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Provides appropriate medical nutrition therapy goals for patients throughout the organization. Educates patients regarding their diet/nutrition plan for discharge when needed. Serves as a nutrition resource to physicians, nursing staff, and other health care team members. Participates in patient care rounds. Essential Functions

• Acts as the patient’s primary advocate for all aspects of nutrition care. Assesses nutrition
• needs for patients receiving enteral and parenteral feedings, and/or eating based on age and disease specific requirements.
• Develops, implements, and monitors the effectiveness and outcomes of nutrition interventions for patients based on departmental policies and procedures.
• Provides nutrition education to patients, families, and/or caregivers as needed. Educates and acts as a resource for students, residents, medical staff, nursing, and other healthcare team members regarding nutrition support practices.
• Interacts with co-workers, visitors, and other staff consistently utilizing Jefferson’s core values.
• Communicates clearly and effectively in both written and verbal form to patients, public, support staff, physicians and other allied health team members.
• General knowledge of nutrients analysis, electronic medical record, and spreadsheet software
• Demonstrate an active leadership role in delivering nutrition services
• Demonstrate accountability for proper handling of patient confidential information
• Maintains clinical productivity standards. Practices effective time management and prioritizing of tasks.
• Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities, including information for projects and other activities.
• Assists in achieving compliance with accrediting organizations’ regulatory agency standards including The Joint Commission and state and federal regulations.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new dietitians as well as host/hostess hourly associates.
• Assigns and directs the workload of interns as needed
• Works with host/hostess or diet office staff to assure conformance to prescribed diet order
• Manages resources (time, materials, staff, use of enteral and parenteral feedings) in a cost-effective manner.

Bachelors
Nutrition or Dietetics
Required
Masters Related Field Preferred

Additional Qualifications:
• Completion of a supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics
• One year acute care hospital/critical care experience preferred

Licensing Requirements
Registered Dietitian or eligible for registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
If registration eligible, must past the dietetic registration exam within 6 months of hire. Licensure state of Pennsylvania within 6 months of hire. Position may be terminated if registration and/or Licensure is not achieved within the required timeframe.

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Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.    

Jefferson is committed to providing equal educa­tional and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status. 

Benefits

Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.

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