Job # 22842 Registered Dietitian

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Since 1999, Acclivity Healthcare has served the specialized recruiting and staffing needs of leading healthcare employers nationwide. Our clients range from independent physician practices to national healthcare systems and insurance providers. We are proud of our 18,000+ successful placements with quality-oriented organizations that recognize the value of better talent.

About the Company
This well-known and successful healthcare system has remained a symbol of quality for over 25 years. They are the 5th largest healthcare system in the nation, with more than 60,000 caregivers and staff who deliver excellent care to diverse communities in 21 states. They have won numerous awards as a top healthcare employer because of the great work environment and commitment to their employees’ growth and success. They currently need a dedicated and detail-oriented Dietitian to join their team!

Duties & Responsibilities: The Dietitian will work with the transplant population with a heavy regulatory expectation to provide nutrition evaluations and nutrition plans for transplant patients specific to abdominal transplant but will cover in lung transplant as well.

- Pre-transplant assessment (evaluations) related to transplant candidacy
- Post-transplant follow up care for inpatient and outpatient--heavy on inpatient post-surgical implant
- Works in-clinic for patients with acute needs--pre- and post-transplant
- Attends every other week multidisciplinary review board for kidney and liver--presents patients evaluated
- TPN/TF assessment, management and follow up
- Provides transplant regulatory documentation
- Provides medical nutritional therapy to patients by assessing nutritional status developing a plan of care to maintain or improve nutritional status periodically evaluating the patient's response to the plan of care and modifying it as required for optimal outcomes.
- Counsels’ patients and/or families about food requirement eating habits and therapeutic nutrition.

Required Qualifications of the Dietitian
- 1+ years as a Registered Dietitian in an acute care hospital
- Bachelor’s degree in nutrition
- Must be registered through American Dietetic Association
- Must successfully pass a criminal background check and drug screen

Compensation and schedule for the Dietitian
Registered Dietitian – Full-time, $34-35 per hour, Monday-Friday, 8am to 5pm,

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