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FTE: 1.000000
Shift: Days
Location: HEALTH FITNESS CENTER
Summary:
The Diabetes Center Registered Dietitian, CDE is responsible for assigned activities in the area of outpatient nutritional care and diabetes self management. Assures nutritional adequacy and appropriateness of individual diets specifically related to the diabetic patient. Interviews, evaluates, and counsels individuals on general and modified diets. Serves as a source of nutrition information for the facility and the community. Shares responsibility for planning, implementing and controlling work process. Works collaboratively with physicians on promoting diabetic education. Case manages select diabetic groups as directed. Performs organizational and community inservices. Manages a specific patient volume. Upholds education requirements needed for a quality educational program.
Experience/Education Requirements:
Four year baccalaureate degree from an accredited college/university with a major in dieteticsExperience in Diabetes Education preferred
License or Certification Requirements:
American Dietetic Assocation RegistrationIL state licenseCertification in Diabetes Education required through the National Certification Board for Diabetes Education obtained within 2 years of hire
Responsibilities:
Acts as a resource for diabetes and nutrition information for the facility and the community, maintaining knowledge base of new treatments in diabetes.Assesses inpatients for outpatient enhanced learning.Assesses patients including blood pressure, foot exam and waist circumference.Collaborates with physician regarding appropriate nutritional/medical management of the diabetic patient.Demonstrates leadership skills as a diabetes nutrition expert by collaborating with other health professionals to facilitate changes in patient care delivery.Effectively interviews, evaluates, and educates individuals with diabetes on appropriate modified diets and diabetes management.Performs organizational and community inservices.Provides accurate and timely documentation of services provided via medical record and prepares report of physician.Provides monthly reports to the Director as assigned.Reassesses patient learning needs via active case management.Shares responsibility for planning, implementing and controlling work process.Upholds education requirements needed for a quality education program.
Credentials:
Essential:
* Lic Dietitian
Education:
Essential:
* BACHELOR DEGREE
Riverside Healthcare is revolutionizing care using leading-edge technology to diagnose and treat patients. We are ranked top in the nation for performance in neurosurgery, orthopedics, and heart surgery and have also been named one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals by Truven Health Analytics seven times. Riverside is nationally recognized for our specialty programs in obstetrics, trauma, oncology, rehabilitation, geriatrics, occupational health, psychiatric services, and treatment of alcohol and chemical dependency, as well as patient safety. We combine innovation and convenience at state-of-the-art facilities located in communities throughout the greater Kankakee area.
Riverside Medical Center proves that truly progressive medicine is being delivered in Chicago's southwest suburbs and East Central Illinois. Join a team that is not only concerned with providing the best care possible but also with offering a work environment of advancement and growth. Riverside is a place that embraces a culture where opinions count and dedications is respected, where superior performance is rewarded with competitive salaries and excellent benefits.
Other information:
Exposure/Sensory Requirements
Exposure to:
Chemicals: Betadine wipes, IV prep alcohol wipes, Germicidal disposable wipes, Remarkable cleaner, Liquid paper correction fluid, High, Low and normal glucose control solution
Video Display Terminals: Average
Blood and Body Fluids: Wears gloves at every finger stick for blood sugar, whether doing meter teaching or screenings.
TB or Airborne Pathogens: There is a potential for exposure from infected patients, (over 40% of population is geriatrics). This can be reduced by adherence to universal precautions.
Sensory requirements (speech, vision, smell, hearing, touch):
Speech: Needed for presentations/training, telephone communication, facilitate meetings.
Vision: Needed to read memos and literature, doctor's orders, perform foot exams and teach self-blood glucose monitoring.
Smell: Needed to smell alcohol ingestion by patient, ketosis detection in sick patients with diabetes.
Hearing: Necessary to hear patient concerns; needed to hear alarms, and phones.
Touch: Need to write, do computer entry, filing, perform foot exams and teach self-blood glucose monitoring.
Activity/Lifting Requirements
Average Hours per Week: 32
Shift: Varies
Percentage of time during the normal workday the employee is required to:
Sit: 66%
Twist: 0%
Stand: 10%
Crawl: 0%
Walk: 7%
Kneel: 1%
Lift: 3%
Drive: 10%
Squat: 4%
Climb: 0%
Bend: 4%
Reach above shoulders: 1%
The weight required to be lifted each normal workday according to the continuum described below:
Up to 10 lbs: Occasionally
Up to 20 lbs: Occasionally
Up to 35 lbs: Not Required
Up to 50 lbs: Not Required
Up to 75 lbs: Not Required
Up to 100 lbs: Not Required
Over 100 lbs: Not Required
Describe and explain the lifting and carrying requirements. (Example: the distance material is carried; how high material is lifted, etc.):
Lifting boxes with brochures or supplies to health fairs, marketing presentations.
Maximum consecutive time (minutes) during the normal workday for each activity:
Sit: 230
Twist: 0
Stand: 60
Crawl: 0
Walk: 30
Kneel: 2
Lift: 5
Drive: 60
Squat: 2
Climb: 0
Bend: 4
Reach above shoulders: 2
Repetitive use of hands (Frequency indicated):
Simple grasp up to 10 lbs. Normal weight: >1 lb
Pushing & pulling Normal weight: >1 lb
Fine Manipulation: Computer keyboard, calculator, writing. Use of blood glucose meters.
Repetitive use of foot or feet in operating machine control: Not Required
Environmental Factors & Special Hazards
Environmental Factors (Time Spent):
Inside hours: 8
Outside hours : 0
Temperature: Normal Range
Lighting: Average
Noise levels: Average
Humidity: Normal Range
Atmosphere:
Special Hazards: Potential for contact with infectious blood and body fluids.
Protective Clothing Required: