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Renal Dietitian

2 months ago

Baltimore, Maryland, United States LifeBridge Health Full time

Job Summary:

This position provides comprehensive services and education to dialysis patients and authorized caregivers in a clinical setting to support and maximize the patient's nutritional well-being in a chronic-care facility for end-stage renal disease patients.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Assess nutritional status to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
  • Perform initial assessment within 30 days or 13 treatments, whichever is later, or admission or transfer to the facility.
  • Perform re-assessment within 3 months of initial assessment.
  • Perform re-assessment annually for stable patients and monthly for unstable patients.
  • Participate in 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.
  • Review medical and diet history, consult with the patient and multidisciplinary team, 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.
  • 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.
  • Revise and update nutritional recommendations and nutritional care plan as needed.
  • Review monthly lab results with each patient and/or caregiver and provide patients with a printed patient nutrition report.
  • Function as a Mineral and Bone Disorder Specialist.
  • Participate in anemia management.
  • Participate in rounds, patient care conferences, and continuous quality improvement teams (QAPI).
  • Administer quality patient care in a considerate, respectful manner.
  • Evaluate outcomes and identify factors that may contribute to undesirable results and document appropriately.
  • Document nutrition progress at least monthly.
  • Document according to Federal, State, and LifeBridge Health Baltimore Health System requirements.

Requirements:

  • Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a similar area.
  • Registered Dietitian status with 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 is preferred.
  • Healthcare experience in a free-standing or hospital-based dialysis unit is preferred.