Dietitian (Outpatient Abdominal Transplant) - Kidney Acquisition - Full Time 8 H

The Outpatient Dietitian provides nutritional services for liver, kidney, and pancreas transplant recipients and living donors throughout the stages of transplantation. These disease processes require nutritional intervention and management to improve and maintain nutritional status. The outpatient dietitian is responsible for developing assessment and education protocols and programs that are necessary for providing comprehensive nutritional care for patients who are at nutrition risk. Assesses for presence of malnutrition by utilizing nutrition focused physical exam, motivational interviewing, and completing thorough chart reviews. Develops and implements an individualized plan for medical nutrition therapy in accordance with the patient's medical goals and objectives. The Outpatient Dietitian is also responsible for providing professional guidance and education in nutritional management and diet counseling of outpatients to physicians, allied health professionals, dietetic students, and entry-level dietitians. When needed, the Outpatient Dietitian provides assessments and/or educates patients while they are admitted in the hospital. They will collaborate with members of the health care team to provide medical nutrition therapy, identify patients at high nutrition risk based on criteria outlined by the Hospital, assess nutrition needs and identify nutrient requirements according to age and disease specific needs of patients, develop and implement the nutrition care plan, evaluate and monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of medical nutrition therapy intervention, and provide nutrition education to patient and family members on appropriate food selections and eating behaviors to accomplish patient goals. The Outpatient Dietitian participates in performance improvement and research activities, supervises nutrition assistants and mentors dietetic interns/students, as well as actively assesses, evaluates and maintains professional development and competency related to the competencies outlined in the position description.Essential Duties:Financial: Assist CNM in the management of outpatient nutrition service costs to meet budget allocations by monitoring the appropriateness and cost-effectiveness of the outpatient nutrition service. Coordinates revenue generating programs and processes data in a timely and accurate fashion.Human Resources Management: Orients outpatient office and clinical personnel to job responsibilities. Actively pursues continuing education and personal development programs to maintain knowledge base and registration. Assists Clinical Nutrition Manager with documentation of outpatient nutrition office performance plan. Promotes client and policies and procedures.Client/Customer Relations: Provides diet counseling and nutrition care services to outpatients whose disorders/diseases require complex dietary management. The fact that the patients are not located in a controlled medical center environment serves to complicate this process, requiring the dietitian to utilize unique approaches to achieve adherence. Conducts in-depth diet history with patients and/or caregivers regarding food habits, preferences, ethnic or cultural background, economic status, physical limitations, and lifestyle habits which may impact on food intake or ability to adhere to nutritional care plan. Reviews medical record and interviews patient to evaluate anthropometric data, laboratory parameters, drug-nutrient interactions, and diet counseling needs. Utilizes knowledge of pathophysiology of multiple disease states, knowledge of digestion and metabolism of nutrients, and assessment of nutritional status to develop a realistic individualized dietary plan for the patient. Implements appropriate dietary regimes for individual outpatient/family/caregivers upon consult from physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners; alters diet prescriptions in consultation with physician, when indicated. Records results of nutritional assessments and diet counseling in the medical record, as well as progress on follow-up visits. Serves on multidisciplinary treatment team(s) composed of physicians, nurses, social workers, and other allied health team members. Provides and participates in educational programs such as medical conferences, seminars, and workshops. Provides support, expertise, and serves as consultant to other dietitians and health team members regarding diet counseling and nutritional management of outpatients.Quality Assessment and Improvement: Directs the nutritional care of outpatients. Counsels outpatients and their families on nutrition. Tracks quality assurance indicators and actions plans. Assists in the development of departmental standards of nutritional care. Coordinates all outpatient nutrition patient education activities, including review and revision of diet instruction materials, identifying need for additional materials, and coordinating development of new materials.Leadership: Represents corporation and the individual facility professionally and ethically at all times. Provides advice on clinical related issues at departmental and inter-departmental committees/meetings. Demonstrates excellent communication and listening skills. Achieves assigned departmental goals. Creates an environment in which continuous improvement is measured and rewarded. Manages projects for timely and accurate completion. Maintains effective communication with key departmental managers and physician personnel. Assists in managing the outpatient office activities.Other: The employer may, at its discretion, add further duties not currently listed in the job description. Other functions, which the employer may assign to the employee from time to time. When assessing or educating patients while they are admitted to the hospital: Care of Patients and Patient/Family Education.Required Qualifications:Bachelor's degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, Food or related field.5 years Clinical dietitian experience.2 years Experience working with various chronic disease states such as ESRD, ESLD, CKD, NASH, NAFLD, metabolic syndrome, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, and malnutrition.2 years Clinically supervised experience working with adult/elderly population.Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.Works well in a team environment with physicians, nurses and ancillary staff.Strong verbal and written communication skills.Good time management, self-starter, and takes initiative.Critical and analytical skills.Preferred Qualifications:Master's degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, Food or related field.Transplant experience preferred.Specialty Certification (e.g. CCTC, CDCES, CNSC, CSR etc.).Required Licenses/Certifications:Registered Dietitian - RD Certified or Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.Fire Life Safety Training (LA City) If no card upon hire, one must be obtained within 30 days of hire and maintained by renewal before expiration date. (Required within LA City only).The annual base salary range for this position is $68,640.00 - $112,370.00. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate's work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

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