Registered Dietitian Pediatrics
Company: Banner Health
Location: Tucson
Posted on: April 26, 2024
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Job Description:
Primary City/State:Tucson, ArizonaDepartment Name: Diabetes
Mgt-HospWork Shift: DayJob Category:Facilities, Environmental
Services, and CulinaryBanner Health is honored to be recognized by
Becker's Healthcare as one of the TOP 150 places to work in health
care for 2023! - In addition, we recently made Newsweek's list of
America's Greatest Workplaces 2023 for Diversity. -These
recognitions reflect Banner Health's investment in team members'
professional development, wellness benefits, and continued
education. It highlights our commitment to advocating for diversity
in the workplace, promoting work-life balance, and boosting
employee engagement.As our Registered Dietitian at Banner
University Medical Center Tucson, you will provide nutritional care
and recommendations specifically to our Pediatric population. A
minimum of 1 year of work experience as an RD on a pediatric unit
doing pediatric consults strongly preferred. You must be able to
assess general pediatric assessments, able to estimate needs
including failure to thrive/catch up growth/decreased muscle tone
populations, experience with reading/charting of growth charts
including pediatrics in wheelchairs/poor muscle tone, ability to
calculate powder formula recipes (accounting for powder
displacement) for the formula mixing technician to follow. - -PICU
and NICU experience is not necessary but it would be a good bonus
skillset to have as the pediatric RDN team will cross cover for
each other. This position is full time 40 hours per week, and will
include some weekend rotations. University Medical Center Tucson
Banner - University Medical Center Tucson is nationally recognized
for providing exceptional patient care, teaching future health-care
professionals and conducting groundbreaking research. Also located
on the campus is Diamond Children's - recognized for its
specialized pediatric services including neonatal and intensive
care, emergency medicine and cancer therapies. Banner - University
Medical Center Tucson is a Level 1 Trauma Center, meaning we care
for the most critically injured patients. The hospital is
consistently listed among the nation's top hospitals in the
prestigious Best Hospitals ranking by U.S. News & World Report. The
hospital's physicians are full-time faculty of the University of
Arizona College of Medicine - Tucson. Our specialty services
include comprehensive heart and cancer care, advanced neuroscience
techniques and a multi-organ transplant program.POSITION
SUMMARYThis position manages a complex caseload of patients by
providing comprehensive nutritional assessments and
nutrition-focused physical exams, developing and managing all
aspects of appropriate nutrition care plans and monitoring outcomes
of plans. Provides patient and family nutrition counseling and
education. Develops Nutrition Standards of Practice and Education
material in collaboration with peers. Serves as a member of the
interdisciplinary Health Care team providing input into patient
care policies, programs, quality improvement activities and
provides in-service education in areas of expertise.CORE
FUNCTIONS1. Provides comprehensive nutrition assessment of
patients' nutritional needs, to include nutrition-focused physical
exams as appropriate. Obtains timely and appropriate data and
analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards and
established practice guidelines.2. Demonstrates and maintains
competency in enteral and parenteral clinical practice protocols
and oral nutrition management standard of practice as demonstrated
by successful completion of initial competency exams and ongoing
evaluation.3. Writes orders to initiate and manage the nutrition
care and of all assigned patients including those receiving
nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) per
protocols.4. Evaluates effectiveness of the care plan and
communicates effectively to the other members of the healthcare
team to provide optimal nutrition outcomes. Provides pertinent
information in the medical records, patient plans of care and/or
clinical pathways while meeting requirements of regulatory agencies
(i.e. Joint Commission, CMS, State and Local Agencies).5. Provides
nutrition education to patients, families, staff and other health
care team professionals through the development of effective
teaching materials and in-service programs; Evaluates patient
and/or family response to education.6. Provides leadership in area
of coverage, monitors proper patient care procedures and acts as
liaison with nursing areas. May participate in process improvement
teams. Serves as mentor to new staff and interns where assigned.7.
Participates in continuous quality improvement activities in
clinical areas to ensure optimal nutrition care outcomes are
achieved. May participate in outcome studies as needed. In some
roles, this position may manage assigned staff: recruits, selects,
trains, evaluates, manages performance.8. This position interacts
with patients, families, health care providers and nutrition and
dietary staff in support of providing high quality nutrition
assessment, care planning, delivery and measurement of outcomes.
Position communicates effectively and provides education to ensure
optimum nutritional care. Position works independently and provides
guidance to nutrition services staff in the development of
nutrition plans. Position may also provide community
education.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONSMust possess knowledge of nutrition
and dietetics demonstrated through the completion of a Bachelor's
degree in Nutrition and/or Dietetics. Must be a Registered
Dietitian or RD Eligible based on academic and professional
requirements as defined by the Commission on Dietetic
Registration(CDR) of The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
Effective January 1, 2024 CDR requires a minimum of Master's degree
to be eligible to take the registration examination. Must possess
RD credentials within 6 months of hire. Must hold current
registration through the Commission on Dietetic Registration of The
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and be able to maintain ongoing
registration verification of registration annually. Maintains
current licensure as required by State law.Must be able to
communicate effectively and function independently. Must be
effective at prioritizing assigned patient case load.Employees
working at Banner Behavioral Health Hospital or at Boswell Skilled
Nursing Facility must possess an Arizona Fingerprint Clearance Card
at the time of hire and maintain the card for the duration of their
employment.PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSAdditional related education
and/or experience preferred.Our organization supports a drug-free
work environment.
Keywords: Banner Health, Tucson , Registered Dietitian Pediatrics, Healthcare , Tucson, Arizona
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