Renal Dietitian: Dialysis Nutrition & Patient Care Leader

Fresenius Medical Care; Gloucester (VA); On-site; USD 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Paid Dialysis Training

Tuition reimbursement

Competitive Pay & Benefits - Eligible

Generous PTO and ESL leave accrual

401K Retirement benefits with match

Many perks and discount programs

Job summary

Fresenius Medical Care is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide nutrition services for in-center and home dialysis patients, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to optimize renal nutrition and patient outcomes.

You will assess knowledge, deliver patient-specific education, develop care plans, and monitor nutrition status while maintaining documentation per FMCNA policies and regulations.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1-year professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian.
• Renal experience preferred.
• Demonstrated leadership competencies and skills for the position, including ability to teach, strong organizational skills, excellent communication, customer service, relationship development, results orientation, team building and decision making.

Responsibilities

• Assesses patient’s knowledge of diet and kidney disease and provides education appropriate to patient’s learning needs regarding the relationship of diet and kidney disease and the impact on the treatment process.
• Provides patient specific detailed education to patient/family/caregiver regarding nutritional status, adequacy measures and results, fluid status, and all nutrition related lab parameters pertaining to their disease process.
• Completes nutritional assessment and participates in the interdisciplinary comprehensive assessments.
• Participates with the interdisciplinary team in the development of a written, individualized comprehensive plan of care that specifies the services necessary to address the patient’s needs, in accordance with established Federal and, where applicable, state licensure guidelines.
• Calculates diet prescription according to standard of practice.
• Completes progress notes on all chronic dialysis patients according to established FMCNA guidelines. Maintains complete and accurate documentation of all appropriate information in medical record according to established FMCNA policies and Federal and state regulations.
• Provides patient with ongoing nutrition assessment and outcome-oriented nutrition counseling necessary to assist patient in achieving and sustaining an effective nutritional status.
• Identifies malnourished patients as well as patients at risk for malnutrition and works collaboratively with interdisciplinary team to identify appropriate interventions, resources or solutions.

Skills

Clinical nutrition

Renal nutrition

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Basic computer skills

Education

Registered Dietitian (CDR)

Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition encouraged

Current state licensure

Job description

Fresenius Medical Care is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide nutrition services for in-center and home dialysis patients, collaborating with an interdisciplinary team to optimize renal nutrition and patient outcomes.

You will assess knowledge, deliver patient-specific education, develop care plans, and monitor nutrition status while maintaining documentation per FMCNA policies and regulations.