[Hiring] Dietitian Nutritionist @American Addiction Centers

Role Description

• Assesses and monitors nutritional status of patients/clients and adjusts nutritional care as indicated utilizing current scientific literature on methodology.
• Provides medical nutrition therapy (MNT)/counseling including assessment and education, developing, monitoring, and implementing MNT/counseling for patients/clients in assigned areas.
• Completes consults and referrals as received.
• Communicates with physicians, nurses, and others to coordinate nutrition into a total patient/client therapy program.
• Completes all required documentation including nutritional care plan, assessments, consultations, nutrient intake analyses, and patient/client education in a timely, professional, and thorough manner.
• Provides and assesses effectiveness of patient/client and family education.
• Develops, evaluates, and utilizes appropriate education materials.
• Identifies learning needs using methods appropriate to each learner's developmental and educational level; evaluates and documents learner response to teaching.
• Provides/develops periodic in-services on selected topics to team members and other disciplines as requested.
• Participates in basic skills orientation, training, and mentoring of team members and dietetic interns as applicable.
• Teaches and disseminates results and findings of nutrition research to medical team members, nursing, pharmacy, patients, and public.
• Communicates with multidisciplinary departments on patient/client care and issues, including performance feedback on personnel when requested or applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree if RD before 1/1/2024, Master's degree if RD on or after 1/1/2024 required.
• RD/LDN registry eligible or Registered Dietitian (Commission on Dietetic Registration) and Licensed by the applicable state Board of Dietetics and Nutrition required.
• If RD/LDN registry eligible, RD/LDN registered required within 4 months of hire.
• Specialty certification (i.e., CDCES, CNSC, AND Certifications) may be required.

Requirements

• Must be able to give and receive verbal communications on a continuous basis.
• Must be able to read written communications on a continuous basis both hard copy and on a computer screen.
• Able to compose written communications frequently.
• Able to lift and carry objects weighing 25 pounds or less occasionally.
• Able to perform motor skills as reaching out/up.
• Frequent periods of walking, standing, sitting.
• Infrequently squatting, twisting, and bending.

Benefits

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training.
• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job.
• Incentive pay for select positions.
• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance.
• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses.
• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave.
• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs.
• Educational Assistance Program.