• Dietitian - Kidney Transplant Services

    Insight Global (Washington, DC)


    Job Description

    Client: George Washington University Hospital

     

    Position: Dietitian - Kidney Transplant Services

     

    Openings: 1

     

    Duration: permanent - 20%

     

    Pay Range: $61,093- 91,000k

    Shift: M-F 8:00 AM - 4:30 PM, fully onsite

    • No weekends, no holidays and no on-call!

    • Rounds start @9 AM at the hospital

    Interview Process:

    • 1st round: 30 minute Teams meeting

    • 2nd round: hour and a half onsite interview (meet the team and shadow)

    Day-to-Day Responsibilities:

    Insight Global is seeking a Dietitian within the Kidney Transplant Services to support a BEST regional hospital in Washington, DC. The Transplant Registered Dietitian Nutritionist provides nutritional assessment and intervention to transplant candidates and recipients. Living donors may receive a nutritional assessment if requested by a transplant team member.

    Responsibilities:

    • Provides nutrition assessments and interventions to transplant candidates and recipients as requested.

    • Provides nutrition assessments and interventions to living donor candidates as requested by physicians.

    • Provides ongoing nutrition strategies for complex, high risk patients.

    • Develops and review guidelines used for nutritional assessment and intervention of pre and post-transplant as well as for living donors.

    • Reviews medical documentation and oversees nutrition care provided.

    • Follows up with high risk patients as needed/requested.

    • Demonstrates good organizational skills and be able to multi-task, prioritize, and quickly adjust to changes when needed.

    • Accesses information as needed from all data sources (data base, electronic charts, outside providers, etc.).

    • Attends all departments-specific training and demonstrate proficiency related to safety and job-related hazards.

    • Participates in at least one transplant related performance improvement project.

    • Participates in monthly QAPI meetings.

    • Participates in weekly patient selection meetings.

    • Effectively communicates expectations.

    • Reviews or develops educational material for transplant candidates, recipients and living donors.

    • Documents nutrition assessment in the patient’s medical record.

     

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    Skills and Requirements

    Must Haves:

    • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition / Dietetics.

    • Registered Dietitian / Nutritionist (RDN).

    • Washington DC Dietitian License.

    • 1-2 years' experience required.

    • Ideally transplant, inpatient, or dialysis center experience. Skills:

    • Effective communication skills, both verbal and written.

    • Effective interpersonal skills.

    • Ability to maintain confidentiality.

    • Ability to adapt to multiple and changing priorities.

    Other Information (Team & D2D:

    • This team member will report directly into the Director of Transplant and collaborate closely with the other dietitian on the team.

    • The dietitians on the team alternate monthly between inpatient and outpatient facilities and responsibilities.

    • Inpatient D2D: rounds @9, educating patients that are being discharged on timeline and next steps, perform liver evaluation and assessments, documentation, and assisting with TPN / tube feeds.

    • Outpatient D2D: consulting for frailty, ensure candidates are eligible for liver / kidney transplants, assist with hematology cases by educating patients.