Senior Dietitian

Senior Dietitian - CLINICAL NUTRITION, Providence St. Patrick Hospital, Missoula, MT

The Clinical Dietitian II assists in directing and supervising personnel in the Food and Nutrition department to provide quality health care in serving all types of nutritionally balanced and appetizing meals to patients through collaboration with food service staff.  The clinical dietitian II must be competent in providing medical nutrition therapy, nutrition support (Parenteral and Enteral), and nutrition education to a variety of patients in all patient care settings (ICU/floor units/CVL, Cancer Center). The dietitian will perform nutritional assessments; implement nutritional care plans, document assessments and all re-assessments/follow-ups in computer medical record per TJC and CMS requirements.   The dietitian II will be required to attend multi-disciplinary rounds &/or care-conferences on the current floor he/she is covering.  In this position, a dietitian II must be able to work independently on a single unit (ICU vs. floor) and be able to see 10-14 patients in an 8 hour shift.  The dietitian II will be required to provide education to physicians, nurses, dietitian I's and other clinical staff on evidence-based practices in clinical nutrition particularly in their area of specialty.  This position is required to present research articles in a hospital-associated journal club (ie such as medical journal club)    This position is required to be a primary clinical preceptor to the dietetic interns from the Montana Dietetic Internship program.  A dietitian II is responsible for creating the internship rotation projects as well as reviewing the projects with the interns.

Providence caregivers are not simply valued – they’re invaluable. Join our team at Providence St. Patrick Hospital and thrive in our culture of patient-focused, whole-person care built on understanding, commitment, and mutual respect. Your voice matters here, because we know that to inspire and retain the best people, we must empower them.

Shift: Part-time/on-call, Day shift, 0.4  hours

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree Human Nutrition and Dietetics or related field
• Master's Degree Human Nutrition and Dietetics or related field (i.e. sports nutrition, exercise physiology, education) 
• Within 6 months (180 days) of hire: Montana Nutritionist License 
• Upon hire: National CDR Registered Dietitian - Commission on Dietetic Registration

Preferred Qualifications:

• Upon hire: Board Certified Pharmacotherapy Specialty
• In an acute care facility.

Why Join Providence? 

Our best-in-class benefits are uniquely designed to support you and your family in staying well, growing professionally, and achieving financial security.  We take care of you, so you can focus on delivering our Mission of caring for everyone, especially the most vulnerable in our communities.

At Providence, our strength lies in Our Promise of “Know me, care for me, ease my way.” Working at our family of organizations means that regardless of your role, we’ll walk alongside you in your career, supporting you so you can support others. We provide best-in-class benefits and we foster an inclusive workplace where diversity is valued, and everyone is essential, heard and respected. Together, our 120,000 caregivers (all employees) serve in over 50 hospitals, over 1,000 clinics and a full range of health and social services across Alaska, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas and Washington. As a comprehensive health care organization, we are serving more people, advancing best practices and continuing our more than 100-year tradition of serving the poor and vulnerable.

The amounts listed are the base pay range; additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, standby/on-call, overtime, premiums, extra shift incentives, or bonus opportunities.

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