Job Description

At Cleveland Clinic Health System, we believe in a better future for healthcare. And each of us is responsible for honoring our commitment to excellence, pushing the boundaries and transforming the patient experience, every day.

We all have the power to help, heal and change lives — beginning with our own. That’s the power of the Cleveland Clinic Health System team, and The Power of Every One.

Job Title

Registered Dietitian - Inpatient Nutrition Support Team

Location

Cleveland

Facility

Cleveland Clinic Main Campus

Department

DDSI Nutrition-Digestive Disease Institute

Job Code

T98358

Shift

Days

Schedule

8:00am-4:30pm

Job Summary

Job Details

**This position is eligible for a $7,500 Sign-On Bonus

403B, Health insurance, Paid time off, registration reimbursement, AND or ASPEN membership reimbursement, and much more!

Join the Center for Human Nutrition within the Digestive Disease Institute as a Clinical Dietitian supporting adults with complex acute and critical-care needs. This role combines clinical practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and evidence-based nutrition care in a setting where dietitians can directly influence recovery, safety, and continuity of care. This is a great opportunity for a new graduate or an experienced registered dietitian looking for a pathway for clinical experience, professional growth, and opportunities to develop or enhance their skills.

People seek guidance from a Registered Dietitian (RD) for many reasons. Some individuals want to maximize wellness and learn to eat healthier to decrease the risk of chronic diseases like diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. Others would like to learn more about sports nutrition, maintaining a healthy weight or aging healthfully. No matter what the reason is, Registered Dietitians help develop personal diet plans to help every patient achieve their goals.

A caregiver in this position works days, typically from 8:00AM – 4:30PM (some flexibility permitted) and approximately one weekend per month. 

A caregiver who excels in this role will:

• Provide individualized medical nutrition therapy, education, and counseling to patients.
• Implement nutritional care plans, communicate plans, establish a follow-up system, and maintain documentation.
• Write changes for diet orders, initiate nutrient intake assessments, assess patients for nutritional deficiencies, evaluate fluids and electrolytes, review laboratory and clinical progress notes and inform physicians of their patients’ nutritional status and need for diet changes.
• Create and revise education materials, participate in program development develop, as well as develop, implement, and market services.
• Support the dietetic internship program as a supervised practice rotation preceptor and class instructor, as needed.

Minimum qualifications for the ideal future caregiver include:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics or a related field
• Current licensure as a Licensed Dietitian (LD)
• Active certification as a Registered Dietitian (RD)
• One year of experience as a Registered Dietitian in Clinical Nutrition OR successful completion of CCF Dietetic Internship Program

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to navigate extensively to provide services to a large number of patients throughout the hospital and clinic sites. Must have manual dexterity to sufficiently perform computer entry and nutrition-focused physical examinations.
• Must have physical ability to measure and weigh ambulating patients.

Personal Protective Equipment:

• Follows standard precautions using personal protective equipment as required.

Join us in delivering life-changing care at Cleveland Clinic! We look forward to welcoming a dedicated and passionate Registered Dietitian to our Nutrition Support Team.

The policy of Cleveland Clinic Health System and its system hospitals (Cleveland Clinic Health System) is to provide equal opportunity to all of our caregivers and applicants for employment in our drug free environment. All offers of employment are followed by testing for controlled substances.

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