Methodist Hospital is looking to hire a Dietitian - to join our - team! Come join us as a Partner for Good and help us make an impact on the care and experience that our patients and their families receive every day.
Position Summary: The Clinical Dietitian provides inpatient medical nutrition therapy. Their responsibilities include: • Nutritional assessment • Malnutrition diagnosing • Development and implementation of nutrition care plans • Monitoring and evaluation of patient response • Documentation • Provision of nutrition education to patients, medical staff, dietetic students/interns, and the community.
Methodist's Clinical Dietitians are expected to practice at the top of their scope and licensure. The clinical dietitian will use their order writing privileges to place and modify diet orders, manage enteral nutrition and enteric access, and manage hospital compounded parenteral nutrition per hospital protocol.
Responsibilities also include developing improvement processes to ensure continued excellent nutrition care is provided to patients. The position reports to the Clinical Nutrition Manager and performs other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Casual/On-Call, Monday through Friday, occasional weekends.
Qualifications: Bachelors and/or Masters degree in food and nutrition or dietetics; If RD obtained after 12/2023, a minimum of Masters degree is required. Accredited supervised practice/internship in dietetics. Registered Dietitian within 5 months of hire. Licensed Dietitian within Minnesota within 5 months of hire.
Preferred Qualifications: Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination: 1+ year(s) of clinical nutrition experience Licensure/ Registration/ Certification: Registered Dietitian on hire, Licensed Dietitian within Minnesota on hire
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Ability to use electronic charting system, EPIC
Benefits: Park Nicollet offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes: • Medical insurance • Dental insurance • A retirement program • Time away from work • Insurance options • Tuition reimbursement • An employee assistance program • Onsite clinic and much more!