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Registered Dietitian – Pediatrics

Cleveland, OH, US


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Location: Cleveland, OH

Facilities: Cleveland Clinic Main Campus,

Professional Area: Allied Health

Department: 1742 Peds Nutrition Services-Children's Institute

Job Code: T23012

Schedule: Full Time

Shift: Variable

Join the Cleveland Clinic team at Main Campus where you will work with talented caregivers to provide world-class care. As an organization dedicated to the well-being of both employees and patients, Cleveland Clinic has been named one of the country’s Best Workplaces in Health Care. We are committed to serving the community and treat our patients as family on a day-to-day basis. As a Registered Dietitian, you will provide individualized and custom medical nutritional therapy. You will also be educating patients and working with other departments to optimize nutritional care for the patient’s experience. Your primary duties will include: • Providing counseling and education to patients with disease processes that require nutritional management. • Setting up nutritional care plans, communication plans and follow-up systems. • Documenting and completing reports for ongoing productivity tracking and laboratory notes. • Creating and revising educational materials for patients through medical therapy. • Examining patients for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies. The ideal caregiver is someone who: • Carries a Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or related field. • Has a current license of dietetics in the current state (LD) and active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD). • Shows strong critical thinking skills. • Shows decisive judgement and can work with minimal supervision. At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That’s why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you’ll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you’ll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.

Responsibilities:

  • Provides direct patient care using medical nutrition therapy for an assigned patient population.
  • Provides counseling and education services to patient with disease processes that require nutritional management.
  • Implements a nutritional care plan, communicates plan, establishes a follow-up system and maintains documentation.
  • Writes changes for diet orders; initiates nutrient intake assessments; assesses patients for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies; evaluates appropriate fluid and electrolytes; reviews laboratory and clinical progress notes; informs physicians of patients' nutritional status and need for changes in diet, enteral or parenteral feeding; develops care plans, documentation and reassessments.
  • Coordinates efforts of dietetic technician assigned to area.
  • Develops and contributes to Cleveland Clinic sponsored education programs for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, students, peers and the public.
  • Creates and revises education materials related to disease management through medical nutrition therapy.
  • Participates in program development designed to market and expand departmental services and revenue generation.
  • Markets services to potential and current referral sources; develops and implements services in response to client's needs and wants.
  • Actively contributes to departmental initiatives, including committees and projects.
  • Supports the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.
  • Completes reports for ongoing productivity tracking.
  • Participates in professional growth activities; attends and contributes to conferences and seminars on nutrition and related topics.
  • Represents Cleveland Clinic on nutrition related matters.
  • Conducts clinical research. Utilizes clinical software applications to facilitate care.
  • Complies with all regulatory organizations including CMS, JCAO, ADA and policies and procedures of the department and Cleveland Clinic.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Education:

  • Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics or a closely related field.

Certifications:

  • Maintains current license to practice dietetics in the current state (LD) and active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD).

Complexity of Work:

  • Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work unsupervised or with minimal supervision.
  • Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

Work Experience:

  • Minimum one year experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition.
  • Successful completion of a Dietetic Internship Program may substitute for experience requirement.

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. 
Salaries [which may be] shown on independent job search websites reflect various market averages and do not represent information obtained directly from The Cleveland Clinic. Because we value each individual candidate, we invite and encourage each candidate to discuss salary/hourly specifics during the application and hiring process.

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 tobacco free and drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substance and nicotine. All new caregivers must clear a nicotine test within their 90-day new hire period. Candidates for employment who are impacted by Cleveland Clinic Health System’s Smoking Policy will be permitted to reapply for open positions after one year.
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.

 

Decisions concerning employment, transfers and promotions are made upon the basis of the best qualified candidate without regard to color, race, religion, national origin, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, ancestry, status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran or any other characteristic protected by law. Information provided on this application may be shared with any Cleveland Clinic Health System facility.

Please review the Equal Employment Opportunity poster

Cleveland Clinic Health System is pleased to be an equal employment employer: Women / Minorities / Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

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