Registered Dietitian - Adult Medicine and Endo Specialists

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Job Description

About Us

CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:

  • Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces in Health Care by Newsweek.
  • Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces by Newsweek in 2024.
  • Recognized as the Greatest Workplace for Women in both 2023 and 2024.
  • Listed as one of the Greatest Workplaces for Diversity in 2024.
  • Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads in 2023.
  • Ranked among the Best Employers by State for Missouri.
  • Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare in 2025.

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement Plan with employer match, and many more!
  • For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth

Additional Information About the Position for Qualified Candidates

  • Up to $6,000 Sign-On Bonus
  • Up to 40 hours of front-loaded Paid Time Off
  • Up to $3,000 Relocation bonus
  • Clinical Ladder up to $5,000

Job Summary

Performs assessment/data collection in an ongoing and systematic manner, focusing on the physiologic, psychological and cognitive status of the patient. Provides nutritional counseling, identifies patient/caregiver learning needs and initiates medical nutrition therapy. Collaborates with physician and other health care providers as appropriate. Evaluates patient educational materials. Scope of Practice: The Diabetes Registered Dietitian Specialist (Certified Diabetes Educator) is able to recognize and prioritize complex data in order to identify needs of patients with diabetes across the lifespan, and provide therapeutic problem solving, counseling and regimen adjustments. The scope of specialty diabetes practice includes management skills such as medical nutrition therapy, medication adjustment, exercise planning, counseling for behavior management and psychosocial issues. Attaining optimal metabolic control may include treatment and monitoring of acute and chronic complications.

Job Requirements

Education

  • Required: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited University.

Experience

  • Required: Completion of an American Dietetics Association (ADA) approved internship or coordinated undergraduate program
  • Preferred: Clinical medical office experience preferred.

Skills

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Able to work independently and collaboratively in teams.
  • Proficient Computer skills
  • Successful completion of all department specific credentialing within first 90 days of employment

Licensure/Certification/Registration

  • Required: Licensed in the State of Missouri as a Registered Dietitian.
  • Preferred: Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) within 18 months of hire.
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Specialties:

  1. Allied Health

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Why CoxHealth?

We are a health system that includes six hospitals with over 80 clinics and 537 physicians serving 24 counties. CoxHealth is Missouri’s first hospital system accredited by DNV Healthcare for quality and patient safety. All six hospitals, as well as our outpatient centers and provider-based clinics, hold this national distinction from DNV’s accreditation program, the National Integrated Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. The hospital is also the only facility in the region to receive the ANCC Magnet designation, which recognizes excellence in nursing. We are the only local health system named six times to U.S. News & World Report’s Best Regional Hospitals list, and we are recognized by CareChex as among the Top 10 percent of U.S. hospitals for medical excellence and patient safety in overall medical care.