Clinical Dietitian - PRN, Mercy Southeast Job Listing at Mercy in Cape Girardeau, MO (Job ID 930308)

Description

Position: Clinical Dietitian

Department: Dietitian Services, Mercy Southeast

Shift: PRN

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Overview:

The Clinical Dietitian uses evidence-based practice skills, education and experience for clinical care and responsibilities including: Assigned clinical and patient care area of responsibility; clinical collaboration within multidisciplinary team including responsibility for standard operations and evidence-based medicine to meet regulatory compliance. Active participation in Performance Improvement projects, serves as clinical nutrition expert in task forces, team huddles, daily rounds, and multidisciplinary meetings. Participates in In-Services for the nutrition assistants and assists the food service with nutrition, tray line, and diet competency training including makes appropriate menu hangs/substitutions for modified patient menus. Participates in ongoing education and training of competencies for self, new hires, and dietetic interns. Manages multiple tasks efficiently while prioritizing effective patient care. Additionally, Clinical Dietitian is responsible and performs duties with direction from experienced clinician and/or management, for all patient units or service areas, in-patients or out-patients, to assure appropriate identification of patients who are at nutrition risk and to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Services.

The Clinical Dietitian assures that the Mercy Mission, Mercy Values, Service Standards, confidentiality, policies and procedures of the department and Health Center are followed. This responsibility includes the appropriate utilization of the Health Center's resources to optimize patient care. Performs any assigned duties and responsibilities in a manner consistent with our mission, values, and Mercy Service Standards.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

• Solid academic & applied background in clinical nutrition for acute care setting.
• Knowledge and application of medical nutrition therapy principles.1.1 Participates in improving departmental performance through established quality control procedures and continuously seeks improvement opportunities for the quality of nutrition care.
• Effective written and verbal communications skills with peers, patients/families, and multidisciplinary team members.
• Maintains state dietetics licensure
• Maintains active registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration the credentialing agency for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• Partners with co-workers and department leader to collaborate on patient care, individual goals, and department goals.
• Ability to participate in patient care including, weekend and holiday call rotation and coverage of other team members. 
• Assesses clinical dietitian competencies of self annually.
• Maintains qualifications and skills to provide standard of care and evidence-based patient care.
• Ensures performance review and education needs are complete in a timely manner
• Assures that all co-workers are provided with in-service training, orientation, and continuing education opportunities.
• Responsible for maintaining certifications and competencies so that HR/Education files are complete and accurate for self.
• Participates in regular staff meetings to discuss current nutrition issues, evaluation of dietitian services, and maintain open lines of effective communication.
• Creates and participates in sustaining an engaging work environment with co-workers.
• Continuously assesses and improves department performance levels through the quality control process.
• Makes regular rounds in areas of responsibility including patient floors, floor food pantries, monitoring regulatory guidelines under scope of practice for the area.
• Nutrition Care Process: Accurate nutritionally screening, assessment including nutrition focused physical exam, diagnosis, interventions, education, and discharge planning meeting age-specific criteria for area of responsibility.
• Responsible for providing excellence in nutritional care to patients.4 Ability to counsel and educate others.
• Effective teaching skills with mentoring from experienced clinician as preceptor for clinical experience.
• Responsible for participating in continuing education opportunities to update nutrition knowledge.
• Responsible for utilizing up-to-date and evidence-based nutrition education materials, interventions, and patient-specific goals.
• Performs Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams as part of the nutritional assessments on all high-risk patients.
• Develops and implements nutrition care plans based on established standards of practice.
• Accurately documents nutritional services provided in patients medical record.
• Evaluates and revises the nutrition care plan based on the overall effectiveness of the patients treatment.
• Provides nutrition care process to the patient and/or family according to department policies and procedures.
• Demonstrates the ability to obtain and interpret information in terms of patient needs.
• Collaborates with members of the health care team about patient needs, problems and progress.6 Effectively communicates with all co-workers.
• Meets regularly with Leadership to keep leader informed of progress-to-date, quality and safety variances, and significant issues related to the patient or clinical care.
• Communicates with physicians to identify opportunities for improvement and follow-up accordingly.
• Participates and supports members of hospital committees as directed and serves as a liaison for food service, nursing, medical personnel, and other allied health staff in relation to clinical nutrition.
• Serves as a resource person to physicians, nursing, clinicians, food service, and dietitian co-w

Qualifications:

• Education:Required: Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.
• Experience:Required: 0-3 years of Healthcare experience in clinical dietetics and/or healthcare food service setting.
• Preferred: 1-3 years of healthcare experience in clinical dietetics and/or healthcare food service
• Certification/Registration:Required: Both RD and LD status must remain effective and in current status.
• Current Registered Dietitian with State of Practice License or must be Registry eligible to obtain State of Practice License.
• Registry eligible candidates must complete registry requirements within the first six months of employment.
• Credentialing and NPI must also be completed within 6 months of hire.Other Skills & Knowledge
• :Basic computer and office equipment skills.Basic skills in software programs including Word, E-mailAdvanced presentations skills in PowerPoint or equivalent.
• Advanced communicate skills in effectively communicating to patients, guests and co-workers.
• Expert-level ability to utilize the full etiology assessment of the nutrition diagnosisExpert-level critical thinking and clinical skills

We Offer Great Benefits:

Day-one comprehensive health, vision and dental coverage, PTO, tuition reimbursement and employer-matched retirement funds are just a few of the great benefits offered to eligible co-workers, including those working 32 hours or more per pay period!

We're bringing to life a healing ministry through compassionate care.

At Mercy, our supportive community will be behind you every step of your day, especially the tough ones. You will have opportunities to pioneer new models of care and transform the health care experience through advanced technology and innovative procedures. We're expanding to help our communities grow. Join us and be a part of it all.

What Makes You a Good Match for Mercy?

Compassion and professionalism go hand-in-hand with us. Having a positive outlook and a strong sense of advocacy is in perfect step with our mission and vision. We're also collaborative and unafraid to do a little extra to deliver excellent care – that's just part of our commitment. If that sounds like a good fit for you, we encourage you to apply.