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Posted: 11-Feb-26
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Type: Full Time
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Internal Number: 979995
Position Summary
As a CF Dietitian, you will play a key role in supporting patients with cystic fibrosis by assessing nutritional status, growth, and daily food intake. You will help patients achieve and maintain optimal body weight, ensuring they receive the calories and nutrients needed to support lung health and overall well-being.
Working collaboratively with patients and their families, you will provide individualized nutrition education that aligns with each patient’s goals and lifestyle. This includes adjusting eating plans, recommending appropriate dietary supplements and vitamins, managing pancreatic enzyme therapy, and identifying tube feeding as a supportive option when oral intake alone is not sufficient.
You will also contribute to the management of CF-related complications, including CF-related diabetes (CFRD) and bone health conditions such as osteoporosis.
Key Responsibilities:
•Assess nutritional status, growth, and dietary intake for patients with CF
•Develop and implement individualized nutrition care plans
•Support patients in achieving and maintaining a healthy weight
•Recommend fat-soluble vitamins, pancreatic enzymes, and additional supplements
•Collaborate with patients and families to meet nutritional goals, including tube feeding when indicated
•Assist in the management of CF-related conditions such as CFRD and bone disease
The Pediatric Dietitian I (PD I) provides evidence-based nutrition care to patients/families using practice skills which satisfy the needs/concerns of assigned patients. The PD I can formulate and implement an individualized nutrition care plan using current medical nutrition therapy (MNT). The PD I contributes to nutrition care decisions that lead to positive outcomes and is an effective educator. The PD I addresses routine problems in the work environment by providing assistance or referring these to other, more experienced team members. The PD I prioritizes workload, delivers nutrition care to assigned patients, and discusses/assists/advocates for the nutritional care needs of the patient/family. This position receives oversight by the Manager, Clinical Nutrition Services. Ability to manage daily workload, identify routine problems in the work area and solve problems with advice/assistance from others is required.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree and supervised practice experience which meets the requirements for registered dietitian status of the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Required)
Experience
- Experience in a health care, preferably hospital, environment using current MNT to provide care to general hospitalized patients which may include but is not limited to parenteral and enteral formulas, GI disorders, cardiac, diabetes, renal, pulmonary, and/or weight management/growth concerns/disorders. (Preferred)
- Pediatric experience (Preferred)
Certifications
- Eligible to obtain a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (R.D. or R.D.N.) credential recognized by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics prior to start date. (Required)
Special Skills
- Strong verbal, non-verbal and written communication skills are essential. (Required)
- Flexibility with scheduled days of work and hours of work, participation in the On-Call/Weekend rotation to meet patient care demands and project/activity deadlines. (Required)
- Bilingual (Spanish) skills. (Preferred)