PRN Renal Dietitian
Concerto Renal Services is an industry leader in nursing home dialysis. We are a rapidly expanding business with a simple mission: reimagining dialysis care, one community at a time. Our model focuses on ensuring those with end-stage renal disease receive the best possible care through a more convenient, centralized, continuous care model.
Summary/Objective
Concerto is seeking a PRN Renal Dietitian to join its team! The Renal Dietitian is responsible for providing nutrition education, counseling and interventions as appropriate to End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) patients and authorized caregivers in clinical settings to maximize the patient’s nutritional well-being.
Essential Functions
- Independently evaluates, develops and completes comprehensive nutrition assessment and reassessment consistent with CMS regulations.
- Works with patient and IDT to establish, document and update patient’s plan of care (POC).
- Assesses ongoing nutritional status to determine appropriate nutrition interventions and recommendations. Consults with ECF staff (RN, RD) and physicians regarding lab tests and medications adjustments as needed.
- Develops individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy for patients based on reported lab results and individualized goals.
- May request assistance from the lead dietitian as needed with advanced or complex clinical renal nutrition situations.
- Provides nutrition education and counseling based on individualized patient needs including nutrient requirements, knowledge and abilities, medical, economic and social situation.
- Selects and develops education materials and methods appropriate for individual patient.
- Monitors nutritional status, laboratory values, dialysis adequacy, adherence to diet and response to nutrition related medications and therapy to determine appropriate nutrition intervention and recommendations.
- Documents nutrition progress notes at least monthly.
- Conduct nutrition assessment upon patient admission, 90-day assessment and annually.
- Review monthly lab results with each patient and/or ECF and provide patient/ECF with printed patient nutrition report.
- Evaluates outcomes and identifies factors that may contribute to undesirable results and documents appropriately.
- Participates in patient care conferences at ECF, continuous quality improvement meetings and departmental and interdepartmental meetings as needed.
- Travel to assigned facilities and assists in coverage of Nutrition Services in cases of LOA, vacations and census increase.
- Responsible for self-professional development and maintenance of necessary credentials.
- Required to work 1 shift a month to maintain PRN status.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or similar area required.
- Registered Dietitian with at least 12 months’ clinical experience as required by CMS.
- At least 1-year specialized renal experience.
- State licensure or certification required if licensure or certification is available in the state where the facility is located.
- Intermediate computer skills and proficiency with MS Word, Excel, Outlook required as well as functional proficiency with Concerto specific applications within 60 days of employment.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
