Clinical Dietitian

Your job is more than a job.

When you know your authentic impact as a care professional, as a patient advocate, and as a team member is valued and nurtured, you walk a little taller, care a little deeper, and give a little extra. That's how we roll at LCMC Health. As a Clinical Dietitian, we consider you a key component in the well-being of our patients and community. Your responsibilities include conducting nutritional assessments, providing nutrition counseling to patients, preparing individualized nutrition care plans, teaching group education sessions related to nutrition, and conducting nutrition related presentations in the community. As part of a collaborative team, you implement patient dietary health by consulting with physicians and other health care professionals, reviewing patient records, interviewing patients, assessing nutritional needs and formulating appropriate diets.

What you do is a vital connection that facilitates and readies patients for their proactive, self-care healthcare journey. That's why you put a little "extra" heart into everything you do. And that's one of the reasons why you'd be a perfect fit at LCMC Health.

Your experiences, knowledge, skills, empathy, compassion, and your "little something extra" all add up to you. And we're excited to get to know you and find out what you'll bring to this clinical dietitian role.

Your Everyday

• Provide nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy integrated with the patient's medical goals and assists with ensuring compliance with ADA requirements and standards.

• Evaluate, interpret, monitor and document the nutritional status and needs of patients, both inpatient and outpatient, 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.

• Plan meals for hospital patients and others who have special dietary needs.

• Assess patients' nutritional needs, confer with doctors, and use computers to analyze nutritional intake.

• Teach people who need special diets how to plan and prepare food at home.

• Serve as preceptor of clinical nutrition and instruct and provide on-the-job training for newly hired clinical staff.

• Supervise daily work of dietetic technicians and provide input into evaluations.

• Maintain registered dietitian (RD) status and engage in continuing professional education.

• Identify continuing education opportunities and comply with Nutrition Services meeting and attendance standards.

• Assist with collection and formation of required data by participating in nutritionally related interdisciplinary projects

The Must-Haves

Minimum:

• Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field.

• Licensed registered dietitian/nutritionist through the State of Louisiana Board of Examiners in Dietetics and Nutrition.

• Board Certified Dietitian/Nutrition Specialist with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.

WORK SHIFT:

Days (United States of America)

LCMC Health is a community.

Our people make health happen. While our NOLA roots run deep, our branches are the vessels that carry our mission of bringing the best possible care to every person and parish in Louisiana and beyond and put a little more heart and soul into healthcare along the way. Celebrating authenticity, originality, equity, inclusion and a little "come on in" attitude is the foundation of LCMC Health's culture of everyday extraordinary

About University Medical Center

University Medical Center, a world class academic medical center in LCMC Health's incredible community of care, is the largest medical training center for healthcare professionals in Louisiana and has long served as the region's safety net hospital for poor and underserved communities for 300+. Learn more about University Medical Center's legacy and our vision of becoming the epicenter of medical care, education, and research.

Your extras

• Deliver healthcare with heart.

• Give people a reason to smile.

• Put a little love in your work.

• Be honest and real, but with compassion.

• Bring some lagniappe into everything you do.

• Forget one-size-fits-all, think one-of-a-kind care.

• See opportunities, not problems - it's all about perspective.

• Cheerlead ideas, differences, and each other.

• Love what makes you, you - because we do

You are welcome here.

LCMC Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

The above job summary is intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by people assigned to this work. This is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities. LCMC Health reserves the right to amend and change responsibilities to meet organizational needs as necessary.

Simple things make the difference.

1.To get started, take your time to fully and accurately complete the application for employment. Incomplete applications get bogged down and are often eliminated due to missing information.

2.To ensure quality care and service, we may use information on your application to verify your previous employment and background.

3.To keep our career applications up-to-date, applications are inactive after 6 months and, therefore, require a new application for employment to be completed.

4.To expedite the hiring process, proof of citizenship or immigration status will be required to verify your lawful right to work in the United States.