Job Description
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Must possess 1 year experience working with dialysis patients.
- Accountable for the overall nutritional health and well-being of patients receiving maintenance dialysis treatment at the Dialysis Center.
- Monitors patients’ progress to determine dietary compliance through review of lab data, chart notes, and oral and written communication with the attending physicians.
- Instructs patients and families on prescribed renal diet and makes alterations in dietary patterns according to the changes in patient’s condition.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary health care conference in which the total health care of the patient is discussed.
- Acts as the nutritional resource person for the Dialysis Center health care team.
- Conducts in-service classes with the Dialysis Center staff and attends regional and national conferences pertaining to the nutritional care of renal patients.
- Documents patients’ nutritional status on progress notes, long and short-term care plans.
Job Type: Temporary
Pay: $39.00 - $45.00 per hour
Benefits:
- 401(k) matching
- Dental insurance
- Employee discount
- Health insurance
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Pet insurance
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance