Registered Dietitian

Select Specialty Hospital; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 61,000; Full time

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital Richmond is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide comprehensive nutrition care to chronically and critically ill patients. You will develop, implement and monitor medical nutrition therapies while collaborating with the medical staff and food service team.

This full-time, on-site role in Richmond, VA requires a bachelor's degree in nutrition, active RD registration, and at least one year of clinical experience in a facility setting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition or related field.
• Current state licensure/certification, if required by state.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• One year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, monitoring patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work collaboratively with medical staff, patients, families and food service to implement nutrition plans.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate progress.
• Ensure nutrition care plans align with the facility's formulary and diet manual.

Skills

Nutrition care

Clinical nutrition

Patient education

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition

Job description

Compensation: $25.00- $44.00 per hour

At Select Specialty Hospitals, a division of Select Medical, we care for chronically and critically ill or post-ICU patients who require extended hospital care. Select Medical employs over 48,000 people across the country and provides quality care to approximately 70,000 patients each and every day across our four divisions.

Select Specialty Hospital Richmond

Position: Registered Diettitian
Location: Richmond, VA
Schedule: Full-time
Compensation: $25.00- $44.00 per hour

Our mission is to provide an exceptional patient care experience that promotes healing and recovery in a compassionate environment. Each employee plays a vital role in doing that by living our cultural behaviors - celebrating success, owning the future, being patient-centered, creating change, thinking first and building trust.

Do you love the challenge of working with medically complex patients? Are you passionate about delivering an excellent patient experience? If you answered 'yes', consider an opportunity with us!

We are looking for valued employees who will be Champions of the Select Medical Way, which includes putting the patient first, helping to improve quality of life for the community in which you live and work, continuing to develop and explore new ideas, providing high-quality care and doing well by doing what is right.

You will provide quality nutritional care to patients such as the development, implementation and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies. You will 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.

You will demonstrate an understanding of patient needs, ensuring that each patient feels informed and understood, as well as heard. You are passionate about providing superior quality care and you are an inventive problem solver who thrives in a dynamic environment.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelors degree with major studies in Food and Nutrition related field.
• 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.