Registered Dietitian Scottsdale Cancer Center

Registered Dietitian

Primary City/State:
Scottsdale, Arizona

Department Name: C/P-Support Svc SHC-Clinic

Work Shift:

Day

Job Category:
Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary

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We are seeking an experienced candidate with established knowledge to join the opening team at our new Scottsdale facility, anticipated to launch in early 2027. If selected, you will train at our Banner University Cancer Center until the facility's opening date, bringing your expertise and passion for excellence to help shape the foundation of this exciting new location.

As a Registered Dietitian at Banner Health, you will play a vital role in delivering high-quality, patient-centered nutritional care within a dynamic interdisciplinary healthcare team. In this position, you will manage a complex caseload by conducting comprehensive nutritional assessments, developing individualized care plans, and monitoring patient outcomes to ensure optimal results. You will provide meaningful nutrition counseling and education to patients and their families, while also contributing to the development of Nutrition Standards of Practice and educational materials.

Collaborating closely with physicians, nurses, and other healthcare professionals, you will help shape patient care policies, support quality improvement initiatives, and share your expertise through in-service education. If you are a passionate and driven dietitian looking to make a real difference in patients' lives, we invite you to bring your skills and dedication to our team.

Schedule:

Part-Time, Weekdays - likely starting with Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and build from there based on clinic needs.

University Medical Center Phoenix is a nationally recognized academic medical center. The world-class hospital is focused on coordinated clinical care, expanded research activities and nurturing future generations of highly trained medical professionals. Our commitment to nursing excellence has enabled us to achieve Magnet™ recognition by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. The Phoenix campus, long known for excellent patient care, has over 730 licensed beds, several unique specialty units and is the new home for medical discoveries, thanks to our collaboration with the University of Arizona College of Medicine - Phoenix.

Additionally, the campus responsibilities include fully integrated multi-specialty and sub-specialty clinics.

POSITION SUMMARY

This position manages a complex caseload of patients by providing comprehensive nutritional assessments and nutrition-focused physical exams, developing and managing all aspects of appropriate nutrition care plans and monitoring outcomes of plans. Provides patient and family nutrition counseling and education. Develops Nutrition Standards of Practice and Education material in collaboration with peers. Serves as a member of the interdisciplinary Health Care team providing input into patient care policies, programs, quality improvement activities and provides in-service education in areas of expertise.

CORE FUNCTIONS

1. Provides comprehensive nutrition assessment of patients' nutritional needs, to include nutrition-focused physical exams as appropriate. Obtains timely and appropriate data and analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards and established practice guidelines.

2. Demonstrates and maintains competency in enteral and parenteral clinical practice protocols and oral nutrition management standard of practice as demonstrated by successful completion of initial competency exams and ongoing evaluation.

3. Initiates and manages the nutrition care, writing orders if applicable per state regulations, for all assigned patients including those receiving nutrition support (parenteral and enteral nutrition) per protocols.

4. Evaluates effectiveness of the care plan and communicates effectively to the other members of the healthcare team to provide optimal nutrition outcomes. Provides pertinent information in the medical records, patient plans of care and/or clinical pathways while meeting requirements of regulatory agencies (i.e. Joint Commission, CMS, State and Local Agencies).

5. Provides nutrition education to patients, families, staff and other health care team professionals through the development of effective teaching materials and in-service programs;
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