Job Description:
Facilitates the nutrition care process in order to provide the patient with optimal medical nutrition therapy.
Posting Details
- Shift: Mostly week days during day time hours. Occasional weekend and holiday rotation. Not a routinely remote position aside from Sunday on-call shifts when working the weekend.
- Part Time 28 hrs/weekly
Scope
- Identify and screen inpatients for nutritional risk and malnutrition in all areas of the hospital including but not limited to orthopedics, surgical, general medicine, telemetry, progressive care step-down, intensive care and behavioral health.
- Assess nutritional status, develop, and document care plans, monitor results and interventions according to AND Nutrition Care Process using the EMR.
- Responsible for assessing nutritional needs including management of oral nutrition supplements, enteral nutrition, and parenteral nutrition.
- Evaluate and monitor patient’s estimated nutrition needs for various medical conditions.
- Participates in interdisciplinary rounds with the care team, acts as the nutrition expert making evidence-based recommendations.
- Provides nutrition counseling and education for patients and families when indicated.
- Participates in quality improvement initiatives internal and external to the department.
- Promote mission, vision and values of Lutheran Hospital and Intermountain Health.
- Acts as a nutrition liaison/resource to other hospital departments within the organization.
- Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory agencies and requirements.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree with dietetic internship or equivalent is required
- Registration with the ADA Commission on Dietitian Registration is required Current BLS or ability to obtain within three (3) months of hire is required
Preferred
- Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC), Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) or related certification preferred.
- At least 1 year of inpatient clinical experience, including management of enteral and parenteral nutrition preferred.
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements list must be representative of the knowledge, skills, minimum education, training, licensure, experience, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
1. Regular attendance to perform work on site during regularly scheduled business hours or scheduled shifts is required.
Physical Requirements:
Interact with others by effectively communicating, both orally and in writing.
Operate computers and other office equipment requiring the ability to move fingers and hands.
See and read computer monitors and documents.
Remain sitting or standing for long periods of time to perform work on a computer, telephone, or other equipment.
May require lifting and transporting objects and office supplies, bending, kneeling and reaching.
Location:
Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital
Work City:
Wheat Ridge
Work State:
Colorado
Scheduled Weekly Hours:
28
The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.
$25.58 - $39.49
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