Clinical Dietitian

$78,728 - $114,150/Yr

Catholic Health System - Roslyn, NY

Full-time - Entry Level

Roslyn, NY

Hospitals

About the position

The Clinical Dietitian at Catholic Health is responsible for providing direct nutritional care to patients, including assessment, planning, and documentation of nutritional interventions as prescribed by physicians. This role emphasizes improving patient outcomes through medical nutrition therapy and diet education, while also participating in interdisciplinary collaboration and training of new staff and dietetic interns.

Responsibilities

• Assessing patients' nutritional status and intervening with appropriate medical nutrition therapy (MNT) and/or diet education to improve nutrition status.
• Maintaining or optimizing nutrition status and documenting in the electronic medical record.
• Participating in interdisciplinary rounds and various committee meetings.
• Assisting in the orientation and training of new employees and participating in clinical education of dietetic interns from clinical affiliates.

Requirements

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Professionalism, pro-active and customer-service focused.
• 2-3 years clinical experience preferred.
• Experience with EPIC/CBORD preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition/Dietetics required.
• Master's Degree and/or advanced certification in nutrition preferred.
• Must have completed a post graduate supervised, Commission on Dietetics Registration approved dietetic internship program and successfully passed the National Registration Examination for Dietitians to become a Registered Dietitian (RD).
• Certification with New York State (CDN) is required within 1 year of start date.

Benefits

• Tuition reimbursement
• Generous benefits packages
• Defined benefit pension plan
• Support for professional and educational growth