O/P Clinical Dietitian, FCCC: Sal FT

Position Highlights:

• Employee-centric: Competitive pay, excellent benefits, tuition assistance, retirement plan matching, recognition program, local discounts.
• Retention Bonus:$10,000
• Stability:Serving Erie and surrounding counties since 1876.
• 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.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.

What You Will Do:

• Under the direct supervision of the Manager, the Clinical Dietitian conducts nutritionalassessments, plans, directs, and educates the weight management, diabetes and nutritionpatients, as well as special needs patients, including pediatrics.
• Participates in maintaining the comprehensive clinics in the Center for Coordinated Care,including, but not limited to Weight Management and Nutrition and Diabetes Self-ManagementEducation (DSME) program.
• Participates in meeting requirements for accreditation for DSME program in accordance withAmerican Diabetes Association standards.
• Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary education team. Collaborates with primarycare physicians regarding therapeutic problem-solving of program referrals.
• Coordinates Weight Management and Nutrition and DSME dietary activities and providesdirect education for individuals and groups. Coordinates and maintains all requireddocumentation in program participant’s education record and ensures confidentiality.
• Coordinates efforts to educate and support special needs population groups, such as celiac,pediatric, or cystic fibrosis patients who have specific nutritional needs.
• Promotes healthy living and awareness, and obesity and diabetes prevention by providingeducational programs to the community such as community health fairs and support groups.
• Interviews patients and/or family to obtain information regarding food habits and preferencesfor guidance in planning the patient’s diet.
• Screens medical records for pertinent information and documents as needed per establishedguidelines.
• Calculates diets for weight management patients and other modified diets in accordance withdisease states, and provides diet counseling for all patients on modified diets who require it.
• Charts appropriately in the patient's medical records after each patient contact.

What You Will Need:

• Registered Dietitian licensed in the State of Ohio. Certified Diabetes Care and EducationSpecialist (CDES), certification in weight management or goal of obtaining certification within3 years of employment at Firelands.

• Experience in nutritional care and education strongly desired.

• Successful completion of a one hundred eighty (180) day get-acquainted period.