Part-time Dialysis Dietitian

Part-time
Company Description At Henry Ford Health, we're committed to advancing health and improving lives for the millions of people we serve across Michigan and around the world. As one of the nation's leading academic health systems, we provide a comprehensive continuum of care that includes primary and preventive services, specialty and complex care, virtual care, pharmacy, home health, eye care, health insurance, and more. With 12 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations, including former Ascension Southeast Michigan and Flint Region facilities, our growing network expands access to exceptional care in the communities we serve.
Headquartered in Detroit, Henry Ford Health is helping shape the future of healthcare through the transformative Future of Health: Detroit initiative, a $3 billion investment that is redefining our academic healthcare campus and advancing innovation, research, education, and community impact.
Whether you're caring for patients, supporting operations, conducting research, or driving new solutions, you'll be part of a team united by a shared mission: delivering exceptional care, advancing health outcomes, and building healthier communities for all.
Job Description We are seeking a highly motivated and compassionate Registered Dietitian (RD) to join our dedicated team. The RD will play a vital role in providing comprehensive and individualized nutritional care to patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing dialysis treatment.
Eastpointe Dialysis is a freestanding outpatient dialysis facility. The department is staffed with Nephrologists, Registered Nurses, and Dialysis Clinical Technicians. The unit has multiple support staff members including the front desk team and tech leader staff (machine maintenance) that may assist with operational duties within the clinic. Our team provides patient education as well as referrals to transplant services for sites the patient requests to be referred to. The unit is typically open Monday through Saturday from 5:00 am to 7:30 pm for patient care hours with some flexibility based on the clinic's needs.
As our Registered Dietitian, you'll be the nutritional champion for our dialysis patients, partnering with an amazing interdisciplinary team to deliver comprehensive, compassionate care. You'll collaborate with fellow dietitians to share insights and create meaningful educational experiences that truly impact patient outcomes.

• *Prescribe & Educate:** Design personalized diets, calculate nutritional requirements, and empower patients, caregivers, and staff with practical nutrition knowledge they can actually use.
• *Build the Bridge:** Coordinate seamlessly with hospitals, extended care facilities, home health agencies, senior centers, and community nutrition programs to ensure continuity of care.
• *Stay on Track:** Monitor how well patients are following their nutrition plans and celebrate wins along the way.
• *Dive into the Data:** Review monthly lab results with patients, translating numbers into actionable insights.
• *Problem-Solve Creatively:** Recommend and monitor alternative feeding strategies, including tube feedings and supplemental nutrition options.
• *Connect the Dots:** Monitor how medications interact with nutrition to prevent complications and optimize patient health.
• Bachelor of Science in Nutrition.

Completion of an approved dietetic internship.
Minimum of 1-year professional experience as RD in clinical nutrition

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