Registered Dietitian

AvaMed, Inc; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

AvaMed Workforce is seeking a Registered Dietitian for a full-time assignment at a California correctional facility in Delano, CA. The role offers a 40-hour week on a 4/10 schedule, with a Monday-Thursday workweek and 7am–5:30pm shifts, plus a two-week orientation and flexibility for onboarding.

Compensation is $48 per hour with travel rates available (W2/1099) and weekly pay. The candidate will deliver medical nutrition therapy, develop diets, and collaborate with clinical teams within

Qualifications

• Not stated in the job ad.

Responsibilities

• Provide medical nutrition therapy and plan dietary interventions per institutional protocols.
• Collaborate with clinical staff to address special nutritional needs and dietary orders.
• Conduct nutrition assessments within 72 hours of physician's order and provide counseling.
• Develop menus and recipes for food production staff; modify diets as needed.
• Instruct and train facility staff on medical diets and substitutions.
• Prepare monthly dietary service status reports with assessments and recommendations.

Skills

Registered Dietitian

Job description

AvaMed Workforce is a Healthcare Staffing Agency that staffs all of California State Correctional Facilities. At the moment we are inneed of a Registered Dietitian to take on a Full-Time assignment at the correctional facility located in Delano, CA.

Position Details

• 40 Hours per week (4/10's schedule)
• Location: Delano, CA
• Schedule: Monday - Thursday 7am - 5:30pm (Orientation 2 weeks, must be flexible)
• Rate: $48/hr travel rate (W2/1099 rate available)
• Weekly Pay

Job Description

• Under the direction of the Institution’s CEO/CME or designee, the Temporary/Relief Registered Dietitian shall provide services as permitted within the scope of practice for Registered Dietitian in accordance with Institution policies and procedures. Registered Dietitian duties include, but are not limited to the following:
• a. Under the direction/supervision of the Institution’s CEO/CME or designee, the Registered Dietitian shall assist and advise clinical personnel on special nutritional needs within the scope of practice for a Registered Dietitian in the State of California;
• b. Plan dietary intervention and strategies; attend interdisciplinary team conferences; monitor and document nutritional needs and goals; may accept or transmit verbal or electronically transmitted orders from physicians consistent with an established protocol to implement medical nutrition therapy; orders medical laboratory tests related to medical nutrition therapy within established protocols; interpret prescription diets; plan regular and special therapeutic diets; establish menus and recipes for use by food production personnel; authorize substitution or modification of diets; plan and conduct training programs for facility staff, clients, patients and others; and adhere to food safety and infection control standards;
• c. Conduct and complete within seventy-two (72) hours of physician's order, nutrition assessment by consulting with patient/youth, evaluating their nutritional needs, and provide nutritional counseling, as needed, when referred by a physician. The Temporary/Relief Registered Dietitian shall acknowledge that patient/youth may include diabetics, renal, hypertensive, HIV positive, and acute/chronic illness;
• d. Collect information on patient/youth nutritional history;
• e. Participate in committees relating to nutrition, food service, bioethics, performance improvement/quality assurance and other issues;
• f. Instruct institutional food service employees on the preparation and distribution of medical diets and provide dietary staff with alternative food product suggestions or allowed/acceptable food substitutions as needed;
• g. Provide follow-up consultations with patient/youth as needed or as ordered by a physician;
• h. Maintain professional working relationship between Food Services, Correctional Healthcare Services staff; and custodial staff;
• i. Comply with and practice universal safety precautions;
• j. Maintain security policy at all times;
• k. Maintain a safe work environment at all times;
• I. Monitor the clinic dietary service program in the Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), Correctional Treatment Center, and/or Licensed Hospital to ensure compliance with the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, SNF/CTC Dietary Services requirements and ensures inpatient area dietary menus are current in accordance with regulations, policies and procedures, and;
• m. Prepare written dietary service status reports each month, including assessments, follow-ups completed, and recommendations for dietary policies and procedures.