Clinical Dietitian

Job Description

Your experience matters

At Community Rehabilitation Hospital North, we are committed to empowering and supporting a diverse and determined workforce who can drive quality, scalability, and significant impact across our hospitals and communities. In your role, you'll support those that are in our facilities who are interfacing and providing care to our patients and community members. We believe that our collective efforts will shape a healthier future for the communities we serve.

What we offer

Fundamental to providing great care is supporting and rewarding our team. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Health (Medical, Dental, Vision) and 401K Benefits for full-time employees
• Competitive Paid Time Off
• Employee Assistance Program mental, physical, and financial wellness assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement/Assistance for qualified applicants
• And much more...

About Us

People are our passion and purpose. Community Rehabilitation Hospital North is a 60 bed hospital located in Indianapolis, IN and is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network committed to making communities healthier with acute care, rehabilitation, and behavioral health facilities from coast to coast. From your first day to your next career milestoneyour experience matters

How you'll contribute

The Clinical Dietitian plans and delivers nutritional care to patients according to the physicians' diagnoses. Performs as a member of the multidisciplinary care team. Screens newly admitted patients to identify those at nutritional risk.

Qualifications and requirements

Bachelor's degree in course work approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the American Dietetic Association (ADA) or a post Bachelor's Certificate in Dietetics. State licensure/certification required if required by state. Registered Dietician required. Previous experience in acute care setting preferred. Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.

Essential Functions:

Assesses patients' nutritional status according to established standards. Performs nutritional screening within required timeframes. Obtains necessary information from the medical record to determine patient's nutritional status; develops nutritional care plans for patients in the rehabilitation setting.

Assures that patient's cultural, religious, and ethnic food preferences are honored, when possible, unless contraindicated. Assures that food and nutrition products are stored under proper conditions of sanitation, temperature, light, moisture, ventilation and security. Evaluates the results of nutritional intervention on the patient's nutritional status to determine the need to revise the nutritional care plan. Improves patient's nutritional status by consulting with physician on appropriate nutritional interventions. Assists in developing and implementing patient nutrition care programs and ensures consistency of programs. Assists in the development and implementing of patient nutritional menus. Interacts professionally with patient/family. Provides nutritional teaching and counseling to patient/family in making desired changes in eating habits. Assesses patient ' s ability to learn. Performs all aspects of patient care in an environment that optimizes patient safety and reduces the likelihood of medical/health care errors. Provides food-drug interrelationship information to physician. Assists in orienting and in servicing new employees to department. Maintains a good working relationship both within the department and with other departments. Documentation meets current standards and policies. Documents problems, goals, etc on the Interdisciplinary Care Plan on admission, updates as appropriate. Conducts in-service as requested to hospital staff and the community. Treats patients and their families with respect and dignity. Demonstrates an ability to be flexible, organized and function under stressful situations. Assesses patients ' nutritional status according to established standards. Obtains necessary information from the medical record to determine patient ' s nutritional status. Develops nutritional care plans for patients in the rehabilitation setting.

EEOC Statement:

Community Rehabilitation Hospital North is committed to providing Equal Employment Opportunities for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of color, race, sex, age, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, gender identity, sexual orientation, veterans' status or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state or local law.