O/P Clinical Dietitian, FCCC - Sal FT

Position Highlights:

• Employee-centric: Competitive pay, excellent benefits, tuition assistance, retirement plan matching, recognition program, local discounts.
• Retention Bonus: $10,000
• Stability: Serving Erie and surrounding counties since 1876.
• Lifestyle: Sandusky was voted "Best Coastal Small Town in America". You will have the opportunity to enjoy living and working in this growing area along the beautiful shores of Lake Erie.
• Work/life: You will find support to help you manage your personal life while building a career.

What You Will Do:

• Under the direct supervision of the Manager, the Clinical Dietitian conducts nutritional

assessments, plans, directs, and educates the weight management, diabetes and nutrition

patients, as well as special needs patients, including pediatrics.

• Participates in maintaining the comprehensive clinics in the Center for Coordinated Care,

including, but not limited to Weight Management and Nutrition and Diabetes Self-Management

Education (DSME) program.

• Participates in meeting requirements for accreditation for DSME program in accordance with

American Diabetes Association standards.

• Works collaboratively with the interdisciplinary education team. Collaborates with primary

care physicians regarding therapeutic problem-solving of program referrals.

• Coordinates Weight Management and Nutrition and DSME dietary activities and provides

direct education for individuals and groups. Coordinates and maintains all required

documentation in program participant's education record and ensures confidentiality.

• Coordinates efforts to educate and support special needs population groups, such as celiac,

pediatric, or cystic fibrosis patients who have specific nutritional needs.

• Promotes healthy living and awareness, and obesity and diabetes prevention by providing

educational programs to the community such as community health fairs and support groups.

• Interviews patients and/or family to obtain information regarding food habits and preferences

for guidance in planning the patient's diet.

• Screens medical records for pertinent information and documents as needed per established

guidelines.

• Calculates diets for weight management patients and other modified diets in accordance with

disease states, and provides diet counseling for all patients on modified diets who require it.

• Charts appropriately in the patient's medical records after each patient contact.

What You Will Need:

• Registered Dietitian licensed in the State of Ohio. Certified Diabetes Care and Education

Specialist (CDES), certification in weight management or goal of obtaining certification within

3 years of employment at Firelands.

• Experience in nutritional care and education strongly desired.

• Successful completion of a one hundred eighty (180) day get-acquainted period.