Details Department: Registered DietitianSchedule: Part TimeHospital: Ascension Saint ThomasLocation: Tennessee
Benefits

Paid time off (PTO)
Various health insurance options & wellness plans
Retirement benefits including employer match plans
Long-term & short-term disability
Employee assistance programs (EAP)
Parental leave & adoption assistance
Tuition reimbursement
Ways to give back to your community

 

Benefit options and eligibility vary by position. Compensation varies based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, skills, education, performance and salary range at the time of the offer.

Responsibilities

Implement the Nutrition element of the Program intervention.

Assist the Program Director with efforts to actively promote the Program to prospective participants and health care professionals as needed.Provide nutrition education, counseling, and coaching to participants about the implementation of the Program's nutrition guidelines.Deliver nutrition lectures/sessions and cooking demos/classes according to Program guidelines.Conduct a nutritional assessment for nutritional adequacy on each participant.Communicate clinical issues to the nurse case manager and medical director.Participate in the development of the interdisciplinary treatment plan to ensure the quality and clinical effectiveness of the program, and the safety of each participant.Implement the Nutrition element of the Program intervention. Assist the Program Coordinator with efforts to actively promote the Program to prospective participants and health care professionals as needed.Provide nutrition information for the community that may include public speaking, news releases, and other forms of publication.Conduct a nutritional assessment for nutritional adequacy on each participant. Collaboratively sets goals with participants in order to achieve adherence to Program guidelines. Document's the participant's response to education, counseling and coaching.Develop meal plans, taking both cost and clients' preferences into account.Evaluate the effects of meal plans and change the plans as needed.Promote better health by speaking to groups about diet, nutrition, and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.Keep up with or contribute to the latest food and nutritional science research.Write reports to document patients' progress.
Requirements

Licensure / Certification / Registration:

Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist credentialed from the Commission on Dietetic Registration obtained
prior to hire date or job transfer date required.

Education:

High School diploma equivalency with 2 years of cumulative experience OR Associate's
degree/Technical degree OR 4 years of applicable cumulative job specific experience required
Additional Preferences

No additional preferences.

Why Join Our Team

Ascension Saint Thomas is a leading health care system with a 125-year history of providing care to the community, and is the only faith-based, non profit health system in Middle Tennessee. Today, the health system offers a highly comprehensive system of care, consisting of a network of hospitals, affiliated joint ventures, medical practices, clinics and specialty facilities.

 

Ascension is a leading non-profit, faith-based national health system made up of thousands of associates delivering compassionate, personalized care across hospitals, clinics and senior living communities.

 

Our Mission, Vision and Values encompass everything we do at Ascension. Every associate is empowered to give back, volunteer and make a positive impact in their community. Ascension careers are more than jobs; they are opportunities to enhance your life and the lives of the people around you.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

Ascension will provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all associates and applicants for employment regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, citizenship, gender, sexual orientation, gender identification or expression, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, genetic information, carrier status or any other legally protected status or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.

 

For further information, view the  EEO Know Your Rights (English) poster or EEO Know Your Rights (Spanish) poster.

 

As a military friendly organization, Ascension promotes career flexibility and offers many benefits to help support the well-being of our military families, spouses, veterans and reservists. Our associates are empowered to apply their military experience and unique perspective to their civilian career with Ascension.

 

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Please note that Ascension will make an offer of employment only to individuals who have applied for a position using our official application. Be on alert for possible fraudulent offers of employment. Ascension will not solicit money or banking information from applicants.

 

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