RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist
Piedmont Atlanta Hospital
Atlanta, GA
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Transplant Dietitian, Advanced Heart Failure

RESPONSIBLE FOR: Responsible for providing clinical nutrition services, including nutrition assessment, modified diet formulation, selfmanagement training and nutrition intervention to patients/residents. Ensures patient satisfaction, quality care, regulatory agency compliance, and good public relations are achieved through the safe and efficient use of resources. Minimum Education Requirements: Bachelor's Degree Minimum Licensure: Licensed Dietitian in Georgia Additional Qualifications: Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (Commission on Dietetic Registration) Certified Clinical Transplant Dietitian (CCTD) or Certified Nutrition Support Clinician (CNSC) Minimum Experience Required: 2-5 years of acute hospital experience Key Responsibilities: * Provides individualized medical nutrition therapy to ambulatory and hospitalized transplant patients. * Apply medical nutrition therapy, standards of care. * Provide professional guidance and education in nutritional management of the transplant outpatient. * Nutritional evaluation surgical candidate's utilization CMS selection criteria for transplant consideration. * Participation in inpatient rounds with MD team. * Participation in program-specific quality assurance and process improvement initiatives. * Contribute and participate in weekly selection committee meetings with the MD team. * Completion of Medicare time study reports. * Actively pursues continuing education. KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITY: * Ability to evaluate medical record and patient's status to determine, develop and implement pre and post-surgical nutritional plan of care. * Ability to critically analyze patients condition to optimally manage and improve patient outcomes. * Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from medical staff, healthcare professionals, managers, clients, customers, and the general public. * Ability manage a workload. Have excellent time management, verbal and written communication skills.