CLINICAL DIETITIAN

Description

Idaho Falls Community Hospital is looking for a Clinical Dietitian to join our team!

JOB SUMMARY: The Clinical Dietitian serves as the patients nutrition advocate. He/she ensures that the patients nutritional needs are being met appropriately. The Clinical Dietitian provides nutrition consultation and education to patient as needed, determined by nutritional risk screening and/or referral by physician or other healthcare provider for nutrition-related problems. Represent the patient and/or Nutritional Services Department in meetings as the nutrition expert.

BENEFITS:

Taking care for our community starts with taking care of our own team. Idaho Falls Community Hospital is proud to offer its employees competitive and comprehensive benefit packages. Benefits include:

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off (vacation, holidays and sick days) and Medical Paid Time Off
• Retirement Plans (401K with up to 6% match)
• Earned Quarterly Bonus Program
• Education Reimbursement Program
• Discount for medically necessary procedures performed at Idaho Falls Community Hospital and Mountain View Hospital

Please note benefits are based on eligibility according to full-time, part-time or PRN status classification.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure the patients nutritional needs are being met appropriately
  • Interpret provider diet orders and modify diet according to diet patterns and patient preferences. Evaluate appropriateness of diet order for diagnosis and recommend diet order changes as indicated
  • Approve substitutions if patient is unable to eat the meal provided, in accordance with diet restrictions
  • Complete daily calorie counts when ordered or initiated
  • Compute nutritional value of recipes when necessary as assigned
  • Evaluate and approve menus or recipes for patient menus as assigned
• The Clinical Dietitian provides nutrition consultation and education to patients as needed, determined by nutritional risk screening and/or referral by physicians or other healthcare providers for nutrition-related problems
  • Utilize the electronic medical record (EMR) screen tool and provider referrals to identify patients to assess
  • Perform nutrition focused physical exam on patients to determine risk and/or degree of malnutrition when indicated
  • Apply the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) including nutrition assessment, determination of nutrition diagnosis, developing and implementing evidence-based nutrition interventions, and monitoring and evaluating the patients progress
  • Complete a nutritional assessment on patients receiving/referred for tube feeding or parenteral nutrition. Make appropriate recommendations to provider and pharmacy that will meet the needs of the patient. Follow the patients progress throughout the patients use of nutrition support and/or duration of stay in facility.
  • Provide patient nutrition education as deemed appropriate through assessment process
  • Document relevant, accurate, and timely information in the patients EMR in accordance with department policy and procedure
• Attends and participates in multi-disciplinary rounds and meetings as the nutrition expert
  • Participates in patient rounds, safety meetings and other meetings as assigned
  • Provide nutrition educations at Nutritional Services Department staff meetings as assigned
  • Assist in National Nutrition Education Week projects and other nutrition-related events as assigned

ABOUT IDAHO FALLS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL:

At Idaho Falls Community Hospital, helping our community get better is our number one priority. We are committed to providing compassionate, emergency care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Idaho Falls Community Hospital is proud to have a state-of-the-art Emergency Department, a stroke and diagnostic cardiac center, and a trauma center.

Our work environment is collaborative, purpose driven and people centric. Our culture is unique and it is what makes people excited to come to work each day. If you are looking for a career where you can make a difference, we have a place for you on our team.

Qualifications

Education/Certification: Bachelors Degree in Nutrition with a one year internship or a Masters Degree in Nutrition, Registered Dietitian (RD) or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) certified by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), and Licensed Dietitian (LD) licensure by the State of Idaho Board of Medicine.

Experience: One year hospital experience preferred.

Language/Communication: Able to communicate in English effectively in both written and verbal forms