Summary
Job Description:
The Diabetes Education Department provides patient-centered education and support to help individuals manage diabetes and related conditions. The department collaborates with interdisciplinary care teams to deliver evidence-based education, promote self-management skills, and improve health outcomes through prevention, treatment, and ongoing disease management.
Dietitian
Full-Time, Days
Job Description:
- Under limited supervision, provides professional medical nutrition therapy to groups and individuals of all ages and abilities, in a variety of settings in the outpatient nutrition service area.
- Follows established standards of practice and guidelines defined by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, USDA, American Diabetes Association, and other evidenced based resources for the assessment of patients, and subsequent planning, implementation, evaluation of nutrition education.
- Services also includes continuum of care for out-patients requiring medical nutrition therapy.
- Works with an established multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide quality nutrition education services including all department services.
- Also provides support the outpatient diabetes education services as needed.
Job Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree
- One year experience
- Registered Dietitian, Commission on Dietetic Registration
- Licensed Dietitian, State of Kentucky
- Experience with patient education and counseling
- Current registration or registration-eligible with the Commission on Dietetic Registration. Those registration-eligible must become registered within 4 months of date of hire unless extension granted.
- Licensed Dietitian in Kentucky or licensed-eligible after receiving CDR registration. Those licensed-eligible must become licensed in KY within 4 months after receiving CDR registration unless extension granted.
Benefits:
- Health, Vision, Dental, and Pet Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long-term Disability and Life Insurance
- Identity Theft Protection
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $6,000 annually
- Company paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
- 5 days of Paid Time Off available upon hire
- Bereavement Leave (includes pets)
- PTO Sell Back Program
- Compassionate Leave Sharing Program (PTO Donation)
- Employee Support Fund, for employees in need of emergency financial assistance
- Retirement with Company Match
Work Experience
Education
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.