Clinical Dietitian - ICU

About this role

Requirements

• Maintain Registered Dietitian (RD) status including continuing professional education per the Professional Development Portfolio.
• Maintain North Carolina Board of Nutrition and Dietetics licensure.
• Ability to perform duties in support of and in compliance with performance improvement plans, JCAHO, and other licensing, accrediting, and regulatory agencies.
• Experience providing medical nutrition therapy in an ICU or acute care setting.
• Ability to supervise daily work of dietetic technicians and provide input into their evaluation.
• Strong clinical assessment and documentation skills using established standards of care.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate all phases of nutrition care including nutrition assessment, care planning, monitoring, education, and counseling of hospitalized patients and outpatients in a variety of settings.
• Provide nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy integrated with the patient's medical goals.
• Evaluate, interpret, monitor, and document the nutritional status and nutritional needs of inpatients and outpatients using established standards of care and practice guidelines.
• Identify and provide age-specific nutrition counseling to meet the cultural needs of the patients and their families.
• Develop, review, update, and implement educational materials to meet the needs of patients and professionals.
• Write orders for diet, supplement, enteral/parenteral nutrition, and laboratory data per hospital policy.
• Function as an integral member of the clinical interdisciplinary team.
• Precept dietetic interns and provide on-the-job training for newly hired clinical staff.

Benefits

• Eligible for a $5,000 commitment bonus
• Up to $8,000 in relocation assistance
• Career growth and enrichment within Nutrition services through a clinical ladder program
• Opportunities at each hospital within the Duke University Health System