Clinical Dietitian

Caring For the Community You Love  

Choose a career to make a difference in people's lives every day, choose Fisher-Titus! 

Perks of working at Fisher-Titus:

• $5,000 Sign-on Bonus Offered!


• Hours of Work - Full Time 


• Comprehensive Benefits Package- Medical & Dental coverage, 401K match, paid time off, tuition assistance and more!


• Shift, Weekend & PRN differential

About Fisher-Titus: 

Fisher-Titus proudly serves the greater Huron County area’s 70,000-plus residents by providing a full continuum of health and wellness care from heart and cancer care to outpatient services such as lab, imaging, and physical rehabilitation. 

Vision: Be the first choice for healthcare and employment within our community  

Mission: Deliver compassionate and convenient care to the highest level of excellence that promotes lifelong health and wellness for our community 

General Summary:

Provides clinical dietetic services to patients, residents, and specialty outpatient clinics. Determines nutritional supplements, nourishments and enteral formulary. Supervises the provision of nutritional services to patients in assigned work area. Develops patient and residents’ menus.

Education, Licensure, Registration and Experience:

Bachelor’s or master's degree in nutrition
Completed dietetic internship 
Up to six months to become fully proficient
Registered Dietitian Granted by CDR
Current/active Ohio License
Successful completion of DOP initial and reappointment

Essential Functions:

To maintain notes in patient's medical record which document care provided, including nutritional screens, assessments, and instructions given and patient progress.

To attend Resident care conferences.

To collaborate with other hospital services to plan and implement patient care as necessary in meeting the nutritional needs of the patient.

To visit patients regularly in assigned work area to determine adequacy and appropriateness of oral intake and response to nutritional therapies.

To attend lectures and seminars and workshops through state dietetic association and area colleges and medical staff lectures as appropriate.

Works weekend and holidays as assigned.

Provides nutritional care to patients in assigned area in a timely fashion according to standard policies and procedures.

Effectively communicates departmental, organization, and industry information to staff.

Demonstrates respect and regard for the dignity of all patients, residents families, visitors, and fellow employees to ensure a professional, responsible, and courteous environment.

Promotes effective working relations and works effectively as part of a department/unit team inter-and interdepartmentally to facilitate the department's/unit's ability to meet its goals and objectives.

Approve/develop patient menus and nutritional supplements/nourishments.

Performing and documenting nutritional assessments and evaluating patient/resident tolerance to therapeutic diets and interventions when appropriate.

Maintaining pertinent patient data necessary to recommend or modify therapeutic diets as needed to meet the nutritional requirements of the patients.

Patient, family, and caretaker dietary counseling.

Functions independently to provide clinical dietetic services to all ages of patients.

Demonstrate active participation in the Antibiotic Stewardship and Infection Control programming as related to their individual role in facility.

All other duties as assigned.

Working Conditions:

·         Stand/Walk – 6-8 hrs

·         Sit – 1-2 hrs

·         Bend – Up to 1/3 of time

·         Squat – up to 1/3 of time

·         Climb – up to 1/3 of time
Reach Up to 1/3 of time

·         Lift - Up to 1/3 of time

·         Carry – up to 1/3 of time

·         Push – up to 1/3 of time

·         Pull – N/A

·         Right Hand - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)

·         Left Hand - Precise Motor Function (Or Fine Manipulation)

·         Right Foot - Gross Motor Function

·         Left Foot - Gross Motor Function

·         Up to 25 pounds – 1/3 or more of the time
Body Fluid Exposure - Yes

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Standards of Employment:

Attends all mandatory education programs and can describe his or her responsibilities related to general safety and regulatory compliance.

Appearance is professional, neat, clean, and appropriate for the work environment. Wears proper photo identification badge while on duty.

Maintains confidentiality of all hospital and patient information at all times, as observed by peers and management.

Attends monthly staff meetings and participates in monthly rounding process with manager to assure effective and timely two-way communications.

Participates in and completes required department specific education and training programs and can describe his or her responsibilities related to department safety and specific job-related hazards.

Follows safety and security policies including exposure control plans/blood borne and airborne pathogens.

Core Requirements:

Supports the mission, vision and CARES values of Fisher Titus.

Is knowledgeable of patient rights and ensures an atmosphere which allows for the privacy, dignity and well-being of all patients in a safe, secure environment.

Supports, cooperates with, and implements specific procedures and programs for:

1. Safety, including universal precautions and safe work practices, established fire/safety/disaster plans, risk management, and security, report and/or correct unsafe working conditions, equipment repair and maintenance needs.

1. Confidentiality of all data, including patient, employee and operations data.

1. Quality Assurance and compliance with all regulatory requirements.

1. Compliance with current law and policy to provide a work environment free from sexual harassment and all illegal and discriminatory behavior.

Key Service Behavior:

Communicates with Compassion - Every patient, Every time

• Engages in active listening skills


• Utilizes the AIDET communication tool


• Uses key words at key times


• Utilizes HEART service recovery techniques

Demonstrates Service Etiquette - Every patient, Every time

• Smiles and greets patients using the 10/5 rule


• Demonstrates a calm, positive attitude through tone and body language


• Ensures patient privacy and promotes a healing environment


• Adjusts approach to respect the diversity of patients


• Assesses and manages patient's expectations of care

Commitment to Safety - Every patient, Every time

• Follows established safety guidelines to reduce risk of adverse event through early recognition


• Commits to the Culture of Safety; If you see something, say something

Delivering High Quality Care - Every patient, Every time

• Commits to efficient, effective and purposeful work and delivery of care


• Engages in practices that will continually improve processes