Dietitian

Clinical DietitianThis position supports Mercy's philosophy of patient centered care by enhancing the health of our patients and community by optimizing nutritional care through education and Medical Nutrition Therapy. The Clinical Dietitian plays an active role in the interdisciplinary team to identify clinical needs implement interventions and provide education. Patient population may include acute in-patients skilled level of care outpatients Home Care and Hospice.Job Duties:Assess patient needs provide interventions and document in patient's medical record for care provided.Participate in care conferences on assigned areas and in regular contact with nurses and the interdisciplinary team.Counsel patients on nutritional care and needs in assigned area in accordance to policies and procedures.Develop and implement nutrition materials and programs to persons of all ages in the hospital or community including chronic disease clinics Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehab and weight management classes.Present educational in-services to healthcare peers.Using Medical Nutrition Therapy provide nutrition education to patients and/or families based on diagnosis.Follows Mercy's safety guidelines carries out job-specific safety duties and responsibilities and promptly reports any unsafe conditions situations incidents and injuries.Department Specific Duties:Food & Nutritional Services Understand/interpret reimbursement and funding for outpatient counseling.Collaborate with appropriate Mercy Medical Center staff to secure grants for outpatient programing.Collaborate with peers disease specific patient education within the continuum of care.Knowledge Skills and Abilities:Good working knowledge of normal nutrition and diet therapy.Ability to do patient nutritional assessment and to implement nutrition interventions.Good judgment in problem solving and planning of patient care.Maintains positive attitude in work environment and manages personal frustrations in a professional manner.Demonstrates competency in specific skills as identified in the position core Competency and the annual competency.Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process as it relates to the nutrition needs of the patients and ability to apply all steps of the process.Knowledge of the Assessment Data Intervention Monitoring and Evaluation (ADIME) charting format.Basic working knowledge of computer usage in the workplace and good verbal/writing skills.Professional Experience:One year of clinical nutrition experience preferred.Education:Education sufficient to obtain certification as a Registered Dietician with the Commission of Dietetic Registration required.Meets continuing education requirements for Commission on Dietetic Registration and Iowa licensure required.Licensure Certification Registration:Certified as a Registered Dietitian or registration/examination eligible by the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR) and Dietetic licensure in the state of Iowa required.If registration/examination eligible by CDR registration and licensure must be obtained within 6 months of hire.Iowa Dependent Adult Abuse & Iowa Child Abuse Mandatory Reporter training required. Employee must submit certification of completed training to Human Resources prior to start or transfer date.Pay Rate Type: HourlyMercy is an independent community-based organization supporting the Cedar Rapids area for over 120 years. Mercy is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity equity and inclusion and therefore evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race color ethnicity ancestry sex sexual orientation gender identity marital status civil union status parental status religion national origin age disability veteran status and other legally protected characteristics.