Clinical Dietitian - Restorative Pain Services - Day/Evening

Part Time (32 hrs/pay period)

Day/Evening

Are you looking for a once in a lifetime opportunity to transform healthcare? Be part of the first Transdisciplinary Pain Program within an integrated health system in the nation and join our team in York, PA which consists of:

• Behavioral Health
• Pain Physician
• Care Coordinator
• Acupuncture
• Massage
• Physical Reconditioning
• Nutrition

Provide healthcare to complex care patients with chronic pain in a healing environment aimed at restoring physical and emotional functioning and improving overall quality of life. Working together, our goal is to improve lives through exceptional care for all, lifelong wellness and healthy communities. Our culture is one of respect, diversity and inclusion.

General Summary

Under general supervision, assesses and monitors nutritional care, manages physician ordered therapeutic diets and provides nutritional education to patients. May coordinate patient menu activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Performs nutritional assessments and follow up care involving review of patient charts, diagnoses, and nutritional history.
• Develops and implements a nutrition care plan, as appropriate.
• Performs nutritional screenings and follow up on assigned areas.
• Documents all relevant aspects of nutritional care for patients in accordance with institutional and departmental standards.
• Reviews, updates, and coordinates patient nutritional care through ongoing communications with nursing, providers and other members of the health care team.
• Assesses patients' educational needs. Develops and implements a nutrition education plan for patients on assigned area.
• Teaches group nutrition classes.
• Writes diet and enteral and parenteral nutrition orders, in coordination with the patient's provider.
• Represents clinical nutrition at multidisciplinary committees, task forces and project groups.
• Participates in performance improvement initiatives.

Required for All Jobs:

• Performs other related duties as identified.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a compliance program to support WellSpan's values and standards for professionalism, integrity, and ethics. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization and the performance expectations of the job, the department, and the compliance program.
• WellSpan Health has adopted and implemented a privacy program to safeguard the patient information and the business and operational information of the organization. Expected to support and meet the values and standards of the organization to safeguard patient and business/operational information.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.

Qualifications

Minimum Education:

• Bachelors Degree In Food and Nutrition or related field. Required

Work Experience:

• 1 year Supervised practice experience. Required

Licenses:

• Registered Dietitian within 90 days Required and
• Licensed Dietitian-Nutritionist within 180 days Required

Courses and Training:

• Nutrition Support Dietitian certification (CNSD) Upon Hire Preferred
• Completion of an Accreditation council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND) approved program. Upon Hire Required

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledge of foods/nutrition; food preparation; production; supervisory/instructional techniques