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Job Title

Registered Dietitian - Outpatient

Location

Canton

Facility

Mercy Hospital

Department

Dietary-Cleveland Clinic Mercy Hospital

Job Code

D21024

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-5:00pm

Job Summary

Job Details

Join Cleveland Clinic’s Mercy Hospital where research and surgery are advanced, technology is leading-edge, patient care is world-class, and caregivers are family. Officially becoming a full member of the Cleveland Clinic Health System in 2021, Mercy Hospital offers a wide variety of medical specialties to the communities in and around Stark County. Here, you will work alongside passionate and dedicated caregivers, receive endless support and appreciation, and build a rewarding career with one of the most respected healthcare organizations in the world.

People seek guidance from a Registered Dietitian (RD) for many reasons. Some individuals want to maximize wellness and learn to eat healthier to decrease the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. Others would like to learn more about sports nutrition, maintaining a healthy weight or aging healthfully. No matter what the reason is, Registered Dietitians help develop personal diet plans to help every patient achieve their goals.

A caregiver in this position works 8:00am to 5:00pm with no weekends or holidays.

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education and counseling to patients.

Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans, establish a follow-up system and maintain documentation.

Write changes for diet orders, initiate nutrient intake assessments, assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes and inform physicians of their patients’ nutritional status and need for diet changes.

Create and revise education materials, participate in program development, and develop, implement and market services.

Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

Bachelor’s degree in nutrition, dietetics or a related field

Current licensure to practice dietetics in the current state (LD)

Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD)

Preferred qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in clinical nutrition OR successful completion of CCF Dietetic Internship Program

Physical Requirements:

Ability to navigate extensively to provide services to a large number of patients throughout the hospital and manual dexterity sufficient to perform computer entry.
Must have physical ability to measure and weigh patients.

Personal Protective Equipment:

Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

Cleveland Clinic Health System administers an influenza prevention program. You will be required to comply with this program, which will include obtaining an influenza vaccination on an annual basis or obtaining an approved exemption.

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Registered Dietitian - Outpatient

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