Registered Food & Nutrition Dietitian - Transplant Services - FT Days

The RD serves as the primary nutrition provider for AHFT candidates and recipients across care settings. This role evaluates all LVAD and heart transplant candidates (inpatient and outpatient), delivers pre-, peri-, and post-transplant nutrition care, participates in required transplant meetings, supports pre-habilitation, provides heart failure nutrition therapy to non-transplant patients, and offers cross-coverage for the abdominal transplant RD.

Responsibilities

Serves as primary nutrition provider for AHFT candidates and recipients across care settings; Evaluates all LVAD and heart transplant candidates (inpatient and outpatient); Delivers pre-, peri-, and post-transplant nutrition care; Participates in required transplant meetings; Supports pre-habilitation; Provides heart failure nutrition therapy to non-transplant patients; Offers cross-coverage for the abdominal transplant RD; Completes nutrition evaluations and assesses dietary patterns and barriers to intake; Conducts Nutrition-Focused Physical Exams (NFPE); Diagnoses malnutrition per AND/ASPEN criteria; Provides individualized nutrition interventions and education; Documents readiness for transplant from a nutrition standpoint; Presents patient risks and updates in Patient Selection Committee; Follows evaluated patients through inpatient stay; Escalates nutrition interventions as needed; Collaborates with care team on glycemic control, refeeding risk, and wound-healing supplementation; Provides nutrition discharge education; Provides ongoing Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) for the entire hospital inpatient census; Develops and implements plans of care; Prescribes enteral and parenteral nutrition support orders; Prescribes therapeutic diets, oral nutrition supplements, and nutrition support regimens; Identifies, treats, and prevents malnutrition; Documents billable nutrition diagnoses; Provides clinical support to hospital-based outpatient programs; Precepts dietetic graduate students and medical residents; Collaborates with interdisciplinary teams; Provides MNT education to patients, families, and teammates; Participates in clinical nutrition initiatives and quality improvement (QAPI) efforts; Assists other sites throughout the State as needed

Requirements

Dietitian certification issued by the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR); Dietitian (RD) registration with the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics; Licensure by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation (IL only); Certification by the Department of Safety and Professional Services (WI only); Minimum of Graduate Degree (master's, practice doctorate, or doctoral) if initial CDR registration is obtained on or after January 1, 2024, or Minimum of Bachelor's Degree if CDR registration eligibility is obtained prior to January 1, 2024; Successful completion of Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) accredited supervised practice program; Didactic experience in clinical nutrition from an ACEND approved program; Advanced knowledge in clinical nutrition and Nutrition Focused Physical Exams; Ability to respond to the needs of a diverse patient population; Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; Excellent organization, decision-making, time management, and problem-solving skills; Must be able to sit, stand, walk, lift, squat, bend, reach above shoulders and twist frequently during the work shift; Will occasionally be required to lift 25 pounds; Must have functional vision, hearing, speech, and touch

Benefits

Paid Time Off programs; Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability; Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses; Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave; Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs; Educational Assistance Program; Opportunity for annual increases based on performance; Premium pay such as shift and on-call pay; Incentive pay for select positions