Clinical Dietitian I - Patient-Focused Nutrition Care

Dignity Health; Santa Cruz (CA); On-site; USD 76,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Clinical Dietitian position at Dominican Hospital, part of Dignity Health, in Santa Cruz, CA. You will provide expert nutrition care, develop individualized plans, and communicate nutrition data across systems.

Success depends on integrating clinical expertise with empathetic, evidence-based care, adhering to professional standards and collaborating with patients and health-care teams to optimize outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an accredited dietetics program (ACEND).
• Registered Dietitian credential within 90 days, or equivalent licensure as applicable.
• Documentation in a patient's medical record must be signed off by a registered/licensed dietitian until credentialing is complete.

Responsibilities

• Performs nutrition assessments using age, gender, culture, and validated tools to identify nutrition risk.
• Implements targeted nutrition interventions and monitors patient response with updates to the care plan.
• Develops feeding plans and nutrition prescriptions tailored to patient needs and physicians' orders.
• Collaborates with Food and Nutrition Services to ensure diet orders align with the Diet Manual Handbook and nutrition care standards.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Nutrition education

Care plan development

Patient communication

Education

ACEND-accredited Dietetics program

Job description

Clinical Dietitian position at Dominican Hospital, part of Dignity Health, in Santa Cruz, CA. You will provide expert nutrition care, develop individualized plans, and communicate nutrition data across systems.

Success depends on integrating clinical expertise with empathetic, evidence-based care, adhering to professional standards and collaborating with patients and health-care teams to optimize outcomes.