Dietitian

Job Description

Job Description

At Innovative Hematology (IHI), we offer a future where people with rare blood disorders flourish. Our experts provide the highest quality comprehensive services and holistic care to patients with bleeding, clotting and other hematologic disorders, and to their families. 

What You Will Do  

The Registered Dietitian provides individualized, age-appropriate medical nutrition therapy to pediatric and adult patients served by IHI, including individuals with bleeding disorders and nutrition-related comorbidities.  Services are provided through clinic, outreach, telehealth, and approved community settings. As the organization’s nutrition subject-matter expert, the dietitian supports complex care, collaborates with the multidisciplinary team, and leads nutrition-specific program development and improvement in collaboration with clinical and operational leaders. 

The Opportunity  

• Conduct comprehensive, age-appropriate nutrition assessments in clinic and outreach settings; document findings and incorporate recommendations into the patient’s individualized plan of care with the multidisciplinary team.
• Partner with patients and families to establish realistic nutrition goals, apply motivational and behavior-change strategies, provide individualized education and resources, and reassess and revise the nutrition plan through in-person, telehealth, or telephone follow-up.
• Conduct pediatric cardiovascular risk assessments in accordance with clinic protocols and within professional scope.  Assessments may include height, weight, body mass index (BMI) blood pressure, lipid panel results, hemoglobin A1C, and blood glucose levels. Communicate finding and nutrition recommendations to the patient, family, primary care provider, and multidisciplinary team as appropriate, and coordinate follow-up based on identified needs. 
• Independently manage nutrition care for pediatric and adult patients with rare, chronic, and medically complex conditions, using clinical judgment to prioritize needs and coordinate interventions.
• In collaboration with clinical and operational leaders, lead the design, implementation, and evaluation of the clinical nutrition program. Responsibilities include establishing nutrition goals and service-delivery workflows, identifying access strategies and resource needs, and evaluating program effectiveness with approved department priorities and available resources.
• Serve as the organization’s medical nutrition therapy subject-matter expert; consult with clinical disciplines and develop education for staff, providers, trainees, and community partners.
• Establish nutrition-related quality and performance measures, analyze outcomes and gaps in care, lead measurable improvement initiatives, and develop evidence-based protocols, clinical pathways, policies, and documentation standards with clinical and operational leaders.
• Represent the organization as its clinical nutrition subject-matter expert in relevant professional, regional, grant-funded, and collaborative initiatives related to nutrition and bleeding disorders.

Requirements

• Minimum: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited dietetics program.
• Minimum of three years of professional experience providing clinical nutrition services in a healthcare setting; experience serving pediatric patients, individuals with chronic or complex health conditions, or multidisciplinary specialty-care populations is preferred.
• Current, active Indiana dietitian license and current Registered Dietician or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RD/RDN) registration through the Commission on Dietetic Registration. 
• Valid driver’s license and insured automobile required.

• All IHI employees are expected to enable multi-factor authentication via their personal smart phone/smart device in order to access IHI systems as a requirement of the role.  

Benefits

Why join our team?  

IHI is a not-for-profit program based in Indianapolis and offers a competitive salary and benefit package. 

IHI is the only federally designated comprehensive hemophilia program in Indiana and serves the entire state through services available in Indianapolis and at outreach clinics. 

IHI is a leader in hemophilia care, education and clinical research and has a dedicated on-site multidisciplinary staff to ensure availability of a wide range of required services. 

IHI participates in national and international clinical research, including new infusion products and therapies, investigation of long-term outcomes, and the impact of associated conditions. The IHI research program provides patients access to new therapies, and an opportunity to improve care. Our center has more than 70 clinical research projects involving bleeding disorders, sickle cell disease, thrombosis and more. 

Innovative Hematology Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.