Job description

Clinical Dietitian @ MetroWest Medical Center Framingham Union and Leonard Morse

Schedule: Monday-Friday, every third weekend, rotating holidays

Summary: Responsible for providing clinical nutrition services, including nutrition assessment, modified diet formulation, self-management training and nutrition intervention to patients/residents. Ensures patient satisfaction, quality care, regulatory agency compliance, and good public relations are achieved through the safe and efficient use of resources.

Assesses the nutritional status of pediatric, adult and/or geriatric patient through documentation in the medical record. Uses parameters such as anthropometric measurements, nutrition-focused physical assessment and interpretation of laboratory values.

Develops, revises and individualizes nutrition care plan based on information from the patient, medical record, family and health care team members.

Incorporates current evidence-based research into practice.

Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to implement, initiate or modify order for diet or nutrition-related actions (e.g. nutrition supplements, dietary supplements, diet modifications, diet texture modifications for dentition or individual preferences, nutrition-related laboratory tests and medications, and nutrition education and counseling) consistent with specialized training where required, competence and approved clinical privileges and organization policy.

Utilizes physician/referring practitioner-driven protocols or other facility-specific processes to manage nutrition support therapies (e.g., enteral and parenteral formula selection and rate adjustments based on energy needs or laboratory results, addition of designated medications and vitamin/mineral supplements to parenteral nutrition solutions or supplemental water for enteral nutrition, and placement of feeding tubes) consistent with specialized training where required, competence and approved clinical privileges and organization policy.

Advises department on patient care and food service issues.

Provides training to patient services staff on special needs with patients diet prescriptions.

Visits patients on assigned nursing unit(s) and contributes to every patient being visited by a member of the management or professional team at least once during their hospital stay.

Qualification Standards

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. MA State Licensure, required.

COVID Vaccine is required

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,000.00 - $60,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Retirement plan
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Medical specialties:

• Dietetics

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Holidays
• Monday to Friday
• Rotating weekends
• Weekend availability

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

License/Certification:

• Registered Dietitian (Required)

Work Location: One location

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