Senior Registered Dietitian

Northwell Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health in New York seeks a registered dietitian to oversee patient nutrition care, including planning, assessing, implementing, and evaluating care plans within the hospital setting.

The role requires a Master’s degree, current RD certification, CDN as needed, and 3–5 years of experience; responsibilities include mentoring, complex clinical tasks, diet modification communication, and patient education.

Qualifications

• Master's degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Current Registered Dietitian Certification with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• Certified Dietitian Nutritionist in New York State (CDN), as needed.
• Advanced/specialized certifications, as needed.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.

Responsibilities

• Mentor and train team members.
• Perform varied and moderately to complex clinical tasks accurately and responsively.
• Require minimal instruction on day-to-day work and general direction on more complex tasks.
• Assist team members with more complicated procedures and tasks.
• Assist clinical team members and management in determining methods and procedures for new tasks.
• Collaborate with senior team members to develop and validate methods, techniques and analytical approaches.
• Interview patient and/or family for nutritional history and document in medical records.
• Guide assessments of documents and recommend nutrition care plans to medical staff for review.
• Communicate therapeutic diet modifications to physicians and ensure accuracy of diet orders.

Education

Master's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience

Current Registered Dietitian Certification with the Commission on Dietetic Registration

Certified Dietitian Nutritionist in New York State (CDN)

Advanced/specialized certifications

3-5 years of relevant experience

Job description

Job Description

Responsible for the overall nutritional care of patients. Plans, assesses, implements, and evaluates nutritional care plan of patients. Assists in management related tasks as directed. May assist team members with more complicated procedures and tasks.

Job Responsibility

1. 1.May mentor and train team members.
2. 2.Responsible for accurately and responsively performing varied and moderately complex to complex clinical tasks.
3. 3.Requires minimal instruction on day-to- day work & general direction on more complex tasks and projects.
4. 4.May assist team members with more complicated procedures and tasks.
5. 5.Assists clinical team members and department or unit management in determining methods and procedures for new tasks.
6. 6. Collaborates with senior team members to develop/validate methods, techniques & analytical approaches.
7. 7.Interviews patient and/or family for nutritional history, obtains patient food preferences, assesses patients, and documents in patients’ medical record.
8. 8.Guides and conducts assessments of documents in patients' medical records, according to hospital policies and procedures, and recommends nutrition care plans to medical staff for review and consideration.
9. 9.Recommends and communicates therapeutic diet modifications and/or supplemental feedings to physicians for patients, and ensures accuracy of diet order received by checking against physician’s order.
10. 10.Provides nutritional guidance, education and counseling to patients and their families in accordance with the prescribed diet. Calculates nutrient content of tube feeding and dietary intakes as ordered by physicians.
11. 11.Contributes to changes to the patient’s menu/nutritional analysis, including patient food preferences, the development of standardized recipes.
12. 12.Prepares, presents, and conducts individual and group education classes, and refers clients to community services, as needed. Participates in and promote Northwell wellness initiatives.
13. 13.Develops and utilizes effective lines of communication regarding nutrition information within the program and community.
14. 14.Guides and provides in-services to culinary, food service and interdisciplinary teams regarding therapeutic diets and related topics.
15. 15.Participates in Quality Assurance/Performance Improvement related tasks including data collection while executeing and making recommendations on new processes, tools and tasks related to it, as directed.
16. 16.Assists and participates with regulatory compliance.
17. 17.Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification

• Master's Degree or equivalent combination of education and related experience, required.
• Current Registered Dietitian Certification with the Commissions on Dietetic Registration, required.
• Certified Dietitian Nutritionist in New York State (CDN), as needed.
• Advanced/specialized certifications, as needed.
• 3-5 years of relevant experience, required.

*Additional Salary Detail

The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).