Registered Dietitian - Future Opportunities!

About the role

Exciting Growth Ahead - Registered Dietitian Opportunities Coming Soon!

Mary Free Bed is growing - and so is our Pediatric Hospital in Grand Rapids!

Currently, our Nutrition Services department is fully staffed with very low turnover. With this exciting expansion, we anticipate future opportunities to welcome Registered Dietitians to our exceptional care team.

If you're a passionate RD who's eager to make a meaningful difference in the lives of adults, children, and their families, we'd love for you to stay connected. Our Acute Care Nutrition team plays a vital role in supporting patient recovery, functional independence, and long-term health outcomes across both adult and pediatric populations.

Why Mary Free Bed?

• Meaningful Patient Impact

Provide hands-on, patient-centered nutritional care that directly supports rehabilitation, healing, and quality of life.

• Collaborative Culture

Work alongside an interdisciplinary team in a supportive, mission-driven environment.

• Award-Winning Organization

Be part of a nationally recognized rehabilitation hospital committed to excellence.

• Values-Driven Mission

Join a team that prioritizes innovation, compassion, and clinical excellence.

• Competitive Compensation & Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package designed to support your personal and professional well-being.

• Work-Life Balance

A supportive environment that values sustainability and balance in your career.

What's Ahead

We anticipate Registered Dietitian openings in the near future. Our Joan Secchia Pediatric Rehabilitation Hospital is planned for completion in Fall 2026, and we are also expanding our Acute Adult Inpatient Units in the meantime.

If you're interested in future opportunities, we encourage you to submit a general application to stay connected as we continue to grow.

Summary

Performs Medical Nutrition Therapy using the Nutrition Care Process (NCP) as recommended by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Provides nutrition services to inpatients and outpatients based on their individualized nutrition needs. Adheres to the standards of care that reflect the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Completes additional clinical related projects as requested.

Essential Job Responsibilities

• Clinical Required: Provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by Federal and State laws and regulations.
• Performs clinical/patient responsibilities:
• Develops individualized nutrition care plans through assessment, diagnosis, nutrition intervention, monitoring and evaluating.
• Creates medical nutrition care plan using established standards.
• Follows and documents nutritional risk status, the nutritional care plan, the provision of education, and outcome goals in the electronic medical record.
• Works in partnership with the interdisciplinary team. Attends team conferences as assigned.
• Provides medical nutrition education prior to discharge as needed.
• Performs outpatient responsibilities:
• Participates in outpatient clinics and performs clinical/patient responsibilities as listed above.
• Provides comprehensive nutritional evaluation, consultation and education per physician referrals.
• Develops medical nutrition standards, guidelines, and education material specific to the assigned outpatient clinic.

Customer Service Responsibilities

Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of behaviors as well as encourages, coaches, and monitors the same in team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by identifying problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible; participates in departmental efforts to monitor and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, or related field.
• Registered Dietitian credentialed by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• One year experience in providing nutritional consultations and assessments.
• Demonstrated ability to make critical decisions as it relates to medical nutrition services.
• Demonstrated interpersonal and customer service skills; ability to interact with people of diverse backgrounds.
• Demonstrated knowledge of basic computer operations.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification Level

• None (No specific requirements)
• Occasionally (Less than 1/3)
• Frequently (1/3 to 2/3)
• Majority (More than 2/3)
• Remain in a stationary position: Majority
• Traverse or move around work location: Frequently
• Use keyboard: Frequently
• Operate or use department specific equipment: None
• Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder: None

Position self to accomplish the Essential Functions of the role: Occasionally

Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding: Majority:

• Transport, position, and/or exert force: Up to 10 pounds: Occasionally
• Up to 25 pounds: None
• Up to 50 pounds: None
• Up to 75 pounds: None
• More than 100 pounds: None
• Other weight: Up to_ pounds ___
• Other: _____