Outpatient Clinic - Clinical Dietitian

Job Title & Specialty Area: Outpatient Clinic, Clinical Dietitian

Department: Clinical Nutrition

Location: Plano

Shift: 830 am to 5 pm 

Job Type: On-Site

Why Children's Health?

At Children's Health, our mission is to Make Life Better for Children, and we recognize that their health plays a crucial role in achieving this goal.

Through our cutting-edge treatments and affiliation with UT Southwestern, we strive to deliver an extraordinary patient and family experience, ensuring that every moment, big or small, contributes to their overall well-being.

Our dedication to promoting children's health extends beyond our organization and encompasses the broader community. Together, we can make a significant difference in the lives of children and contribute to a brighter and healthier future for all.

Summary:
Provide competent nutritional care to patients through nutritional assessment, diagnosis, interventions, monitoring, and evaluation of outcomes. Active participant in the interdisciplinary team. Works well in a fast-paced clinical setting. Communicates information effectively to providers, families, and patients in a developmentally appropriate manner. Ensures nutritional information reflects evidenced based practice. Provides training and development to interns, dietitians, and medical staff.

Responsibilities:
* Provide medical nutrition therapy through nutrition assessment, diagnosis, interventions, monitoring and evaluation of outcomes for patients. May write nutrition orders per medical nutrition therapy protocol. Serve as a nutrition resource for the hospital, staff, patient, families and the community. Document nutrition care effectively within medical records and facilitate handoff to different levels of care and care providers
* Demonstrates critical thinking in clinical practice through patient prioritization, evaluating potential implications of treatment decisions, utilizing resources to guide clinical decisions, and managing time efficiently for time sensitive clinical interventions. Calculate formula recipes for hospital and discharge. Create formula lab and home recipes utilizing hand calculations and electronic application program. Calculate formula concentration and dose additives for hospital and home recipes. Have knowledge of appropriate parenteral nutrition (TPN) management including initiation, advancement, and weaning. Recommend parenteral nutrition macronutrient and micronutrient composition based on disease state. Demonstrate understanding of enteral nutrition feeding types and modalities based on disease state. Identify appropriate formula type, composition, administration, and schedule for patients in the home and hospital setting. Identify and document malnutrition and recommend appropriate interventions based on severity of malnutrition. May review and analyze nutritional lab values and nutrition-related medications/supplement. Communicate recommendations to providers and families. Participates in teaching/patient rounds for assigned patients and service areas. Train dietetic interns, clinical dietitians, and medical residents and fellows
* Provide clear, effective, and professional communication to patients and family, staff, and community
* Complete administrative tasks, such as patient and non patient related phone calls and e-mails, ongoing required competencies, etc
* Attend various meeting, committee involvement, contribute to projects and give presentations

WORK EXPERIENCE
* At least 1 year job category-specific experience Preferred
* At least 1 year For End Stage Renal Disease only: minimum 1 year professional work experience in clinical dietetics after becoming a registered dietitian. (Does not include internship experience) Required

EDUCATION
* Four-year Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Required
* Graduate or professional work or advanced degree; or equivalent experience Master's degree with completion of required coursework and supervised practice as dictated by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) for Dietitians graduating after January 2024 Required

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATIONS
* State Dietetic License (i.e. LD - Licensed Dietitian) 90 Days Required
* National Dietetic Registration (i.e. RD - Registered Dietitian) 90 Days Required
* National Provider Identification Number (NPI) 90 Days Required

A Place Where You Belong

We put our people first. We welcome, value, and respect the beliefs, identities and experiences of our patients and colleagues. We are committed to delivering culturally effective care, creating meaningful partnerships in the communities we serve, and equipping and developing our team members to make Children’s Health a place where everyone can contribute.

 Holistic Benefits – How We’ll Care for You:

· Employee portion of medical plan premiums are covered after 3 years.

· 4%-10% employee savings plan match based on tenure

· Paid Parental Leave (up to 12 weeks)

· Caregiver Leave

· Adoption and surrogacy reimbursement 

As an equal opportunity employer, Children's Health does not discriminate against employees or applicants because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, age, national origin, veteran or military status, disability, or genetic information or any other Federal or State legally-protected status or class. This applies to all aspects of the employer-employee relationship including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, promotion, transfer pay, training, discipline, workforce adjustments, termination, employee benefits, and any other employment-related activity.