Job Details
The primary function of the outpatient dietitian is to coordinate, promote, and provide outpatient nutrition services to the abdominal transplant population at every phase of transplantation. This position requires providing group and individual nutrition counseling to individuals pursuing transplant and those transplanted. This position will participate in all appropriate transplant team meetings and will participate in the program performance improvement initiatives. This position generally requires providing services to young adults, adult and older adult populations in a manner that demonstrates and understanding of the functional/developmental age of the individual served.
Job Description
EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:
B.S. in Nutrition or Dietetics is required
Master’s degree in related area is preferred
CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, AND REGISTRATION:
Registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as RD or RDN
Member of the American Dietetics Association
Pennsylvania Dietitian/Nutritionist License (LDN)
Certified Clinical Transplant Dietitian (CCTD) certification within 2 years of becoming eligible based on eligibility criteria.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS
3-5 years hospital/critical care experience required
Experience with solid organ transplant patients preferred
Work Shift
Workday Day (United States of America)
Worker Sub Type
Regular
Employee Entity
Albert Einstein Medical Center
Primary Location Address
5501 Old York Road, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Nationally ranked, Jefferson, which is principally located in the greater Philadelphia region, Lehigh Valley and Northeastern Pennsylvania and southern New Jersey, is reimagining health care and higher education to create unparalleled value. Jefferson is more than 65,000 people strong, dedicated to providing the highest-quality, compassionate clinical care for patients; making our communities healthier and stronger; preparing tomorrow's professional leaders for 21st-century careers; and creating new knowledge through basic/programmatic, clinical and applied research. Thomas Jefferson University, home of Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Jefferson College of Nursing, and the Kanbar College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, dates back to 1824 and today comprises 10 colleges and three schools offering 200+ undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 8,300 students. Jefferson Health, nationally ranked as one of the top 15 not-for-profit health care systems in the country and the largest provider in the Philadelphia and Lehigh Valley areas, serves patients through millions of encounters each year at 32 hospitals campuses and more than 700 outpatient and urgent care locations throughout the region. Jefferson Health Plans is a not-for-profit managed health care organization providing a broad range of health coverage options in Pennsylvania and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
Jefferson is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons without regard to age, race, color, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, military status, veteran status, handicap or disability or any other protected group or status.
Benefits
Jefferson offers a comprehensive package of benefits for full-time and part-time colleagues, including medical (including prescription), supplemental insurance, dental, vision, life and AD&D insurance, short- and long-term disability, flexible spending accounts, retirement plans, tuition assistance, as well as voluntary benefits, which provide colleagues with access to group rates on insurance and discounts. Colleagues have access to tuition discounts at Thomas Jefferson University after one year of full time service or two years of part time service. All colleagues, including those who work less than part-time (including per diem colleagues, adjunct faculty, and Jeff Temps), have access to medical (including prescription) insurance.
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