The Clinical Dietitian within Franciscan Health coordinates the nutritional aspects of patient care in a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient settings. The Dietitian serves as a resource for promoting nutrition education within the organization and community. This position performs and documents nutrition assessments for at risk patients identified through nutrition screening, and identifies nutrient requirements according to age and disease-specific needs of patients. The Clinical Dietitian, also, provides diet education and counseling on therapeutic diets, and collaborates with other hospital services to implement the nutrition care plan.
WHO WE ARE
Franciscan Health is a leading healthcare organization dedicated to providing exceptional patient care and promoting health and wellness in our community. Our mission is to ensure that every patient receives the highest quality of care through innovation, compassion, and excellence. With 11 ministries and access points across Indiana, Franciscan Health is one of the largest Catholic health care systems in the Midwest. Franciscan Health takes pride in hiring coworkers who provide compassionate, comprehensive care for our patients and the communities we serve.
NICU AND ADULT INPATIENT
WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT
Calculate patients' nutritional needs for oral, enteral, and parenteral nutrition.
Maintain pertinent patient data necessary to recommend, prescribe, or modify therapeutic diets as needed.
Participate in patient care conferences and collaborate with other hospital services, including medical staff, nursing, pharmacy, and social work.
Perform and document nutritional assessments, including nutrition-focused physical assessments, when applicable, and evaluate patient tolerance to therapeutic diets, when appropriate.
Perform nutrition reassessment by monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the nutrition care plan.
Perform patient access duties: schedules, checks in, checks out, and enter charges for nutrition appointments.
Review medical records, and interview the patient and their caregivers to collect food and nutrition-related history or client history assessment data.
Serve as preceptor for dietetic interns, and provides on-the-job training for new hires.
QUALIFICATIONS
Required Bachelor's Degree Dietetics or Nutrition Related Field
2 years Clinical Dietetics Preferred
Registered Dietitian (RD) - State Licensing Board Required within 90 days of hire
State Certification or Licensure - Required within 180 days of hire
TRAVEL IS REQUIRED:
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
It is the policy of Franciscan Alliance to provide equal employment to its employees and qualified applicants for employment as otherwise required by an applicable local, state or Federal law.
Franciscan Alliance reserves a Right of Conscience objection in the event local, state or Federal ordinances that violate its values and the free exercise of its religious rights.
Franciscan Alliance is committed to equal employment opportunity.
Franciscan provides eligible employees with comprehensive benefit offerings. Find an overview on the benefit section of our career site, jobs.franciscanhealth.org.
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Franciscan Health Indianapolis is a hospital and healthcare provider.