Registered Dietitian

Select Medical; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

PTO

401(k) retirement plan

Life and disability protection

Job summary

Select Medical in Kansas City, KS is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide expert nutrition care for post-ICU patients. You will develop and monitor medical nutrition therapies, work with medical staff, families and food service, and ensure diet plans are implemented and evaluated for patient progress.

The role emphasizes collaboration with speech therapy, adherence to nutrition manuals, and ongoing education and professional development within a large care network.

Qualifications

• Current state licensure or certification as required by state.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
• One year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care and develop, implement, monitor Medical Nutrition Therapies.
• Collaborate with medical staff, patients, families and food service to ensure nutrition care plans are followed.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments and monitor patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work with Speech Therapy to advance textured modified diets for safety and intake.
• Clarify admission orders to align nutrition support with diet manual.
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors in care plans.
• Review and update the therapeutic diet manual; educate staff on its location.
• Maintain professional portfolio and pursue relevant continuing education.
• Evaluate potential food/drug or herb interactions and attend interdisciplinary meetings.
• Participate in menu planning and meal rounds to ensure prescribed diets are met.

Skills

Nutritional care

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Medical Nutrition Therapy

Enteral/parenteral nutrition

Menu planning and nutrition care plans

Education

CDR Registered Dietitian credential

State licensure/certification as required

Job description

Overview

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Kansas City, KS

Schedule: Full Time

Select Specilaty Hospital - Kansas City is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Registered Dietitians play a central role in providing compassionate,

excellent care every step of the way.

Why Join Us:

• Start Strong: Extensive and thorough Registered Dietitian orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
• Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members.
• Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection
• Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 nationwide committed to providing exceptional care.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care to patients such as the development, implementation and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies.
• work collaboratively with the medical staff, patients, families and food service department to ensure the patients’ nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, identifying goals, recommending nutrition interventions, monitoring and evaluating patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work closely with the Speech Therapy Department to assist with the progression of textured modified diets to ensure patient safety and optimize oral intake.
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility’s established nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
• Consider religious, cultural and ethnic factors in development of nutrition care plans.
• Review yearly updates and approves therapeutic diet manual annually. Educates clinical and food service staff on location of the Nutrition Care Manual. Maintains hard copy of simplified diet manual for downtime.
• Keeps current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintains current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self-development and continuing education). Demonstrates interest in continuing education, academics or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills.
• Evaluate potential food/drug interactions, and/or herb/supplement interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicating progress and special needs.
• Participate in developing, planning and standardizing menus.
• Perform meal rounds to ensure patients' meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet standards as to quality, quantity, temperature and appearance.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans