Clinical Dietitian I - Clinical Nutrition - Full Time

Job Description

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At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America's Best Hospitals-and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work - excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you'll have great resources to do something incredible-for yourself, and for others

What will you be doing in this role?

The Clinical Registered Dietitian is an entry-level Registered Dietitian with at least one (1) year of acute care setting or environment consistent with job responsibilities.

• RD's will conduct and implement routine nutritional assessments. Collaborates with patient/client to facilitate active participation and assess individual needs to establish mutual nutrition-related goals.
• Follows the Nutrition Care Process and applies clinical skills to promote disease management in a multitude of care settings. Utilizes Nutrition Focused Physical Exam (NFPE) skills to assess malnutrition prevalence and severity.
• Collaborates and communicates nutrition care with the multidisciplinary clinical team and the food service department, to ensure the highest quality of nutrition care.
• Actively participates in interdisciplinary care meetings such as rounds, patient care conferences, and discharge planning. Appropriately documents all care in the medical record.
• Evaluates, addresses, and documents the patient's nutritional related education needs, barriers to learning, and cultural and religious preferences. Evaluates and tailors education to meet individual learning needs and assesses level of understanding. Records patient productivity on a daily basis.
• May act as preceptor for student RD/RDN/DTR training programs. May provide on the job training to new RD/RDN/DTRs.
• Continually stays abreast of current evidence-based nutrition recommendations through a variety of continuing education activities. Engages in ongoing self-development to improve knowledge and enhance professional competence.
• May participate in or generates research to enhance practice. Reviews research and effectively applies findings to practice. Bases practice on sound scientific principles and utilizes evidenced-based recommendations. May support the collection of data and documents outcomes within the practice setting.
• Conducts routine service recovery and escalates issues to appropriate departmental leadership.
• Makes appropriate referrals to community resources as needed and may engage in internal and external health and wellness activities.
• Supports departmental quality improvement projects and takes initiative to identify quality and improvement issues.
• Adheres to the Code of Ethics for the profession of dietetics and hospital code of conduct and general expectations' policy. Follows hospital, state, and federal guidelines and policies.

Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition or related field required.

License/Certification Requirement's:

• Certification as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration - Preferred.
• Must Obtain within three (3) months of hire.