Dietitian

Overview

Work in the heart of #humankindess at CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson. The Clinical/Consultant Dietitian serves as the CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson representative responsible for handling the day-to-day nutrition care for patients, education/counseling of outpatients, and fulfills the consulting obligations of the contracted accounts.Majority of hours will be consulting to contracted accounts and outpatient counseling. This position assists the Supervisor of Food and Nutrition in matters relating to performance, improvement, menu development, manual coordination, patient education materials, standards of practice, patient food review, hospital committees participation, planning/providing employee training/development. This position will also cover inpatient care for RDN/Supervisor during times of vacation/leave. You'll also collaborate with members of the health care team to provide the highest possible patient satisfaction levels while upholding the mission and values of the hospital. Drive and Dependability, Positive Interpersonal Relation Skills, Stress Tolerance/Flexibility preferred

CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson, part of CommonSpirit Heath, a national nonprofit health system based in Englewood, Colorado. The faith-based system operates in 18 states and includes 103 hospitals. Additional services offered within the system are: long-term care, assisted and residential living communities, community health services organizations, home health agencies, and numerous outpatient facilities.

CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S., from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services, CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources, CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities, advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable, and innovating how and where healing can happen, both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

CHI St. Alexius Health Dickinson provides you with the same level of care you provide for others. We care about our employees' well-being and offer benefits that complement work/life balance.

We offer the following benefits to support you and your family:

• Health/Dental/Vision Insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary Protection: Group Accident, Critical Illness, and Identity Theft
• Free Premium Membership to Care.com with preloaded credits for children and/or dependent adults
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for you and your family
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Tuition Assistance for career growth and development
• Matching 401(k) and 457(b) Retirement Programs
• Wellness Program

Responsibilities

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES...

• Provides nutrition care of patients including screening, assessment, intervention, medical nutrition therapy and discharge planning to ensure patient nutrition needs and customer satisfaction levels are met.
• Provides age and cultural specific nutrition counseling to patients, outpatients and their families.
• Collaborates and communicates with Nutrition Department on the individual nutrition intervention plans of patients.
• Stays current with most recent nutrition related trends, research, policy, certifications, registrations and standards of practice and all federal, state and local regulations.
• Complies with operating standards, assists with implementation of quality improvements, productivity programs and communicates them to other departments
• Provides nutrition education to facility and public through the development and presentation of classes, articles, handouts.
• Consults to contract accounts on scheduled days and communicates with contracted facility administrator or account representative regarding nutrition care provided.
• Writes orders for diet, supplement, enteral/parenteral nutrition and laboratory data per hospital policy.
• Responsible for other duties as assigned by supervisor/manager/upper management.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

• Professional Dietetic License required.
• Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics.
• Licensed through ND Board of Dietetic Practice
• Registered through Commission of Dietetic Registration within four (4) months of hire date.
• Must be able to communicate effectively in written and spoken English.
• Must be proficient with computers and computer applications used in the healthcare setting.