Registered Dietitian

Join the Cleveland Clinic team, where you will work alongside passionate caregivers and provide patient-first healthcare. Cleveland Clinic is recognized as one of the top hospitals in the nation. At Cleveland Clinic, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

As a Registered Dietitian, you will provide individualized and custom medical nutritional therapy. You will also be educating patients and working with other departments to optimize nutritional care for the patient’s experience. Your primary duties will include but are not:

- Providing counseling and education to patients with disease processes that require nutritional management.
- Setting up nutritional care plans, communication plans and follow-up systems.
- Documenting and completing reports for ongoing productivity tracking and laboratory notes.
- Creating and revising educational materials for patients through medical therapy.
- Examining patients for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies.

The ideal caregiver is someone who:

- Carries a Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or related field.
- Has a current license of dietetics in the current state (LD) and active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD).
- Shows strong critical thinking skills.
- Shows decisive judgement and can work with mínimal supervision.

At Cleveland Clinic, we know what matters most. That's why we treat our caregivers as if they are our own family, and we are always creating ways to be there for you. Here, you'll find that we offer: resources to learn and grow, a fulfilling career for everyone, and comprehensive benefits that invest in your health, your physical and mental well-being and your future. When you join Cleveland Clinic, you'll be part of a supportive caregiver family that will be united in shared values and purpose to fulfill our promise of being the best place to receive care and the best place to work in healthcare.

**Responsibilities**:

- Provides direct patient care using medical nutrition therapy for an assigned patient population.
- Provides counseling and education services to patient with disease processes that require nutritional management.
- Implements a nutritional care plan, communicates plan, establishes a follow-up system and maintains documentation.
- Writes changes for diet orders; initiates nutrient intake assessments; assesses patients for signs and symptoms of nutritional deficiencies; evaluates appropriate fluid and electrolytes; reviews laboratory and clinical progress notes; informs physicians of patients' nutritional status and need for changes in diet, enteral or parenteral feeding; develops care plans, documentation and reassessments.
- Coordinates efforts of dietetic technician assigned to area.
- Develops and contributes to Cleveland Clinic sponsored education programs for physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, students, peers and the public.
- Creates and revises education materials related to disease management through medical nutrition therapy.
- Participates in program development designed to market and expand departmental services and revenue generation.
- Markets services to potential and current referral sources; develops and implements services in response to client's needs and wants.
- Actively contributes to departmental initiatives, including committees and projects.
- Supports the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.
- Completes reports for ongoing productivity tracking.
- Participates in professional growth activities; attends and contributes to conferences and seminars on nutrition and related topics.
- Represents Cleveland Clinic on nutrition related matters.
- Complies with all regulatory organizations including CMS, JCAO, ADA and policies and procedures of the department and Cleveland Clinic.
- Other duties as assigned.

**Education**:

- Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics or a closely related field.

**Certifications**:

- Maintains current license to practice dietetics in the current state (LD) and active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD).

**Complexity of Work**:

- Requires critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work unsupervised or with mínimal supervision.
- Must be able to work in a stressful environment and take appropriate action.

**Work Experience**:

- Minimum one year experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition.
- Successful completion of a Dietetic Internship Program may substitute for experience requirement.

**Physical Requirements**:

- Ability to navigate extensively to provide services to a large number of patients throughout the hospital and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer entry.
- Must have physical ability to measure and weigh patients.

**Personal Protective Equipment**:

-