DIETITIANS WANTED IN CENTRAL VALLEY

Sweetwater Care; Sanger (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Sweetwater Care is seeking a Clinical Dietitian to lead nutrition assessments, devise personalized medical nutrition therapy plans, and collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to optimize patient health outcomes.

You will educate patients and families, implement feeding strategies, and stay current with nutrition research while contributing to quality improvement and staff training.

Qualifications

• Understanding of and aptitude for applying all elements of the nutrition care procedure.
• Comprehensive understanding of and application of medical nutrition therapy and nutrition services.
• Skills in teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Ability to successfully communicate in writing and verbally with patients, the public, hospital employees, and doctors
• The capacity to work autonomously in designated patient care units.
• The capacity to advise and instruct others.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and nutrient analysis in general.

Responsibilities

• Assist patients in adopting long-lasting lifestyle changes, teaching them about dietary recommendations and healthy eating practices.
• Recommend medical professionals certain diets for patients with certain diseases or problems.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to ensure patients receive treatments to enhance health.
• Speak with doctors to determine best line of action for patient needs.
• Make meal arrangements for patients receiving treatment.
• Research fresh developments in nutrition or dietetics fields.
• Collaborate with doctors to create nutrition strategies addressing patient needs.
• Examine patients to ascertain nutritional needs and health status.
• Advise patients to adjust diets based on findings.
• Implement feeding methods and observe responses to daily nutrient intake.
• Teach patients and families about dietary requirements.
• Participate in quality improvement initiatives and help design them.
• Make rounds to ensure patient satisfaction.
• Conduct nutrition assessments and provide nutrition education.
• Create personalized nutrition prescriptions.
• Act as a nutrition resource for clients/patients and professionals.
• Participate in media events focused on nutrition and well-being.
• Attend professional conferences and participate in committees to raise care standards.
• Create and execute a treatment plan for medical nutrition therapy.
• Document clinical rules, policy, and procedure.
• Evaluate and prioritize consultations for medical nutrition therapy.
• Complete nutritional assessments and identify nutrition issues or diagnoses.
• Evaluate nutritional status by integrating anthropometric, biochemical data, and other results.
• Coordinate care plan implementation with food service to maintain nutrition care.
• Participate in Nutrition Therapy and clinical multidisciplinary teams.
• Set objectives and provide nutrition guidance tailored to age and culture.
• Use instructional techniques/materials and evidence-based dietary practices.
• Record patient medical files and adherence to dietary recommendations.

Skills

Nutrition care procedure

Medical nutrition therapy

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Decision-making

Written and verbal communication

Autonomy in care units

Instruct others

General nutrition knowledge

Job description

The duties and responsibilities of a clinical dietitian include the following;

• Assist patients in adopting long-lasting lifestyle changes, teaching them about dietary recommendations and healthy eating practices.
• Recommend medical professionals certain diets for patients with certain diseases or problems.
• Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to make sure that patients receive all the treatments they require to enhance their health.
• Speak with doctors to determine the best line of action for their patient’s specific needs.
• Make meal arrangements for people receiving treatment for a condition or illness.
• Research fresh developments in the nutrition or dietetics fields.
• Collaborate with a doctor or other medical expert to create a nutrition strategy that addresses a patient’s unique needs.
• Examine patients to ascertain their nutritional needs and health status.
• Advise patients to adjust their diets in light of their findings.
• Implement the proper feeding method, diet, or nutrition support (enteral, parenteral), and observe how patients respond to their daily nutrient intake.
• Teach patients and their families about dietary requirements and/or nutritional needs.
• Participate in departmental and transdisciplinary quality improvement initiatives and help to design them.
• Assume control over a range of inpatient and outpatient units.
• Make rounds to ensure patient satisfaction.
• Conduct nutrition assessments and give clients and their families nutrition education by standards of service.
• Improve nutritional status, formula formulations were calculated and personalized nutrition prescriptions were created.
• Act as a resource on nutrition for clients/patients, medical professionals, and the community in addition to taking part in the instruction of nutrition students.
• Take part in media events that focus on nutrition and well-being.
• Attend professional conferences and took part in department/organizational committees dedicated to raising client/patient care standards.
• Create and execute a treatment plan for medical nutrition therapy.
• Document rules for clinical practice, policy, and procedure.
• Evaluate, rank, and prioritises consultations for medical nutrition therapy.
• Completes nutritional assessments and pinpoints nutrition issues or diagnoses.
• Evaluate nutritional status by identifying and integrating trends in anthropometric indices, biochemical data, implications of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, and physical results with a nutrition focus.
• Carry out care plan implementation and collaborates with food service personnel to ensure adherence and maintenance of nutrition care plan.
• Participate actively in both the Nutrition Therapy team and the clinical multidisciplinary team.
• Specify objectives and offer patients, their families, and caregivers nutrition guidance and education that is age and culture-specific.
• Use suitable instructional techniques and materials, as well as evidence-based dietary practice recommendations.
• Record patient’s medical file and their understanding of and expected adherence to dietary recommendations in quantifiable terms. completes the in-patient Ad Hoc charting.
• Show how to monitor performance and enhance quality.
• Carry out additional job duties when assigned or prompted.

Qualifications

• Understanding of and aptitude for applying all elements of the nutrition care procedure.
• Comprehensive understanding of and application of medical nutrition therapy and nutrition services.
• Skills in teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making.
• Ability to successfully communicate in writing and verbally with patients, the public, hospital employees, and doctors
• The capacity to work autonomously in designated patient care units.
• The capacity to advise and instruct others.
• Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheet, and nutrient analysis in general.

Essential Skills

• Cleanliness & Food Safety: To guarantee their patients’ health, dietitians must be aware of good hygiene and food safety procedures. They must understand the right techniques for handling food to avoid contamination or disease during preparation, serving, and storage.

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