Registered Dietitian - PRN Weekends

This is a day shift, weekends only on occasion role!

At ScionHealth, we empower our caregivers to do what they do best. We value every voice by caring deeply for every patient and each other. We show courage by running toward the challenge and we lean into new ideas by embracing curiosity and question asking. Together, we create our culture by living our values in our day-to-day interactions with our patients and teammates.

Job Summary

• Responsible for the planning and implementation of the nutrition care of the patients in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local standards and regulations, clinical guidelines, and policies and procedures
• Provides oversight to ensure that safe and accurate food service is provided to the patients

Essential Functions 

• Completes annual competency testing and maintains professional growth and development to maintain registration and licensure/certification

• Performs job based on applicable federal, state, and local regulations, company policies and procedures and evidenced based clinical guidelines

• Participates in the hospital’s Performance Improvement program by conducting aggregating, trending and acting on data for key clinical nutrition indicators

• Monitors quality assurance in the kitchen by ensuring quality measures are routinely done; spot checking logs for accuracy, ensures safe sanitary conditions in the kitchen by completing kitchen safety/sanitation audits and test tray audits per policy
• Participates in the survey process; instructs staff in matters of conduct and disclosure; always maintains a presence while surveyors are on site and directs the timely collection of information required by the survey team

• Undertakes corrective action while survey is in progress if appropriate; works with other hospital departments to develop survey plan of correction as needed.

Direct Patient Care 

• Conducts initial and reassessments on all patients admitted to the hospital
• Ensure proper completion of documentation (assessments, care plans, education, discharge planning
• Prescribes nutrition therapy to meet estimated needs and monitors tolerance
• Provides ongoing reassessment to ensure optimal nutrition therapy is provided
• Participates with Interdisciplinary Team meetings to develop, implement, and monitor nutrition care plans
• Interviews patients, family members, legal representatives, and/or significant others, and staff to obtain diet history, food preferences, and other pertinent information needed to develop and/or update plan of care
• Advocates for patients to protect and promote patients’ rights and accommodate individual needs and cultural/religious preferences
• Involves the patient/family in planning objectives and goals for the patient
• Conducts nutrition education individually and in classes to patients, families, staff, and community as appropriate

• Conducts meal rounds to ensure that patients are receiving therapy that meets patient’s needs

Other 

• Works cooperatively as a team member with co-workers in all departments of the Hospital
• Communicates issues, concerns, and opportunities for improvement to immediate supervisor routinely
• Stays abreast of federal regulations for LTAC’s and food safety, as well as state- regulations for that in which he/she works and incorporates into his/her work as needed
• Monitor’s industry trends, new products, current research, and new programs in foodservice and incorporates into his/her work as needed
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age appropriate
• care to the patient population served
• Attends all mandatory in-services and staff meetings
• Maintains current licensure/certification for position
• Consistently follows departmental and hospital Health, Safety, Security and Hazardous Materials policies and procedures

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics, Nutrition, or related field

Licenses/Certifications

• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (www.cdmet.org)
• License and/or certification from the State Licensing Board for Dietitians

Experience 

• Two years’ experience in acute care hospital preferred. 
• Registered dietitians awaiting approval of State licensure/certification may practice under a Provisional Licensure if the State Licensing board allows
• Provision dietitians must have all documentation in a medical record co-signed by a state licensed dietitian
• Experience in acute clinical care, nutrition support, and disease-specific nutrition preferred