Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey
NJ,
Morristown, New Jersey
NJ,
Morristown, New Jersey
Posted: 15-Mar-26
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Type: Full Time
Categories:
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 II (PD II) is a registered dietitian/nutritionist who is competent in general and specialized pediatric nutrition and either holds an advanced degree or a practice-related board certification. The PD II uses evidence-based knowledge to formulate a nutrition care plan, is competent in current medical nutrition therapy (MNT) for pediatrics, participates in nutrition care decisions that lead to positive outcomes and is an effective educator. The PD II demonstrates concentrated knowledge/experience in one or more pediatric nutrition sub-specialties. The PD II shows initiative in solving routine problems in the work environment and can self-manage daily duties and assignments. The PD II prioritizes workload, delivers nutrition care to assigned patients, and discusses/assists/advocates for nutrition care needs for the patient/family. This position receives oversight by the Manager, Clinical Nutrition Services. Ability to manage daily workload, identify and solve problems in the work area and meet quality and patient satisfaction goals is required.
Education
- Bachelor’s Degree and supervised practice experience which meets the requirements for registered dietitian nutritionist status of the Commission on Dietetic Registration/Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (Required)
- A master’s degree (ex. MS, MPH, MEd) is required unless certified in a practice-applicable specialty area (ex. CSP, CNSC, CDE). (Required)
Experience
- Two or more years practice experience. (Required)
- Experience in a health-care, preferably hospital, environment using current MNT to provide care to hospitalized patients. This may include but is not limited to TPN, infant and enteral formulas, critical care, GI disorders, cardiac, diabetes, renal, pulmonary, cystic fibrosis, prematurity and weight management/growth concerns/disorders. (Required)
- Pediatric experience (Preferred)
Certifications
- Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (R.D. or R.D.N.) credential recognized by the Commission on Dietetic Registration of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. (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)