Registered Dietician - PRN Days

TrustPoint Hospital; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 39,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

TrustPoint Hospital in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, seeks a qualified registered dietitian to promote health through nutrition, assess dietary needs, and collaborate with treatment teams to implement dietary-care plans.

Responsibilities include counseling patients and families, approving menus and supplements, educating groups on healthy eating, and ensuring safety and quality in food service; requires a bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Nutrition and licensure eligibility.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Nutrition from an accredited university.
• Licensed or eligible for licensure as a Registered Dietitian.
• Ability to counsel individuals and groups on nutrition and healthy eating.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutritional needs and develop dietary-care plans.
• Approve patient menus and nutritional supplements.
• Counsel patients and families on nutrition and diet plans.
• Provide nutritional assessments per facility policy and regulation.
• Review and approve facility menus.

Skills

Nutritional counseling

Dietary planning

Patient education

Education

Bachelor's degree in Dietetics/Nutrition

Job description

Purpose Statement

Serve as expert in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease.

$33.00 hourly

Essential Functions

• Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
• Approve patient menus and nutritional supplements.
• Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications and food selection and preparation.
• Provide nutritional assessments per facility policy and regulation.
• Review and approve menus developed by the facility.
• Counsel individuals and groups on basic rules of good nutrition, healthy eating habits and nutrition monitoring to improve their quality of life.
• Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine nutritional needs and diet restrictions of patient.
• Participate in treatment team as appropriate.
• Review and approve facility diet manual annually in conjunction with medical staff.
• Promote better health by speaking to groups about diet, nutrition and the relationship between good eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.
• Monitor food service operations to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation and quality standards as needed.

Other Functions

• Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.

Education/Experience/Skill Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited University in Dietetics, Nutrition or similar field acceptable for licensure.

Licenses/Designations/Certifications

• Current registered dietician or registration as required by state or eligible for endorsement by the state in which the facility provides services.

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants for employment regardless of an individual’s characteristics protected by applicable state, federal and local laws.

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