Registered Dietitian Inpatient Clinical Nutrition & Lifestyle Medicine

Job Description:

The Registered Dietitian Specialist facilitates the nutrition care process in specialty care areas or specialized populations with a moderate degree of autonomy, using experience-based knowledge, nutrition assessment, and diagnostic reasoning skills and competencies.

Subtitle: Park City Hospital | Park City, Utah

Sign on Bonus: $2500

Combine the clinical complexity of acute care with the long-term impact of lifestyle medicine in one rewarding role!

Park City Hospital is seeking a compassionate, experienced Registered Dietitian (RD/RDN) to join our collaborative nutrition team in a unique position that spans both inpatient clinical nutrition and outpatient lifestyle medicine and wellness services. This role offers the opportunity to provide evidence-based nutrition care across the continuum, helping patients improve their health through medical nutrition therapy, nutrition support, disease management, and sustainable lifestyle change.

As a member of both our hospital nutrition team and Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness Clinic, you'll collaborate closely with physicians, advanced practice providers, pharmacists, nurses, and wellness specialists while practicing with a high degree of autonomy and clinical expertise.  

Why Join Park City Hospital?

Practice at the Top of Your License

Our dietitians are respected clinical partners and trusted members of the interdisciplinary care team. You'll have the opportunity to influence patient outcomes while utilizing your full clinical skillset across inpatient and outpatient settings.

Diverse & Meaningful Clinical Practice

Provide care across a broad range of specialties, including:

• Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT)
• Lifestyle Medicine
• Weight Management
• Diabetes Care
• Gastrointestinal Nutrition
• Oncology Nutrition
• Nutrition Support
• Preventive Health & Wellness
• Chronic Disease Management

Professional Growth & Development

Intermountain Health supports continuous learning through:

• Specialty learning pathways
• Free continuing education opportunities
• Clinical mentorship and training
• System-wide committees and improvement projects
• Support for specialty certification development

Supportive, Patient-Centered Culture

Our culture is built on:

• Collaboration
• Clinical excellence
• Positive problem-solving
• Flexibility and teamwork
• Exceptional patient care

Team members enjoy the highly collaborative environment within Lifestyle Medicine, where dietitians work closely alongside providers and wellness professionals to help patients achieve meaningful and lasting health improvements.

What You'll Do

Inpatient Clinical Nutrition

Within our 37-bed community hospital, you will:

• Conduct comprehensive nutrition assessments and reassessments
• Utilize the Nutrition Care Process (NCP)
• Diagnose and monitor malnutrition
• Develop and manage enteral and parenteral nutrition support plans
• Provide individualized nutrition education to patients and families
• Collaborate with physicians, nursing, pharmacy, and culinary services
• Participate in quality improvement and evidence-based practice initiatives

Hospital services include:

• Intensive Care
• Medical/Surgical Care
• Labor & Delivery
• Emergency Services

Outpatient Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness

As a member of the Lifestyle Medicine & Wellness Clinic, you will:

• Deliver individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Support patients with chronic disease management and prevention
• Provide nutrition counseling for weight management and metabolic health
• Partner with providers to develop comprehensive care plans
• Utilize evidence-based behavior change strategies
• Conduct in-person and virtual patient visits
• Help patients achieve sustainable lifestyle and wellness goals

Schedule & Work-Life Balance

Full-Time | 72 Hours Per Pay Period

• Nine 8-hour weekday shifts every two weeks
• No weekends
• No holidays
• No on-call responsibilities
• Flexible scheduling options available
• Opportunity to provide virtual patient visits

This schedule allows you to enjoy the incredible lifestyle and outdoor recreation opportunities that make Park City such a desirable place to live and work.

Qualifications (Registered Dietitian Clinical Specialist)

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• For graduates after Jan 1, 2024, completion of a minimum of a master’s degree by an accredited university.  Education is verified.
• Completion of an ACEND accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dietetic Internship, Coordinated Program, or graduate-level competency-based dietitian nutritionist program.
• State licensure or certification in accordance with the primary state of practice requirement for Registered Dietitians.  If the primary state of practice requires licensure or certification, this must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Demonstrated ability to apply the Nutrition Care Process in multiple patient populations and/or disease types.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply evidence-based research to clinical practice.
• 2 or more years of dietetics experience in a clinical setting, preferred.
• Experience in managing patients in a specialty area, preferred.
• Relevant dietetics-related specialty practice credential (CNSC, CSP, CDCES, CSO, CSR, CSOWM, etc.), preferred

Qualifications (Registered Dietitian Clinical)

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration or registration eligible.  If hired in registration eligible status, employee must successfully pass the Registered Dietitian credentialing exam within 6 months of hire to remain in the job.
• For registration eligible graduates after Jan 1, 2024, completion of a minimum of a master’s degree by an accredited university.  Education is verified.
• Completion of an ACEND accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dietetic Internship, Coordinated Program, or graduate-level competency-based dietitian nutritionist program.
• State licensure or certification in accordance with the primary state of practice requirement for Registered Dietitians.  If the primary state of practice requires licensure or certification, this must be obtained within 6 months of hire.
• Experience in clinical dietetics, preferred.

Preferred Experience

• Two or more years of clinical dietetics experience.
• Experience managing patients within a specialty practice area.
• Specialty credential(s) such as:
  • CNSC (Certified Nutrition Support Clinician)
  • CDCES (Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist)
  • CSOWM (Certified Specialist in Obesity and Weight Management)
  • CSO (Board Certified Specialist in Oncology Nutrition)
  • CSP (Board Certified Specialist in Pediatric Nutrition)
  • CSR (Board Certified Specialist in Renal Nutrition)
  • Other relevant nutrition specialty certifications

Registered Dietitian Clinical Pay Range: 29.43 - 45.39 Hourly

Registered Dietitian Specialist Pay Range: 32.34 - 49.94 Hourly

Physical Requirements

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location:

Intermountain Health Park City Hospital

Work City:

Park City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

36

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$32.34 - $49.94

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here.

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