Clinical Specialty Dietitian in VANCOUVER, Washington at Legacy Health

Legacy Health

Clinical Specialty Dietitian

Equal Opportunity Employer/Vet/Disabled
US-WA-VANCOUVER

Job ID: 26-50021
Type: Part Time - Benefitted
Salmon Creek Medical Ctr campus

Overview

Proper nutrition plays a vital role in overall health and it’s one of the many ways Legacy strives to make life better for others. When our patients receive the right dietary guidance, they take an important step toward improved well-being.

If you’re a dietitian who values close collaboration with patients and enjoys working as part of an interdisciplinary team, we invite you to consider joining our inspiring healthcare community as a Clinical Specialty Dietitian.

Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center is Southwest Washington’s most modern hospital, offering the latest technology in a setting designed for comfort and care for the whole family. We feature innovations in joint replacement, robotic surgery, pelvic health for women, cancer care, intensive care for newborns, neurosurgery, medical care for children and more.

Responsibilities

The Clinical Specialty Dietitian works closely with the interdisciplinary health care team to provide clinical nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy that are integrated and compatible with the patient’s medical program goals and objectives. Primary responsibilities include:

• Develop and implement medical nutrition therapy using established standards of care and practice protocols/guidelines.
• Assess patients for malnutrition.
• Order writing privileges per CMS guidelines, state regulation, and hospital policy.
• Manage resources in a cost-effective manner.
• Participate in performance improvement efforts.
• Maintain professional competency and skills required for professional practice.

Qualifications

Education:

• Completion of a Bachelor’s or graduate level degree in Nutrition and Dietetics or equivalent field from an accredited university/college required.
• Completion of a Dietitian Internship or Coordinated Program approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) required.

Skills:

• Solid knowledge of clinical nutrition specialty with emphasis on nutrition needs of patients with specialty nutrition needs.
• Ability to communicate effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, physicians and interdisciplinary health care team.
• Able to function independently on assigned patient care units.
• General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing and spreadsheet software.
• Basic familiarity with computers preferred.
• Knowledge of the Nutrition Care Process as it relates to the specialty nutrition needs of patients and ability to apply all steps of the process.