Registered Dietitian - Outpatient Oncology ($7,500 Sign on Bonus Eligible)

Registered Dietitian - Outpatient Oncology

Join Cleveland Clinic's Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

People seek guidance from a Registered Dietitian (RD) for many reasons, whether to maximize wellness, learn healthier eating habits or decrease the risk of chronic diseases. Using your knowledge and education, you will develop personalized treatment plans for patients according to their medical histories, individual needs and goals. This role is integral to our comprehensive model of care, encompassing every aspect of wellness and health.

A caregiver in this position works from 8:00am to 4:30pm (flexible start and end time). It is a hybrid position, 3 days onsite and 2 days remote.

Key Responsibilities:

• Nutrition Assessments & MNT: Conduct comprehensive nutritional evaluations, calculate calorie/protein/fluid needs, and manage oral nutrition supplements or enteral nutrition support.
• Symptom & Side-Effect Management: Help patients navigate treatment-related challenges such as nausea, taste changes, mucositis, weight loss, and fatigue.
• Patient & Family Education: Provide one-on-one counseling and practical guidance on food safety, dietary supplements, and lifestyle habits tailored to cancer care.
• Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Work closely with oncologists, advanced practice providers, oncology nurses, pharmacists, and social workers to coordinate patient care plans.
• Survivorship and Prevention: Offer long-term nutritional counseling to reduce cancer recurrence risk and support overall health after treatment ends.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients.
• Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans, establish a follow-up system, and maintain documentation.
• Assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes and inform physicians of their patients' nutritional status and need for diet changes.
• Create and revise education materials, participate in program development, and develop, implement and market services.
• Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or a related field
• Current licensure as a Licensed Dietitian (LD)
• Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD)
• One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in Clinical Nutrition
• OR successful completion of CCF Dietetic Internship Program

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to navigate extensively to provide services to a large number of patients throughout the hospital and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer entry.
• Must have physical ability to measure and weigh patients.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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