Registered Dietitian II - Center for Gut Rehab and Transplant

                    

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Job Title

Registered Dietitian II - Center for Gut Rehab and Transplant

                        

Location

Cleveland

                    

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

                     

Department

DDSI Nutrition-Digestive Disease Institute

                      

Job Code

T98358

                     

Shift

Days

                       

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

                       

Job Summary

                         

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Main Campus where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world class and caregivers are family. Here, you will work alongside a passionate and dedicated team, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world. 
 

Registered Dietitian II

Provides individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to Cleveland Clinic patients. Offers expertise in a specialized area and serves as a clinical leader. Collaborates closely with other healthcare disciplines and departments to optimize nutrition care and enhance the patient experience.

Note: This job description is part of a clinical ladder program and is tied to an annual application process. All candidates must undergo yearly verification through the CHN review process and should not be assigned to this role until approval has been granted by the Center for Human Nutrition in the Digestive Disease Institute.

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am—4:30pm. 

 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:  

• If delegated with 75% or more of patient care duties to patients of intensive care units or members of the Home Parenteral Nutrition, Center for Gut Rehabilitation and Transplant or Nutrition Support Teams, provide direct care using medical nutrition therapy for patients requiring nutrition support therapies (parenteral nutrition, enteral nutrition, intravenous fluid with multiple diet modifications) and in which medications are an integral component in the design of the nutrition therapy.  

• Assess patients for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies and perform a nutrition-focused physical exam.  

• Evaluate nutritional needs, including calories, protein, fluid and electrolytes to diagnose and document malnutrition. 

• Collaborate with providers to manage the nutritional needs of patients receiving oral diets, tube feedings and parenteral nutrition.  

• Implement a nutritional care plan, communicate plan, establish a follow-up system and maintain documentation. 

• Write orders for diets, oral supplements, tube feedings and pends parenteral nutrition orders. 

• Provide counseling and education services to patients with disease processes requiring nutritional management. 

• Support the Dietetic Internship Program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor and coordinate activities of Dietetic Technician if assigned to area. 

• Develop and contribute to Cleveland Clinic sponsored education programs to physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, students, peers and the public. 

• Create and revise education materials related