What are the responsibilities and job description for the Dietician position at Nemours?
Job Description
Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Dietician to provide clinical nutrition consultation in coordination with Physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team in our Pediatric Specialty Care setting.
Primary Responsibilities
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
Nemours Children's Health is seeking a Dietician to provide clinical nutrition consultation in coordination with Physicians and other members of the multidisciplinary care team in our Pediatric Specialty Care setting.
Primary Responsibilities
- Functions as a nutrition consultant, completing nutrition consults and referrals from Nemours and community providers
- Conducts nutrition assessment and intervention for Inpatients and Outpatients, as required by the specific position. For inpatients, this includes those patients identified at high nutrition risk; completes re-screens for patients who are identified at moderate or low nutrition risk upon admission
- Develops and implements nutritional care plans based on diet history, labs, medications, supplements, medical history, medical care plan, and expected growth and development appropriate for the patient’s age, sex, cultural /ethnic background and disease specific requirements
- Performs nutrition counseling for pediatric patients/caretakers regarding disease specific diets and /or formulas. This requires knowledge of composition of infant, pediatric, and adult formulas, along with ability to calculate specialized formula recipes and meal plans
- Documents nutritional assessments and recommendations via EPIC medical record documentation system
- Actively participates in team rounds, as necessary
- Provides recommendations for and prescribes enteral feeding and parenteral nutrition orders, as necessary
- Demonstrates clinical proficiency in direct clinical nutrition patient consultation/care and is responsible for the completion of 100% of clinical competencies (to include basic competencies and enteral/parenteral prescribing competencies, as deemed necessary by manager)
- Continually updates teaching materials recommended for nutritional therapies pertaining to specific diseases
- Serves as nutrition resource to medical team, hospital staff and community
- Interacts and coordinates nutritional care of patients with physicians and other health care providers (nurses, social workers, therapists, hospital/community dietitians, homecare companies, pharmacies, and school personnel)
- Must havecompleted a minimum of a bachelor’s degree at a U.S. regionally accredited university or college and course work accredited or approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
- Must have completed continuing professional educational requirements to maintain registration and licensure.
- Master’s Degree in Nutrition related field preferred.
- Hospital experience preferred; at least 2 years pediatric experience preferred.
- Must obtain RD certificate within 90 days of hire by passing the national examination administered by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).
- Obtain Licensed Dietitian/Nutritionist status through the state of Florida within 6 months of hire.
- Additional specialty certification preferred (CDE, CNSC and or CSP)
- Medical/Dental/Vision Insurance
- Tuition Reimbursement/Continuing Education Support
- 403(b) Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off (PTO), VTO (Volunteer Time Off) and 6 paid holidays
- Professional/Clinical growth opportunities
- Work Life Benefits
Nemours Children’s Health is an internationally recognized children’s health system. With more than 1.7 million patient encounters annually, we provide medical care in five states through two freestanding state-of-the-art children’s hospitals — Nemours Children’s Hospital, Delaware and Nemours Children’s Hospital, Florida. Our pediatric network includes 80 primary-urgent-and specialty care practices and more than 40 hospitalists serving 19 affiliated hospitals. We generate annual revenues of more than $1.7 billion derived from patient services, contributions from the Alfred I. DuPont Trust, as well as other income.
As one of the nation's premier pediatric health systems, we’re on a journey to discover better ways of approaching children’s health. Putting as much focus on prevention as cures and working hand in hand with the community to make every child’s world a place to thrive. It’s a journey that extends beyond our nationally recognized clinical treatment to an entire integrated spectrum of research, advocacy, education, and prevention, leading to the healthiest generations of children ever.
Equity, diversity, and inclusion guide our growth and strategy. We are looking for individuals who are passionate about, and committed to, leading efforts to provide culturally relevant care, reducing health disparities, and helping build a diverse and inclusive environment. All of our associates are expected to ensure that these philosophies are embedded in their day-to-day work with colleagues, patients and families.
To learn more about Nemours Children’s and how we go well beyond medicine, visit us at www.nemours.org .
