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Job Type:

Regular

Scheduled Hours:

40

Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Autonomously provides optimal nutritional care to high risk outpatients through assessing nutritional needs and developing customized nutrition care plans using the nutrition care process. Collaborates with all clinical dietitians, patient food service managers and other health care providers as needed regarding patient care. Additional responsibilities of Ambulatory Dietitian III include clinical leadership and assessment of staff clinical performance.

Job Description:

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Provides nutrition counseling to individuals by reviewing past medical history, obtaining diet history, completing nutritional assessment and determining appropriate intervention and recommendations with the patient. Demonstrates proficient knowledge of the principles of growth and development from adolescent, adult and through the geriatric stages of the life span. (essential)

2. Uses patient education materials as approved by the department for individuals and groups. Assists in developing patient education materials, clinical forms, policies and procedures. Assists in establishing standards of care for patients. (essential)

3. Complies with all BIDMC patient scheduling requirements such as entering patient appointments in CCC, obtaining referrals for nutrition visits from physicians, collecting copays, entering visit ticket entry and using appropriate ICD codes for billing and reimbursement. (essential)

4. Serves as preceptor for dietetic interns during their medical nutrition therapy rotations. Provides feedback for program improvement and perform intern evaluations in a timely manner. Teaches classes as needed and may service as preceptor to other students or health care members. Maintains open communication with nutrition staff, referring physicians and the public. (essential)

5. Maintains records of nutritional care and documents notes on all patient visits in web OMR for initial and follow up notes according to department and hospital policies. (essential)

6. Actively participates in departmental and/or interdisciplinary meetings, task forces, and projects such as quality improvement initiatives. (essential)

7. Demonstrates initiative, seeks opportunities and sets professional goals in areas of teaching, quality assurance, performance improvement and research. Continues to learn from more experienced clinicians. Supports an environment of idea sharing and exchange of feedback with staff across the service and department. (essential)

8. Provides leadership to department. Collects, analyzes and reviews statistics and outcome measures with recommendations for performance improvement as needed. Collaborates with director to organize, direct, distribute and coordinate work as needed. (essential)

9. Mentors, orients and assesses competence and ongoing performance of less experienced clinicians and communicates results to director. (essential)

Required Qualifications:

1. Bachelor's degree in Nutrition required.

2. License Lic. Dietitian/Nutritionist required., and Registration Registered Dietitian required.

3. 5-8 years related work experience required.

4. Knowledge of nutrient analysis.

5. Advanced skills with Microsoft applications which may include Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint or Access and other web-based applications. May produce complex documents, perform analysis and maintain databases.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Recent medical nutrition therapy experience with adults.

Competencies:

1. Decision Making: Ability to make decisions that are guided by precedents, policies and objectives. Regularly makes decisions and recommendations on issues affecting a department or functional area.

2. Problem Solving: Ability to address problems that are varied, requiring analysis or interpretation of the situation using direct observation, knowledge and skills based on general precedents.

3. Independence of Action: Ability to set goals and determines how to accomplish defined results with some guidelines. Manager/Director provides broad guidance and overall direction.

4. Written Communications: Ability to summarize and communicate in English moderately complex information in varied written formats to internal and external customers.

5. Oral Communications: Ability to comprehend and communicate complex verbal information in English to medical center staff, patients, families and external customers.

6. Knowledge: Ability to demonstrate full working knowledge of standard concepts, practices, procedures and policies with the ability to use them in varied situations.

7. Team Work: Ability to act as a team leader for small projects or work groups, creating a collaborative and respectful team environment and improving workflows. Results may impact the operations of one or more departments.

8. Customer Service: Ability to provide a high level of customer service and staff training to meet customer service standards and expectations for the assigned unit(s). Resolves service issues in the assigned unit(s) in a timely and respectful manner.

Age based Competencies: Employees in this job must be competent to provide patient care to the following age groups: Young adult: 16-30 years, Middle Age: 30 - 60 years, Elderly: 60 - over.

Social/Environmental Requirements:

1. Work requires close attention to task for work to be accurately completed. Intermittent breaks during the work day do not compromise the work.

2. Work is varied every day and the employee needs to be adaptable to respond to these changes and use independent judgment and manage priorities.

3. Potential exposure to adverse environmental conditions

o Daily: Protective equipment required(Respirator,earplugs,mask,gloves,eyewear etc), Potential exposure to infectious diseases and/or airborne pathogens, Potential exposure to infectious diseases and/or bloodborne pathogens.

4. Health Care Status: HCW1: Regular, day-to-day contact; both face-to-face and hands-on (having close contact within three feet for at least five minutes). Examples: physicians, clinical nurses, phlebotomist, medical assistants, PFT tech, and x-ray tech.- Health Care Worker Status may vary by department

Sensory Requirements:

Close work (paperwork, visual examination), Visual clarity > 20 feet, Visual clarity <3 feet, Conversation, Telephone.

Physical Requirements:

Light work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force frequently to move objects. Some elements of the job are sedentary, but the employee will be required to stand for periods of time or move through out the hospital campus

This job requires constant Endurance-working up to 2 hours without a break,frequent sitting, walking, Keyboard use.There may be occasional standing, Power Grasping using one hand, Fine Manipulation using one hand.Rarely there may be Pushing/Pulling using both hands.

FLSA Status:

Non-Exempt

As a health care organization, we have a responsibility to do everything in our power to care for and protect our patients, our colleagues and our communities. Beth Israel Lahey Health requires that all staff be vaccinated against influenza (flu) and COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Learn more (https://www.bilh.org/newsroom/bilh-to-require-covid-19-influenza-vaccines-for-all-clinicians-staff-by-oct-31) about this requirement.

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