Diet Technician - On Call

HonorHealth; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

HonorHealth's Shea Medical Center in Scottsdale, AZ seeks a Dietitian to provide nutrition care to hospitalized patients under the supervision of registered dietitians. The role includes screening, assessment, care plan development, documentation, and discharge education in the Clinical Nutrition department.

Responsibilities include planning nutrition care, monitoring progress, and participating in multidisciplinary rounds.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Food and Nutrition or ADA-registered Dietetic Technician required (depending on degree)
• 2 years experience in acute care preferred; 6 months in healthcare required
• Bilingual English and Spanish preferred

Responsibilities

• Generates nutrition care plans and participates in nutrition screening of hospitalized patients.
• Documents patient care in medical records and analyzes nutrition status.
• Develops and implements nutrition care plans to meet patient needs.
• Provides nutrition education to patients and families for discharge planning.
• Collaborates in multidisciplinary team conferences to discuss patient care.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Food and Nutrition or ADA Dietetic Technician registration

Job description

Primary City/State: Shea Medical Center - 9003 E Shea Blvd Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Category: Dietitian/Dietary Services

Shift: Day

Department: Clinical Nutrition

Responsibilities

Job Summary

Under the direction of the registered dietitians, provides nutrition care services to hospitalized patients. Participates in integrated nutrition screening processes, assessment of nutrition status, and care plan development and implementation. Documents patient care in the medical record. Monitors and evaluates nutrition status; develops meal and nourishment plans to meet nutritional requirements. Provides survival skill, discharge nutrition education to patients and families. Refers high risk patients to the registered dietitians.

Essential Functions

• Generates nutrition screening reports. Following established guidelines, rates individual patient needs and nutritional status relevant to patient age and condition. Refers high risk patients to the registered dietitian.
• According to Nutrition care standards, develops and implements a plan of nutrition care incorporating available data. Documents nutrition care in patient medical record in a timely and accurate manner.
• Evaluates effectiveness of nutrition care plan. Monitors progress of patients' achievement of nutritional goals. Reassessment of nutrition status is completed in accordance with nutrition care guidelines.
• Assesses education needs and provides individualized education to patients and families. Provides basic nutrition education, i.e. survival skill teaching, to patients and families prior to hospital discharge.
• Initiates calorie counts and documents nutrition analysis in the patient medical record.
• Sets up and processes between meal nourishments for patients desiring or requiring them. Verifies tolerances and changes supplements accordingly.
• Attends multi-disciplinary patient care conferences and actively participates, promoting discussion of patients current nutritional status and suggests nutrition care plan.
• Participates in community health education programs.

Education

• Other ADA Registration as Dietetic Technician - Preferred
• Bachelor's Degree in Food and Nutrition or Associates Degree in Dietetics with ADA Registration as Dietetic Technician - Required

Experience

• 2 years in acute care medical facility - Preferred
• 6 months in healthcare setting - Required
• Other Bilingual (English and Spanish) - Preferred

Licenses and Certifications

• Food Service\DTR - Dietetic Tech ADA Registration as a Dietetic Technician (Required if no Bachelor Degree in Food & Nutrition). - Preferred