Inpatient Dietitian for Hospice Care & Family Support

Vna-Health; Santa Barbara (CA); In loco; USD 76.000 - 85.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

Health insurance

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Wellness program

403(b) Retirement Plan

Public transportation reimbursement

Descrizione del lavoro

VNA Health is seeking an Inpatient Registered Dietitian to assess and guide nutrition for terminally ill patients in an inpatient setting. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to create and approve therapeutic diets, monitor weight, and provide family support, all while maintaining detailed clinical records.

Experience with hospice and home care is preferred. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential to collaborate with staff, patients, and families in a demanding care

Competenze

• Registered dietitian with experience working with terminally ill and their families.
• Hospice and home care experience preferred.
• Ability to perform nutritional assessments and intervene appropriately.
• Understanding of the nutritional needs of the terminally ill.
• Understanding of the psychosocial issues of food and care giving.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work well individually and in cooperation with an interdisciplinary group.
• Must be able to cope with family, emotional stress and be tolerant of individual lifestyles without judgment.
• Basic working knowledge and skill of computers (email) required.
• Must have ability to establish and maintain cooperative relationships with professionals and lay group.

Mansioni

• Assess patient nutritional status affected by disease, treatment and other physiological determinants and recommend appropriate diet.
• Work with interdisciplinary group to identify patients at risk for nutritional problems.
• Approve all menus in the inpatient unit.
• Help assure that patient’s food preferences are adhered to as much as possible and substitutes for all food refused shall be from appropriate food groups.
• Therapeutic diets shall be provided for each patient as prescribed and shall be planned, prepared and served with supervision and/or consultation from the dietician.
• Interpret and coordinate patient nutritional issues working with the interdisciplinary group to set reasonable nutritional goals to meet each individual patient’s evolving nutritional needs.
• Obtains weight upon admission of each patient and at recertification if possible.
• Provide consultation to interdisciplinary group re patient nutritional issues and resources.
• Provide emotional support to patient and family around food issues and provide guidance for the family in finding non-food ways of care giving and nurturing.
• Maintain timely and accurate clinical records.

Conoscenze

Interpersonal skills

Communication

Team collaboration

Emotional resilience

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Computer literacy

Formazione

Registered dietitian (RD) certification

Strumenti

Email

Descrizione del lavoro

VNA Health is seeking an Inpatient Registered Dietitian to assess and guide nutrition for terminally ill patients in an inpatient setting. You will work with an interdisciplinary team to create and approve therapeutic diets, monitor weight, and provide family support, all while maintaining detailed clinical records.

Experience with hospice and home care is preferred. Strong interpersonal and communication skills are essential to collaborate with staff, patients, and families in a demanding care