Job Summary:

This position provides comprehensive nutrition services and education to dialysis patients and authorized caregivers in a clinical setting to support and maximize the patient's nutritional well-being within a chronic-care facility for end-stage renal disease patients in accordance with LifeBridge Health policies, procedures, and guidelines, OSHA, CMS, federal, state, and local regulations.

• Nutrition Assessment and Intervention: Assess nutritional status to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
• Interdisciplinary Care Plan: Participate in an interdisciplinary care plan based on assessment or re-assessment with 15 days after completion of assessment, annually for stable patients and monthly for unstable patients.
• Nutrition Education and Counseling: Provide nutrition education and counseling based on individualized patient needs, including nutrient requirements, knowledge, and abilities, medical, economic, and social situation.
• Monitoring and Documentation: Monitor nutritional status, laboratory values, dialysis adequacy, adherence to diet, and response to nutrition-related medications and therapy to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
• Quality Patient Care: Administer quality patient care in a considerate, respectful manner always.

Requirements:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a similar area required.
• Registration: Registered Dietitian status with the Commission on Dietetic Registration required.
• Licensure: State licensure required in the state of Maryland or where the facility is located.
• Experience: Minimum of two years' professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian required.

About LifeBridge Health:

As one of the largest healthcare providers in Maryland, with 13,000 team members, we strive to CARE BRAVELY for over 1 million patients annually. LifeBridge Health includes Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Northwest Hospital, Carroll Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, and Grace Medical Center, as well as our Community Physician Enterprise, Center for Hope, Practice Dynamics, and business partners: LifeBridge Health & Fitness, ExpressCare, and HomeCare of Maryland.