Clinical Dietitian PRN

HCA Healthcare; Tomball (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Wellbeing support

Paid time off

401(k) with match

Education support

Fertility and family building

Job summary

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball is seeking a Clinical Dietitian PRN to join our healthcare team. The role includes supporting microbiology workflows, assisting with specimen handling, and performing phlebotomy as needed in a hospital setting.

The position requires familiarity with laboratory information systems, maintaining accurate records, and adherence to patient safety protocols. This PRN role offers flexibility within a 350+ bed hospital environment focused on quality patient care.

Qualifications

• Registered Dietitian licensure within 90 days of employment start date
• Dietitian/Nutritionist credential within 90 days of employment start date

Responsibilities

• Sets up specimen on culture media and incubates as directed.
• Performs rapid tests (RSV, STREP A, FLU A/B, CDIFF toxins, Chlamydia, occult blood, Rotavirus, Legionella/Urinia tests).
• Reviews new blood cultures daily for label accuracy and incubation position; processes negative cultures and sets up positives for gram stain/culture.
• Prepares samples for reference labs including ordering, storing and transporting.
• Documents in computer and distributes microbiology reference lab reports.
• Performs venipuncture/capillary puncture on patients across age groups as needed.
• Manages tube system by handling alarms, receipts, and delivery; maintains specimen refrigerator.
• Performs inventory and maintains reference lab supplies.
• Conducts chain of custody drug screen documentation as required.
• Performs other tasks assigned by Laboratory Director or designate.

Skills

Phlebotomy

Laboratory procedures

Blood culture handling

Documentation

Lab information systems

Tools

Laboratory information system

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 HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball which is part of the nation's leading provider of healthcare services, HCA Healthcare.

Job Summary and Qualifications

A full time position assisting microbiologists: setting up cultures, performing rapid tests under the microbiologist's supervision; pulling blood cultures at end of the incubation; performing designated quality control procedures. The position requires distributing the microbiology reference reports as directed. In addition, the position requires phlebotomy skills to assist phlebotomists when needed: collection of blood specimen from neonate, infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric patients in the hospital or outside as indicate; requires knowledge of laboratory information system.

What you will do in this role

• Sets up specimen on culture media according to established procedure. Incubates media in appropriate environment.

• Performs rapid tests including RSV, STREP A, FLU A&B, CDIFF Toxins, Chlamydia, Occult Blood, Rotavirus, Urine Legionella Ag & Urine Pneumoniae Ag. Perform quality control on kits

• Reviews all new blood cultures daily for accuracy of label and incubation position and correct any issues as needed. Process negative blood cultures at end of incubation period. Sets up any positive blood cultures for gram stain and culture

• Prepares samples to be sent out to microbiology reference laboratories including ordering, storing and transporting.

• Documents in computer and distributes all microbiology reference lab reports

• When needed, performs venipuncture and capillary puncture on infant, pediatric, adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients in the hospital and Diagnostic Center according to established procedure.

• Manages tube system by canceling alarm, removing specimen, verifying receipt in computer, and delivering to appropriate.

• Maintains specimen refrigerator, disposing of old specimen as appropriate.

• Performs inventory and maintains adequate reference lab supplies

• Performs chain of custody drug screen requests by properly documenting the Chain of Custody form.

• Performs any other tasks as assigned by the Laboratory Director or designated alternate.

What qualifications you will need

• (RD-STATE) Registered Dietitian - State must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

• (RD/RDN) Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist must be obtained within 90 days of employment start date

No Travel Required

0 Required Years of Experience

Benefits

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball, 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 benefits for medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, behavioral health and telemedicine services

• Wellbeing support, including free counseling and referral services

• Time away from work programs 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 support through tuition assistance, student loan assistance, certification support, dependent scholarships and a partnership with Galen College of Nursing

• Additional benefits for 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 (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/employee-benefits-and-rewards)

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

HCA Houston Healthcare Tomball (https://careers.hcahealthcare.com/pages/hca-houston-healthcare-tomball) has provided quality healthcare to Tomball, Magnolia and Northwest Houston communities since 1948. Fully accredited by The Joint Commission, our 350+ bed hospital is on a 150-acre campus that features designated specialty centers: The Orthopedic Center, The Women's Center, the Heart and Vascular Center and the Texas Sports Medicine Center. Our services include a Level III Trauma Center , advanced robotic surgery program with 24/7 service, Joint Commission-certified Primary Stroke Center, comprehensive Women's Services and Labor & Delivery unit with Level II Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) , orthopedic care including joint replacement, and much more. We are committed to providing quality healthcare while making a difference in our patients’ lives. Through exceptional technology and specialized medical staff, area residents receive a full range of medical services, close to home. We are members of HCA Houston Healthcare, the most comprehensive family of hospitals in the region and part of the leading provider of healthcare in the country, HCA Healthcare. Together we are stronger, smarter and more accessible in providing the patient-centered care you need close to home.

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