Registered Dietitian St. Marys Incenter - 20 Hours Week
Unit: St. Mary Dialysis ( CA/CC & HHD)
St. Mary Home Dialysis is a unit attached to an outpatient dialysis facility. The facility oversees peritoneal and home dialysis patients. Census is 16 PD and 1HHD patient.
Staffed with full-time Nephrologists. In addition, we have a part-time Home Nurses and a travel pool home dialysis technician. In addition, the unit has multiple support staff members that are shared with the outpatient clinic including front desk team and tech leader staff (machine maintenance) that may assist with operational duties within the clinic.
We case manage 17 pts who are monitored by connected health platform for Baxter and NxStage systems. Patients are trained to perform dialysis treatments at home within the clinic. PD training takes 7-10 days and HHD training takes 4-6 weeks. The home team schedules monthly clinic visits for all home patients with the interdisciplinary team and lab draws for PD patients. Our team provides pt education as well as referrals to transplant services for sites the pt requests to be referred to.
The unit is typically open Monday through Friday 8am to 430pm for pt care hours with some flexibility based on the needs of the clinic. Home Nurses are scheduled to take daily after hour on-call including weekends. The home clinic is closed most weekends and holidays depending on the needs of the clinic (training or clinical need for a patient).
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Responsible for all aspects of nutritional needs of dialysis patients. Works closely with the interdisciplinary team members in order to care for the dialysis patient. Develops a close working relationship with other dietitians in order to facilitate information flow and educational efforts.
- Interviews patients (and others as relevant) for initial and update assessments.
- Assesses patient’s initial and ongoing nutritional status.
- Calculates, prescribes and instructs others regarding diet for patients.
- Provides nutritional education to patient, caregivers and unit staff.
- Coordinates diet with other health care facilities and is involved in continuing communication with hospitals, extended care facilities, home health care agencies, senior centers and “Meals on Wheels” staff.
- Monitors adherence to diet.
- May make recommendations regarding phosphorus binder initiation, type and dosage changes, renal vitamins, stool softeners, oral iron products, cinacalcet and oral vitamin D analogs and calcium supplements.
- Reviews monthly labs with patient.
- Makes recommendations regarding nutritional issues, (e.g. alternate feeding route, tube feedings supplemental feedings) and monitors status.
- Provides crisis intervention, (e.g. response to panic values, hyperkalemia).
- Monitors medication as it relates to drug-nutrient interaction.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
- Bachelor of Science in Nutrition.
- Completion of an approved dietetic internship.
- ADA Registered
- Minimum of 1-year professional experience as RD in clinical nutrition.
Additional Details
This posting represents the major duties, responsibilities, and authorities of this job, and is not intended to be a complete list of all tasks and functions. It should be understood, therefore, that incumbents may be asked to perform job-related duties beyond those explicitly described above.
Overview
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