Clinical Dietitian PRN

HCA Houston Healthcare; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 62,000 - 83,000; Part time

Job summary

The Woman’s Hospital of Texas is seeking a Clinical Dietitian PRN to collaborate with an interdisciplinary team in providing Medical Nutrition Therapy across all age groups and acuity levels. The role emphasizes nutrition screenings, individualized care plans, and ongoing outcome evaluation within a leading hospital network.

Qualifications include a Bachelor’s in Nutrition/Dietetics, ACEND‑accredited supervised practice, and RD licensure.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent required
• Completion of an ACEND‑accredited supervised practice program required
• One to two years of hospital clinical nutrition experience preferred
• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Responsibilities

• Collaborate as part of interdisciplinary team to provide Medical Nutrition Therapy
• Perform nutrition screenings and assessments per policy
• Conduct nutrition-focused physical exams for at-risk patients
• Identify patients at nutritional risk using established criteria
• Evaluate age-specific and disease-specific nutritional needs
• Develop and implement individualized nutrition plans of care
• Monitor outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions
• Provide nutrition education to patients, families, and caregivers
• Participate in RD chart audits and achieve 80% or higher
• Adhere to nutrition care guidelines and ethics in practice

Skills

RD licensure

Nutrition care

Education

Bachelor's degree in Nutrition/Dietetics

ACEND‑accredited supervised practice

Job description

Do you have the PRN career opportunities as a Clinical Dietitian PRN you want with your current employer? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join The Womans Hospital of Texas which is part of the nations leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

To collaborate as a member of the interdisciplinary healthcare team to provide patients of all age groups and acuity levels with high quality Medical Nutrition Therapy following the Nutrition Care Process. Note: The following is not intended to be a finite list of responsibilities for this Clinical Dietitian position

• Performs timely nutrition screenings and assessments in accordance with the Corporate Screening and Assessment Policy
• Perform nutrition focused physical exams on patients who are at nutritional risk.
• Identify patients at nutritional risk based on established criteria
• Evaluate age specific, developmental and disease specific nutritional needs of patients
• Develop and implement individualized nutritional plan of care.
• Evaluate and monitor the effectiveness and outcomes of medical nutrition therapy interventions.
• Identify patient nutrition education needs and provide nutrition counseling to patients, family, and/or caregivers.
• Participate in the competency assessment process and achieve a passing score of 80% or higher on RD chart audits
• Adheres to nutrition care guidelines, the nutrition care manual, department/facility guidelines and/or protocols to provide evidence‑based nutrition care.
• Integrates the Academy Code of Ethics in all areas of practice.

What qualifications you will need:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition, Dietetics, or equivalent required
• Completion of an ACEND‑accredited supervised practice program required
• One to two years of hospital clinical nutrition experience preferred
• Licensure, Certifications, Training and Credentials:
• Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Required

Benefits

The Womans Hospital of Texas, offers a total rewards package that supports the health, life, career and retirement of our colleagues. The available plans and programs include some or all of the following:

• Comprehensive benefitsfor medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services
• Wellbeing support,including free counseling and referral services
• Time away from workprograms for paid time off, paid family leave, long- and short‑term disability coverage and leaves of absence
• Savings and retirement resources, including a 401(k) Plan with a 100% match on 3% to 9% of pay (based on years of service), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, flexible spending accounts, preferred banking partnerships, retirement readiness tools, rollover support and financial wellbeing counseling
• Education supportthrough tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing
• Additional benefitsfor fertility and family building, adoption assistance, life insurance, supplemental health protection plans, auto and home insurance, legal counseling, identity theft protection and consumer discounts

Learn more about Employee Benefits

Note: Eligibility for benefits may vary by location and position.

At The Woman’s Hospital of Texas, our care philosophy is Woman First. It’s in our name, and it’s in our founding mission. Our 420+ bed hospital was founded in 1976 by 29 physicians who recognized a need in Houston for a facility focused solely on women in all stages of life. We were the first womens hospital in Houston and first facility in Texas dedicated to the health of women and newborns. Today, we are the state’s premier facility dedicated to the health of women and children offering expertise and an outstanding level of care in breast health, imaging, gynecology, minimally invasive surgery, infertility, obstetrics, high-risk pregnancy, and pediatrics. We deliver 800+ babies a month, more than any other hospital in Texas, and care for more multiple births than any other hospital in the region. Our Level IV NICU provides the highest level of care for premature babies and we have the areas only March of Dimes NICU Family Support program. As a member of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive healthcare provider in the region, we are a part of a network that delivers stronger, smarter and more accessible care to women than any other medical system across the Houston area.

HCA Healthcare has been recognized as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies® by the Ethisphere Institute more than ten times. In recent years, HCA Healthcare spent an estimated 3.7 billion in cost for the delivery of charitable care, uninsured discounts, and other uncompensated expenses.

"Bricks and mortar do not make a hospital. People do."
- Dr. Thomas Frist, Sr.
HCA Healthcare Co-Founder

We are an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status