Registered Dietician - PRN Days

Acadia Healthcare; Murfreesboro (TN); On-site; USD 38,000 - 53,000; Full time

Job summary

Acadia Healthcare is seeking a nutrition professional to promote health and manage disease through medical nutrition therapy. You will assess needs, develop dietary-care plans, counsel patients, and review menus in a clinical setting.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Dietetics or Nutrition and current RD licensure or eligibility, with responsibilities spanning patient counseling, menu approval, and collaboration with the care team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Nutrition required.
• Current registered dietitian or license eligible.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutritional needs and develop dietary-care plans.
• Advise on dietary plans and food preparation.
• Review and approve menus.
• Monitor food service operations for safety and quality.
• Participate in treatment team.

Skills

Nutritional counseling

Dietary planning

Menu approval

Education

Bachelor's degree in Dietetics or Nutrition

Job description

Overview

PURPOSE STATEMENT:

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

$33.00 hourly

Responsibilities

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.

Qualifications

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.

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