Registered Dietitian

Job Title: Nutritionist

Location: Franciscan Health Weight Loss Center | Indianapolis, IN

Details: Full-time (40 hours/week) | Day shift

Who We Are: With 12 ministries and access points across Indiana and Illinois, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers that provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.

What You Will Do

• Assess patient nutritional needs, diet restrictions and develop a dietary care plan.
• Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of proper nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve quality of life.
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans and diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
• Consult with physicians and healthcare personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient or client.
• Provide nutritional counseling on special diets to ensure proper preparation and consumption of nourishment.
• Plans and conducts special need group sessions for weight reduction and control.

What It Takes To Succeed

• Lead and coach others.
• Basic skills with computer software, hardware, and communication devices to perform tasks.
• Convince others in difficult or challenging situations.
• Identify and understand patterns and relationships between numbers.
• Knowledge of terminology used in diagnosis and classification of illnesses, injuries, and disabilities.
• Facilitate and lead meetings.
• Knowledge of typical and atypical human systems and development.
• Critically evaluate and analyze information in written materials.
• Deliver presentations and public speaking engagements.
• Develop effective relationships with patients, hospital departments, and other external parties.
• Interpret test results and formulate reports.
• Effectively communicate verbally and in writing.

Qualifications

• Required Bachelor's Degree
• Registered Dietitian (RD)

Travel is required: Never or Rarely

Equal Opportunity Employer: It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law. Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.

Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.