About the Role
The Nutritionist supports the Sutter Sync HF multidisciplinary model by assessing nutritional status, developing individualized nutrition plans, and addressing dietary factors that influence heart failure outcomes. This role owns the nutrition component of the joint frailty intervention, supports sodium and fluid management, protein adequacy, cachexia and malnutrition risk, electrolyte coordination, food insecurity, and steroid-related dysglycemia risk in HF/COPD overlap patients.
Responsibilities
- Assessing nutritional status
- Developing individualized nutrition plans
- Addressing dietary factors that influence heart failure outcomes
- Owning the nutrition component of the joint frailty intervention
- Supporting sodium and fluid management
- Supporting protein adequacy
- Supporting cachexia and malnutrition risk
- Supporting electrolyte coordination
- Supporting food insecurity
- Supporting steroid-related dysglycemia risk in HF/COPD overlap patients
Requirements
- Nutritionist with experience with heart failure nutrition concepts, including sodium and fluid management, protein adequacy, cachexia/malnutrition risk, electrolyte considerations, and food insecurity are encouraged to apply.
- Must be able to work as a member of a dynamic integrative medicine team toward the highest quality service and patient outcomes.
Skills
- Background in whole foods diets with strong knowledge of vitamins, supplements and herbal products.
- Knowledge of the field of complementary medicine and be prepared to work toward the appropriate integration of its approaches with conventional medicine.
Location
- Sutter Innovation Center
Work Type
- Onsite
- Full Time
- Days
- Monday - Friday
Experience Level
- 5 years of recent relevant experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition or related field
- Professional training in clinical nutrition, including the interaction between diet, supplements, physiology and disease
Salary/Compensations
- $92,060.80 to $128,876.80
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package
About the Company
- Sutter Health is an equal opportunity employer EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans.
Equal Opportunity
- EOE/M/F/Disability/Veterans
