Dietitian, Endocrinology

The Mass General Brigham Medical Group is a system-led operating entity formed by Mass General Brigham to deliver high quality, low cost, innovative community-based ambulatory care. This work stems from Mass General Brigham's unified system strategy to bring health care closer to patients while lowering total health care costs. The Medical Group provides a wide range of offerings, including primary care, specialty care, behavioral and mental health, and urgent care, both digitally as well as at physical locations in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine. The group also offers outpatient surgery and endoscopy, imaging, cardiac testing, and infusion. We share the commitment to delivering a coordinated and comprehensive experience across all locations, ensuring the appropriate level of care is available to every patient across our care delivery sites.We are thrilled to announce that our Endocrinology practice has grown! We have multiple new providers who have joined our team to expand our service line and reach more patients across Cooley Dickinson Medical Group. Our specialty office provides services for patients with a wide variety of endocrine and metabolic disorders, including:- Adrenal diseases - Diabetes - would like diabetes as the first diagnosis - Endocrine disorders - Thyroid diseases including thyroid cancer -Pituitary disease-Hypogonadism The practice is currently housed in Cooley Dickinson's multispecialty medical facility located at 22 Atwood Drive in Northampton, MA. Are you ready to bring your talent to this practice and join us in moving health care forward?We are seeking a full-time, 40-hour Dietitian to support our practice onsite Monday through Friday from 8:30am-5:00pm. The Dietitian will work with our adult patients with Type 1, Type 2, gestational diabetes and pre-existing diabetes in pregnancy. This is a unique role to work autonomously while in conjunction with the medical director, endocrinologist, diabetologist, and administration, to provide diabetes education as well as overseeing and maintaining our program certification requirements with the ADA.SummaryResponsible to provide advanced clinical and administrative responsibilities within clinical nutrition in addition to managing the comprehensive medical nutritional care of patients which includes providing nutrition assessment, development of nutrition care plans, diet modification, nutrition education, and all activities involved in the nutritional needs of the patient population.Essential FunctionsProvides advanced clinical dietitian responsibilities which may include specialty or advanced patient population, participation in clinical care forums to serve as resource on nutrition related concerns, mentors new staff, and evaluation of new productsAssist leadership team in program planning and proposals to improve processes or improve efficiency; plans, conducts, supervises, and evaluates the education experiences of dietetic interns and studentsBased on multiple criterion including assessment of nutritional needs, physician's orders, clinical data, interdisciplinary health care plans, and standards of quality nutritional care that appropriately meet age, psychosocial and physical needs of patients, the Dietitian develops and implements nutrition plan of care for patientsDocumentation of all nutrition related information including assessment, nutrition therapy recommendations and care plan, follow up data and changes, diet consultation results, discharge planning, daily clinical activities, and other related orders and pertinent informationCounsel, educate, and develop resources and materials for the education of patients on families on prescribed therapeutic dietsPartner with food service staff to ensure meals, supplements, and nutrition support is provided; review patients' menu selections to monitor compliance with modified dietsRequired for All JobsPerforms other duties as assignedComplies with all policies and standardsDoes this position require Patient Care (indirect/direct)? Yes

Education

Bachelor's Degree Clinical Dietitian required or

Master's Degree Dietitian preferred

Can this role accept experience in lieu of a degree? No

Licenses and Credentials

Dietitian and Nutritionist [State License] preferred

Registered Dietitian [RD] preferred

Registered Dietitican Nutritionist [RDN] preferred

Experience

clinical Dietitian experience with multiple patient populations 3-5 years required

CDCES Strongly Preferred

Mass General Brigham Medical Group Western Massachusetts, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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Preferred

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