Senior Registered Dietitian Endocrinology Sun West

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Banner Health Center Sun City West (14416 W Meeker Blvd) time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R4421786
** Primary City/State:
** Sun City West, Arizona
** Department Name:
** C/P-SCW Endocrinology-Clinic
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* Work Shift:

** Day
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** Facilities, Environmental Services, and Culinary
** Up to $5,000 relocation package available!
** If you’re looking to leverage your abilities to make a real difference – and real change in the health care industry – you belong at Banner Health. With facilities in six western states, we’re committed to not only providing the finest care possible, but to advancing the way care is provided. To achieve our vision, we seek driven professionals who embrace change and who possess the passion and skills to make it happen.
** Banner Health Endocrinologist
** study and provide treatment of conditions that affect glands and hormones that regulate metabolism, growth and development, sexual function and other important functions. Metabolism and hormones all working in harmony is important to overall health. When there are problems, an endocrinologist will work with patients to pinpoint the issue. Our endocrinologists have several treatment options to help patients with any of the conditions they may face.

As our
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* * gistered Dietitian
** you will interact closely with our medical providers, our administration, our nursing staff, our therapy teams, and our culinary department on-site to support our patients. Providing comprehensive nutritional assessments, developing appropriate nutrition care plans, monitoring outcomes, providing patient and family nutrition counseling and education, developing Nutrition Standards of Practice and Education material in collaboration with peers, participating in interdisciplinary Health Care teams and providing input into patient care, policies, programs, quality improvement activities and providing in-service education in areas of expertise.
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* Location:

** Banner Health Center Sun City West - 14416 W Meeker Blvd Sun City West, AZ
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* Schedule:

** Open to 4 10-hour days or 5 8-hour days

At Banner Medical Group, you'll have the opportunity to perform a critical role in the community where you practice. Banner Medical Group provides both primary and specialty care throughout the communities in which Banner Health operates. We do this in a variety of settings - from smaller group practices like our Banner Health Clinics in Colorado and Wyoming, to large multi-specialty Banner Health Centers in the metropolitan Phoenix area.

We currently have more than 1,000 physicians and more than 3,500 total employees in our group and are seeking others to enhance our ability to deliver our nonprofit mission of providing excellent patient care.

POSITION SUMMARY  This position provides leadership in specialty area of clinical nutrition, establishes practice standards and serves as a mentor to educate colleagues in the specialty nutrition area. 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 and establishing 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, with at least 50% of patient case load in designated specialty area. 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…