[Hiring] Nutrition Support Dietitian @Option Care Health

Role Description

The Registered Dietitian (RD) is a qualified professional responsible for the development and implementation of clinical, operational, and marketing strategies to promote the home nutrition support (enteral and parenteral nutrition) program. The RD provides daily clinical support of all parenteral nutrition patients within their assigned territory and may cover multiple locations, as assigned by the Area Manager, Nutritional Services.

• Provides day-to-day clinical support of parenteral nutrition (PN) patients.
• Performs comprehensive nutrition assessments, develops and implements nutrition care plans, and provides nutrition education and guidance to patients, caregivers, and clinical staff.
• Conducts nutrition assessments on assigned patients according to developed standards and evidence-based practice.
• Completes clinical review on new enteral patients to ensure orders are appropriate for home.
• Reviews new parenteral patients to ensure orders are safe and clinically appropriate for the home setting.
• Evaluates patients for appropriateness of initiating parenteral nutrition in the home setting.
• Conducts patient education/teaching in areas of parenteral and enteral nutrition, in-person or phone-based.
• Participates or leads discussions on PN patients during daily or weekly team meetings.
• Works closely with account managers and regional sales directors to support nutrition-related sales activity and account relationships.
• Maintains knowledge of EN and PN products and basic reimbursement guidelines.
• May be involved in monitoring clinical key performance indicators.
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and communicates to appropriate managers.
• Develops, implements, and evaluates continuing education, orientation, and in-service education programs.
• Assists in the orientation and training of new Registered Dietitians and other nutrition-support related staff.
• Uses clinical data to identify and diagnose nutrition-related problems.
• Participates in professional organizations.
• Participates in on-call Dietitian Rotation.
• Observes legal and ethical guidelines for safeguarding the confidentiality of patient and proprietary information.
• Accepts other responsibilities and duties that may be assigned.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian with a license/certification in the current state of practice.
• Two years of experience with enteral and parenteral nutrition as a nutrition support professional.
• Board Certification in Nutrition Support or intent to receive within 1 year of hire.
• Current CPR certification if patient facing.

Requirements

• Ability to travel within assigned territory and attend required meetings.
• Leadership and supervisory skills.
• Ability to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate clinical programs.
• Ability to educate and empower staff to implement nutrition service processes.
• Flexibility and the ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to communicate effectively (verbal and written) with team members.
• Self-directed, able to work without the presence of an immediate supervisor.
• Intermediate competency with Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to work under stressful conditions.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, & Vision Insurance
• Paid Time off
• Bonding Time Off
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• HSA Company Match
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• myFlexPay
• Family Support
• Mental Health Services
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Award/Recognition Programs