Renal Dietitian

1 month ago

Jessup, United States Lifebridge Health Full time
Renal Registered Dietitian

Job Summary:

This position provides comprehensive nutrition services and education to dialysis patients and authorized caregivers in a clinical setting, focusing on maximizing the patient's nutritional well-being in a chronic-care facility for end-stage renal disease patients. The successful candidate will work in accordance with LifeBridge Health Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines, OSHA, CMS, federal, state, and local regulations.

  • Key Responsibilities:
  • Assess nutritional status to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
  • Perform initial assessments within 30 days or 13 treatments, whichever is later, or admission or transfer to the facility.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary care plans based on assessments or re-assessments with 15 days after completion of assessments, annually for stable patients and monthly for unstable patients.
  • Review medical and diet history, consult with patients and multidisciplinary teams, document appropriate information, and nutrition progress in medical records at least monthly.
  • Develop individualized medical nutrition therapy, including meal plans for each patient.
  • Provide nutrition education and counseling based on individualized patient needs, including nutrient requirements, knowledge, and abilities, medical, economic, and social situations.
  • Monitor nutritional status, laboratory values, dialysis adequacy, adherence to diets, and response to nutrition-related medications and therapy to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
  • Revise and update nutritional recommendations and care plans as needed.
  • Review monthly lab results with patients and/or caregivers and provide patients with printed patient nutrition reports.
  • Function as a Mineral and Bone Disorder Specialist.
  • Participate in anemia management.
  • Participate in rounds, patient care conferences, and continuous quality improvement teams (QAPI).

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a similar area.
  • Registered Dietitian status with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
  • State licensure required in the state of Maryland or where the facility is located.
  • Minimum of two years' professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian.
  • Five years of experience working in a dialysis setting preferred.
  • Healthcare experience in free-standing or hospital-based dialysis units.
  • Exceptional time management skills.
  • Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written.
  • Critical thinking skills, analytical, and works well within a team.

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