Registered Dietitian | Renal Dialysis Unit

Registered Dietitian | Renal Dialysis Unit

Job Title:

Registered Dietitian, Renal Dialysis Unit
Department:
Renal Dialysis

Location:

Dialysis Center
- Irondequoit Seneca Ridge, Rochester, NY 14621
Hours per Week: 40

Schedule:

Monday-Friday 8 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Sign-On Bonus:
Up to $7,500
Pay Range: $30.50 – $38.50 per hour

Access, plan, implement, and evaluate the nutritional care of Unity Health System patients. Our 48‑station outpatient facility for full‑care hemodialysis patients is located three miles from Rochester General Hospital. Care is supported by clinical, social work, and nutrition experts who specialize in the care of dialysis patients.

• Works as a member of the multi-disciplinary Nephrology team to maintain/improve the nutritional status of patients by assessing nutritional needs and by planning, implementing and evaluating nutritional care.
• Communicates formally and informally with Health Care Staff to promote coordination of nutritional care with total patient care.
• Counsels individuals/families in nutrition principles, adapting instructions to accommodate individual, economic, educational and life style requirements.
• Reviews and assesses monthly clinical and laboratory data on all chronic patients. Reviews this data with individual patients, provides dietary counseling and documents in the medical record in a timely manner.
• Participates in multidisciplinary patient care conferences within thirty days of admission to the chronic setting and every six months thereafter for each patient.
• Monitors Urea Reduction Ratio information and performs kinetic modeling as needed; interprets and documents the adequacy results in the medical record.
• Remains available to consult on nursing home/acute renal failure admissions as requested.
• Participates in orientation of new staff and provides ongoing educational in‑services.

• 1 year of clinical nutrition experience as a Registered Dietitian.
• Bachelor’s Degree from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)-accredited program.
• Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).

Education:

BS (required) from a CDR-accredited program.
License/Certification:
Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) – Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).

Medium work; may require exerting 20–50 pounds of force occasionally, 10–25 pounds frequently, and up to 10 pounds continuously. Requires frequent walking, standing, or squatting.

Rochester Regional Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.