Shelbyville Hospital - UMC
727 Hospital Drive
Shelbyville, KY 40065
First Shift (United States of America)UofL Health is seeking a dynamic Registered Dietitian to provide exceptional patient care in the inpatient setting. The Nutrition Therapy team of dietitians provides services in the acute inpatient, outpatient, rehabilitation, behavioral health, and oncology arenas. The successful candidate will have:
• Excellent communication and customer service skills to serve as a nutrition resource for patients, staff, and community
• Excellent time management skills and ability to self-motivate, necessary in this high paced environment
• Commitment to professionalism, integrity, nutrition as a healing therapy, and ethical practice
Responsible for providing direct comprehensive nutrition services using evidence-based clinical standards of care to assess complex patient nutritional needs.
Identifies patients at risk, and provides treatment and therapy by coordinating medical nutrition support and directing nutrition care.
Assists with developing operating standards as needed and tools for promotion of optimum nutrition intake to increase treatment tolerance and quality of life.
Integrates patient nutrition support and management goals by collaborating with the medical and interdisciplinary healthcare team.
Utilizes information systems to successfully coordinate patient care.
Teaches and counsels patients, families, and care givers as an element of the inclusive care and treatment provided.
Keeps abreast of the most recent nutrition-related research, policy, certifications, and standards of practice.
Involved with the evaluation, assessment, and education of transplant patients at select facilities.
Trained to become competent at enteral tube placement and nasal bridling at select facilities.
Education:
• Bachelor’s Degree, Registered Dietitian
• Licensed Dietitian in the state of Kentucky required within 30 days of employment
Certifications:
• Specialty certification preferred
Experience:
• Minimum one year’s experience as a Registered Dietitian in acute or ambulatory care required
UofL Health is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, more than 250 physician practice locations, and more than 1,200 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana. Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.
Affiliated with the University of Louisville School of Medicine, UofL Health is committed to providing patients with access to the most advanced care available. This includes clinical trials, collaboration on research and the development of new technologies to both save and improve lives. With more than 14,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care.
