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Registered Dietitian, Renal Dialysis Unit

Department: Renal Dialysis

Location: Dialysis Center- Irondequoit Seneca Ridge

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Hours Per Week: 40 hours

Schedule: Monday-Friday 8a-4:30p NO WEEKENDS

Sign-On Bonus: Up to $15,000

Our benefit package includes Tuition Reimbursement and Student Loan Payback program SUMMARY:

Access, plan, implement and evaluate the nutritional care of Unity Health System patients.

Our 48-station outpatient facility for full-care hemodialysis patients is located three miles from Rochester General Hospital. Care is supported by clinical, social work and nutrition experts who specialize in the care of dialysis patients

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Works as a member of the multi-disciplinary Nephrology team to maintain/improve the nutritional status of patients by assessing nutritional needs and by planning, implementing and evaluating nutritional care.
• Communicates formally and informally with Health Care Staff to promote coordination of nutritional care with total patient care.
• Counsels individuals/families in nutrition principles, adapting instructions to accommodate individual, economic, educational and life style requirements.
• Reviews and assesses monthly clinical and laboratory data on all chronic patients. Reviews this data with individual patients, provides dietary counseling and documents in the medical record in a timely manner.
• Participates in multidisciplinary patient care conferences within thirty days of admission to the chronic setting and every six months thereafter for each patient.
• Monitors Urea Reduction Ratio information and performs kinetic modeling as needed; interprets and documents the adequacy results in the medical record.
• Remains available to consult on nursing home/acute renal failure admissions as requested.
• Participates in orientation of new staff and provides ongoing educational in-services.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 1 year of clinical nutrition experience as a Registered Dietitian.
• Bachelor's Degree from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) accredited program.
• Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).

EDUCATION:

• BS (Required)

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Medium Work - Exerting 20 to 50 pounds of force occasionally, and/or 10 to 25 pounds of force frequently, and/or greater than negligible up to 10 pounds of force constantly to move objects; Requires frequent walking, standing or squatting.

LICENSES/CERTIFICATIONS:

• RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist - Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)

PAY RANGE:

$30.50 - $38.50