Clinical Dietitian-Inpatient, On Call
The Clinical Dietitian-Inpatient role involves assessing and addressing the nutritional needs of hospitalized patients through Medical Nutrition Therapy, collaborating with healthcare providers, and coordinating with food service staff to ensure quality dietary care. This position requires developing individualized nutrition care plans, monitoring treatment effectiveness, and educating patients and families to promote compliance with dietary recommendations. The role emphasizes adherence to clinical standards, quality improvement initiatives, and regulatory requirements within an inpatient healthcare setting.
About Careertakes
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What You’ll Do
As a Clinical Dietitian (Inpatient, On Call) you will assess and manage nutritional care for hospitalized patients, collaborate with multidisciplinary teams, and provide medical nutrition therapy across inpatient settings. You will ensure nutrition interventions are appropriate, documented, and tracked for outcomes.
- Assess patients’ nutrition needs by reviewing diet history, labs, medications and physical signs; calculate individualized nutrient requirements.
- Develop and implement nutrition care plans and treatment goals; monitor tolerance and effectiveness for oral, enteral and parenteral nutrition.
- Provide nutrition consultations and recommendations to physicians, allied health providers and care teams; document clinical findings and follow-up actions.
- Educate, counsel and motivate patients and families on diet and lifestyle changes to support recovery and long-term health.
- Coordinate with Food & Nutrition Services to align meal service with therapeutic diets and quality standards.
- Participate in quality improvement, peer review and menu review activities to ensure evidence-based practice.
- Create and update patient education materials and community resource referrals as needed.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the clinical nutrition manager.
Qualifications
Required
- Minimum six (6) months experience as a clinical dietitian or successful completion of a dietetic internship.
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition or Dietetics.
- Registered Dietitian (RD) credential from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
- Active Dietitian license for Oregon.
- National Provider Identifier (NPI) required at hire.
- Thorough knowledge of clinical nutrition for adult (including geriatric) patients.
- Ability to apply Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics standards of practice.
- Strong time management, communication, problem-solving and basic math skills.
Preferred
- One (1) year or more of clinical dietitian experience providing medical nutrition therapy.
- Prior inpatient healthcare experience and familiarity with foodservice operations.
- Knowledge of enteral and parenteral nutrition products and protocols.
- Understanding of The Joint Commission and Medicare standards for inpatient settings.
- Experience with pediatric nutrition care is a plus.
Compensation & Additional Info
- Estimated salary: $154,550 per year (estimated).
- Employment type: Full-time.
- Location: Happy Valley, OR (on-site inpatient role; includes on-call responsibilities).
- Employment is with Confidential Client (via Careertakes). External hires must pass a background check and drug screen where allowed by law.
- Offers and employment practices comply with applicable federal, state and local hiring laws.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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