Clinical Dietitian

Job Type: Regular

Time Type: Full time

Work Shift: Day (United States of America)

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives.

Provides optimal nutritional care to patients through assessing nutritional needs, developing customized treatment plans and providing tailored counseling and education programs for patients, families and caregivers. Provides age-specific care to high risk patients and collaborates with all Clinical Dietitians, Patient Food Services Managers and other health care providers regarding patient food and nutrition. Additional responsibilities of the inpatient dietitian include independence in practice with enteral and parenteral nutrition.

Job Description:

Duties/Responsibilities:
•    Performs nutrition screening and nutritional assessments on high-risk patients according to departmental policy. 
•    Provides follow-up assessments and update care plans as needed. 
•    Recommends parenteral and/or enteral nutrition as needed. 
•    Develops and implements care plans based on established procedures and standards of care for patients at high nutritional risk.
•    Provides nutritional care on patient units according to established departmental priorities (e.g. nutrition consults, tube feedings, and Total Parenteral Nutrition [TPN]) and communicates nutrition care plans with appropriate interdisciplinary staff. 
•    Recommends action plans to the physicians for patients on tube feedings and TPN. 
•    Serves as preceptor for dietetic interns during their clinical rotations, provides feedback for program improvement and performs intern evaluations in a timely manner. 
•    Provides training to other health care professionals as needed.
•    Assists in developing patient education materials, clinical forms, policies and procedures. 
•    Assists in establishing standards of care for patients.
•    Communicates pertinent nutritional data through documentation. 
•    Records medical data in accordance with BID-Plymouth and departmental policies and procedures and rules and regulations.
•    Actively participates in departmental and/or interdisciplinary meetings, task forces and projects such as quality improvement initiatives.
•    Demonstrates initiative, seeks opportunities and sets professional goals in areas of teaching, quality assurance, performance improvement and research. 
•    Actively learns from more experienced Clinical Dietitians and supports an environment of idea sharing and exchange of feedback with staff across the service and department.
•    Assesses patients appropriately using the Nutrition Care Process.
•    Ensure assessments are accurate, appropriate and use evidence-based practice
•    Ensure notes are timely, effective and use the ADIME outline
•    Complete calculations based on department policies for standards of practice
•    Works efficiently to be ensure productivity and complete appropriate number of notes/day
•    Initiates research of scientific literature to update educational handouts; or updates policies and procedures, standards of practice or guidelines
•    Actively participates in department and hospital meetings, as requested 
•    Provides in-service education to RD staff, or other facility employees/students, as requested 
•    Shares in responsibility to provide community educational Fairs and presentations, as assigned

Experience/Knowledge/Skills Required:
•    Experience with computer systems required, including web-based applications and some Microsoft Office applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access.

Education Required:
•    Bachelor's degree in Nutrition and Dietetics required. 
•    Master’s Degree required for new graduates effective January 2024. 

Registration/Certification:
•    Registered Dietitian (RD) required; Massachusetts License (Dietitian/Nutritionist) within 90 days of hire.

Exposure Risk: 
•    Exposure risk to body fluids is moderate. 

Physical/Environmental Requirements:
This job requires frequent bending, carrying, pulling, pushing, reaching, standing, stooping, walking and lifting over 10 lbs. There will be occasional need for climbing stairs, lifting in excess of 50 – 100 lbs and sitting. Constant use of hearing, sight and speech. Frequent use of smell and touch. Frequent keyboard and telephone use. Constant concentration and problem solving.

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more about this requirement.

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