About This Role
This role is for a Registered Dietitian in training with less than one year of clinical experience, working directly with a qualified dietitian under direct supervision. The position provides nutritional services for in-center and home patients to gain the experience required by CMS to become a qualified dietitian. The dietitian in training actively participates in process improvement activities to enhance patient outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Drive the company culture through values and customer service standards
- Be accountable for outstanding customer service to all external and internal customers
- Develop and maintain effective relationships through effective and timely communication
- Take initiative and action to respond, resolve and follow up regarding customer service issues with all customers in a timely manner
- Calculate diet prescription according to standards of practice
- Evaluate patient’s knowledge of diet and kidney disease
- Complete Nutrition History forms with patients to be used by CMS-qualified dietitian to complete assessments
- Provide patient-specific education to patient/family/caregiver regarding nutritional status, adequacy measures and results, fluid status, and all nutrition-related lab parameters pertaining to their disease process, keeping in mind the learning style and preferences of the patient
- Review nutrition-related lab results:
- Counsel patient and/or caregiver and formulate appropriate action to assist patient in achieving and sustaining an effective nutritional status
- Communicate lab results and recommended treatment changes to the interdisciplinary team as appropriate
- Communicate with physician and/or facility staff regarding lab results as appropriate
- Communicate lab results and recommended treatment changes to providers of patient care in nursing facilities (i.e. hospitals, short term and long-term care facilities)
- Monitor adherence and response to nutrition therapy
- Address issues impacting the patient’s ability to achieve the goals
- Review each patient’s albumin level and body weight at least monthly
- Identify malnourished patients as well as patients at risk for malnutrition and work collaboratively with the interdisciplinary team to identify appropriate interventions, resources or solutions
- Involve patient/family/caregiver in improvement goals
- When appropriate, identify candidates to refer to physician for nutritional supplements as per disease management agreements
- Assist with fluid and volume management of patients
- Provide fluid and sodium education, as appropriate
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team on management and recommendations for mineral metabolism and renal bone disease, anemia and iron status, nutritional status, psychosocial status, vascular access, modality, rehabilitation status and sodium/volume control
- Participate in Quality Assessment and Performance Improvement
Requirements
- Less than one year of clinical experience
- Direct supervision of a qualified renal dietitian
- Direct supervision of a company Registered Dietitian (employee with a minimum of 3 years’ experience as a renal dietitian)
Benefits
- Sign-on bonus available
- Full benefits
Important Details
- Application deadline: November 9, 2026
About the Company
This company supports the FMCNA commitment to the Quality Enhancement Program (QEP).
