Clinical Dietitian O/P: FT Salaried

Position Highlights: 

• Retention Bonus: $20,000!
• Work/life: No weekends or holidays! You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career. 
• Employee-centric: Tuition reimbursement, loan forgiveness, comprehensive major medical, dental and vision insurance, paid time off, 401(k), health and wellness offerings, monthly employee events, and more.
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted “Best Coastal Small Town in America”. You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.

About Firelands Health:

Our goal at Firelands Health is to be the best & preferred independent healthcare employer for the Sandusky Bay region.

Firelands Health is the area’s largest and most comprehensive resource for quality medical care. We are “big enough to care for you, and small enough to care about you”. We are locally managed and governed as a not-for-profit healthcare facility, serving the counties of Erie, Ottawa, Sandusky, and Huron, covering a regional service area with over 300,000 residents. Our mission is to provide excellent healthcare, promote community wellness, and improve the lives we serve.

Our Core ACE Values:  Attitude: We choose to be positive and inclusive every day. Commitment: We are committed to exceed the expectations of those we serve. Enthusiasm: We will work passionately to make a difference.

What You Will Do:

• Responsible for nutritional care of in-center dialysis and cancer center patients as outlined in federal and state regulations.
• Participates in state and federal facility inspections as needed.
• Responsible for upholding medical center policies as delineated in policy and procedure manuals.  Develops nutrition related policies as needed.
• As part of the interdisciplinary team, responsible for patient assessment and plan of care according to regulations and department policy.  Active participate in patient care conferences.
• Responsible for developing or obtaining patient nutrition education materials.
• Counsels patient, family, significant other or caregiver on prescribed diet and monitors adherence and response to therapy.  Recommends appropriate feeding methods/formula or meal patterns (i.e. IDPN, supplements).
• Reviews monthly lab work on an individual basis and intervene as appropriate in collaboration with patient’s physician.
• Functions as a member of the interdisciplinary team regarding assessing/monitoring dialysis adequacy, renal bone disease, anemia and iron status, and sodium/volume control including monitoring labs and medications.  Assists in development and utilization of protocols.
• Maintains current progress notes for all patients in compliance with facility policy to assure compliance with regulations and, if applicable, state regulations.
• Responsible for a comprehensive nutrition assessment within 30 days of admission, 90 days, then annually or more often as indicated for ESRD patients, and monthly monitoring for acute kidney injury (AKI) patients.
• Responsible for sharing information with entire healthcare team.
• Active member of the Dialysis Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement Committee (QAPI).
• Becomes proficient in MIQS, the dialysis management software.
• Participates in mandatory in-services and in educational programs.
• Educates staff, students, and new dietitians on renal nutrition.
• Communicates with long and short-term care facilities, home care, local nutritional programs, and sales representatives and others, as indicated.
• Participates in department performance improvement activities as assigned and attends required training. Active member of the Dialysis Quality Assessment & Improvement Committee (QAPI).

What You Will Need: 

• Registered dietitian.  Prefer membership to the American Dietetic Association and/or professional members to a renal association i.e. CRN.  Current state licensure.
• Must possess a valid State of Ohio motor vehicle operator's license and be insurable under Firelands' auto policy.  Employee must provide proof of personal automobile liability insurance coverage upon request.

Salary : $20,000