Clinical Dietitian

Job Description

Employer:  Methodist Hospital

Job Title: Clinical Dietitian

Job Code: 2BJP/N2BJP

Leader Title Level:

Manager

Location: St. Louis Park

Department:  Nutrition Services

Final Approval (Dir. or VP Level)

Director

Date Approved: 8/2021

Date Revised: 1/2025

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT:   

The Clinical Dietitian provides inpatient medical nutrition therapy. Their responsibilities include nutritional assessment, malnutrition diagnosing, development and implementation of nutrition care plans, monitoring and evaluation of patient response, documentation, and the provision of nutrition education to patients, medical staff, dietetic students/interns and the community. 

Methodist’s Clinical Dietitians are expected to practice at the top of their scope and licensure. The clinical dietitian will use their order writing privileges to place and modify diet orders, manage enteral nutrition and enteric access, and manage hospital compounded parenteral nutrition per hospital protocol. 

Responsibilities also include developing improvement processes to ensure continued excellent nutrition care is provided to patients. The position reports to the Clinical Nutrition Manager and performs other duties as assigned. 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:

  • Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in food and nutrition or dietetics; If RD obtained after 12/2023, a minimum of Master's degree is required.

  • Accredited supervised practice/internship in dietetics

• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:

  • Registered Dietitian within 5 months of hire.

  • Licensed Dietitian within Minnesota within 5 months of hire.

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Knowledge of medical nutrition therapy throughout the lifespan.

  • Ability to assess nutrition status, diagnose malnutrition, and implement nutrition interventions.

  • Ability to monitor, facilitate and evaluate behavior change.

  • Knowledge of the Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics for the profession of dietetics.

  • Ability to supervise dietetic students, interns and technicians.

  • Ability to use a computer.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:

  • 1+ year(s) of clinical nutrition experience

• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:

  • Registered Dietitian on hire

  • Licensed Dietitian within Minnesota on hire

• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Ability to use electronic charting system, EPIC

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:  

1. (25%) – Assesses the nutritional status of patients throughout the lifespan. 

• Reviews and evaluates the patients’ medical and nutritional history. Including: age, anthropometric data, age, medication, and labs. 

• Interviews patients and/or family to discuss nutritional history.

• Considers the patients’ social, cultural, economic, and psychological factors role in their nutritional status. 

• Performs Nutrition Focused Physical Exam (NFPE), accurately identifying muscle an