Registered Dietician - Full-time / Part-time

Registered Dietitian

Must Have Clinical Experience

Acute Care and Intensive Care

Occupational Summary

Level I Coordinate all phases of nutrition
care including nutrition assessment, care
planning, monitoring, education and
counseling of hospitalized patients and
outpatients in a variety of settings.
Perform duties in support of and in
compliance with performance
improvement plans, JCAHO, and other
licensing, accrediting, and regulatory
agencies. Level II Function in a supervisory
role as a team leader in addition to the
duties and responsibilities of Level I.
Work Performed

???Provide nutrition services and medical
nutrition therapy integrated with the
patient's medical goals.
???Evaluate, interpret, monitor and
document the nutritional status and
nutritional needs of hospitalized patients
and out patients using established
standards of care and practice guidelines.
???Identify and provide age-specific nutrition
counseling to meet the cultural needs of
the patients and their families.
???Develop, review, update and implement
educational materials to meet the needs
of patients and professionals.
???Write order for diet, supplement,
enteral/parenteral nutrition and
laboratory data per hospital policy.
???Function as an integral member of the
clinical interdisciplinary team.
???Maintain registered dietitian (RD) status
including continuing professional
education per the Professional
Development Portfolio.
???Precept dietetic interns and provide on
the job training for newly hired clinical
staff.
???Supervise daily work of dietetic
technicians, registered; provide input into
evaluation but doesn't directly evaluate
their performance.
???Comply with Nutrition Services meeting
and attendance standards.
Minimum Qualifications
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opportunity without regard to an
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gender expression, gender identity,
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status.
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on collaboration, innovation, creativity,
and belonging. Our collective success
depends on the robust exchange of ideas
???an exchange that is best when the rich
diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds,
and experiences flourishes. To achieve
this exchange, it is essential that all
members of the community feel secure
and welcome, that the contributions of all
individuals are respected, and that all
voices are heard. All members of our
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these values.
Essential Physical Job Functions: Certain
jobs at Duke University and Duke
University Health System may include
essential job functions that require
specific physical and/or mental abilities.
Additional information and provision for
requests for reasonable accommodation
will be provided by each hiring
department.
Education

Level I Baccalaureate degree in Food and
Nutrition, Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences,
Human Nutrition, or comparable major.
Successful completion of coordinated
program or dietetic internship of not less
than 900 hours under the supervision of a
Registered Dietitian. Level II Same as Level
I
Experience

Level I One year in an acute care
environment preferred; experience may
be waived for specific positions. Level II
Two years in an acute care environment
with one year supervisory experience
preferred; experience may be waived for
specific positions.
Degrees, Licensures, Certifications

Registered dietitian (RD) by the
Commission on Dietetic Registration;
candidates eligible for registration may be
hired with the understanding that
registration will be achieved within 90
days of hire. Licensed dietitian/nutritionist
(LDN) by the North Carolina Board of
Dietetics and Nutrition; proviso for license-
eligible dietitians as above Level II

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