organized and self-directed with strong problem-solving skills.

Exceptional time management abilities

WORK SCHEDULE

The CHP core business hours are Monday- Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.; weekly schedules will vary depending on caseload and the needs of the patients. The Registered Dietitian will effectively manage their calendar to maintain contracted hours, and to ensure they are accessible and that the patients’ needs are given the highest priority.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the functions.

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to talk and hear. The employee frequently is required to use hands or fingers; handle or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; reach with hands and arms. Specific vision abilities required by this position include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and the ability to adjust focus. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The employee is required to maintain a HIPAA compliant home-based office where there are minimal distractions and patient privacy can be protected.

Note

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee(s) incumbent in this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments. All duties and responsibilities are essential functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. To perform this job successfully, the incumbents will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an “at will” relationship.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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