Renal Dietitian
5 days ago
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 within a chronic-care facility for end-stage renal disease patients. The successful candidate will work in accordance with LifeBridge Health policies, procedures, and guidelines, as well as OSHA, CMS, federal, state, and local regulations.
Key Responsibilities:
- Assess nutritional status to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations, including initial assessments within 30 days or 13 treatments, whichever is later, or admission or transfer to the facility, and re-assessments within 3 months of initial assessment, annually for stable patients, and monthly for unstable patients.
- Participate in Interdisciplinary Care Plans based on assessments or re-assessments within 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 the medical record 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 diet, and response to nutrition-related medications and therapy to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
- Revise and update nutritional recommendations and nutritional care plans as needed.
- Review monthly lab results with each patient and/or caregiver 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), facility team meetings, and in-services.
- Manage hospitalization tracking.
- Administer quality patient care in a considerate and 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.
- Establish effective relationships with the medical team, nursing, and other patient care team members.
- Establish effective relationships with patients and caregivers.
- Contact and collaborate with extended care facility staff, family members, or other appropriate medical personnel to facilitate adequate and appropriate nutritional care.
- Effectively communicate pertinent nutrition issues with the medical team.
- Present nutrition-related in-services for the clinical team quarterly.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in nutrition, dietetics, or a similar area required.
- 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 required.
- Five years of experience working in a dialysis setting preferred.
- Healthcare experience in free-standing or hospital-based dialysis units.
- The one or two years of professional work experience in clinical nutrition as a Registered Dietitian may be obtained by working under the supervision of a Registered Dietitian who meets the above qualifications.
- Exceptional time management skills.
- Excellent communication skills, both verbally and written.
- Critical thinking skills, analytical, and works well within a team.
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.
Grace Medical Center (formerly Bon Secours Baltimore Hospital) is the first hospital built by the Sisters of Bon Secours in the United States. After 100 years of operation, the hospital is now a LifeBridge Health facility, along with a primary care practice and two behavioral health facilities in the West Baltimore community. Grace Medical Center offers emergency care, inpatient and outpatient behavioral health, renal dialysis, and diagnostic services. Offsite locations provide primary care, drug treatment, and outpatient behavioral health services.
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LifeBridge Health is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment that values diversity, equity, and inclusion. If you are passionate about delivering exceptional patient care and making a difference in the lives of others, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.
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