Registered Dietitian Nutritionist - Pediatric Diabetes & Endocrinology Clinic

This position may be filled as an RN Level 1, 2, or 3, depending on individual experience, education, and other qualifications.

Special Benefits:
Sign-on bonus up to $10,000 for qualified individuals
Student loan repayment up to $25,000
Relocation assistance if moving 100+ miles

General Description:

The Registered Dietitian Nutritionist II independently delivers comprehensive nutrition care and serves as a clinical resource within their area of practice. This role requires demonstrated proficiency, critical thinking, and the ability to manage complex patient populations or programs.

Essential Responsibilities:

Responsibilities listed in this section are core to the position. Inability to perform these responsibilities, with or without an accommodation, may result in disqualification from the position.

• Demonstrates competence, accountability, and responsibility for ensuring safe, ethical, and quality person-centered care and services through regular self-evaluation and timely continuing professional education to maintain and enhance knowledge, skills, and experiences.
• Approach to practice reflects the value the profession places on health equity in all forms of interaction when delivering care and/or services to colleagues, customers, students/interns, and when interacting with stakeholders.
• Provides quality services effectively and efficiently using systematic processes with identified ethics, leadership, accountability, and dedicated resources.
• Demonstrates Leadership, Interprofessional Collaboration, and Management of Programs, Services, and Resources by providing safe, quality service based on customer expectations and needs; supporting the mission, vision, principles, and values of OU Health; and integration of interprofessional collaboration.
• Applies, participates in, and/or generates research to enhance practice. Utilizes evidence-based practice to incorporate the best available research/evidence and information in the delivery of nutrition and dietetics services.
• Applies knowledge and expertise in communications with patient and the public, and in public policy advocacy efforts.
• Conducts the nutrition care process and workflow elements to identify and address nutrition-related problems, which a RDN is responsible for treating, incorporating the following elements:
  • Reviews or obtains nutrition screening data to identify malnutrition or risk of malnutrition
  • Obtains and evaluates medical, nutrition, and food-related information for relevance and accuracy
  • Identifies and labels nutrition problem(s)/diagnosis(es)
  • Develops, plans, and implements culturally appropriate person-/population-centered nutrition interventions
  • Monitors and evaluates person-/intervention-specific indicators and outcomes data to determine whether planned interventions should be continued or revised
  • Documents and communicates results with the interprofessional team and patients/clients/caregivers.
• Continuous participation in a QI project at any OU Health location. Quarterly updates are to be scheduled by the RDN and information provided to their leadership.
• Collaborate closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals.
• Precept students, interns, or newly hired dietitians as assigned.

General Responsibilities:

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education: Master's degree in Dietetics, Foods and Nutrition, or a related field from a U.S. regionally accredited institution, or equivalent foreign degree, required.

Experience:
Level I: 0-3 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian required.

Level II: 3-5 years of experience as a Registered Dietitian required.

Level III: 5+ years of experience as a Registered Dietitian required, plus a CDCES certification (Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist), or obtain within 24 months.

License(s)/Certification(s)/Registration(s) Required:

• Licensed Dietitian from the State of Oklahoma
• Registered Dietitian from the Commission on Dietetic Registration

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Advanced ability to interpret complex technical or clinical information and communicate it clearly, accurately, and compassionately to patients and other nontechnical audiences.
• Advanced ability to work independently with minimal supervision while maintaining effective, respectful, and professional interpersonal relationships with patients, colleagues, and interdisciplinary teams.
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office applications (e.g., Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint) to document work, manage information, and support daily operational needs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present information clearly, adapt messaging to the audience, and document information accurately and thoroughly.
• Ability to prioritize, organize, and manage multiple tasks or competing priorities simultaneously while meeting deadlines and maintaining accuracy and quality of work.

• Additional Job Description

Additional Job Description

Essential Physical Functions of the Job
Employees must be able to perform the following physical activities with or without accommodations.

• Stand for 3 hours per day
• Sit for 2 hours per day
• Walk for 3 hours per day
• Job Requires Continuous
  • Distinguish Colors
  • Hear Normal Speaking and Alarms
  • Visual Acuity (20/50)
  • Fine Motor Skills
• Job Requires Occasional
  • Climbing
  • Bending
  • Crouching
  • Kneeling
  • Reaching above Head
  • Reaching above Shoulder
  • Push/Pull up to 100lbs
  • Lift/Carry up to 35lbs
• Continuous Potential Hazards/Exposures
  • Repetitive Motions
  • Communicable Diseases
• Frequent Potential Hazards/Exposures
  • none
• Occasional Potential Hazards/Exposures
  • Respiratory Transmitted Diseases (requires use of respirator)