Registered Dietitian

Woodlawn - Food Services; Rochester (IN); On-site; USD 30,000 - 55,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Vacation Time

Paid Sick Time

Paid Personal Time

Job summary

Woodlawn - Food Services in Rochester, Indiana is seeking a dedicated part-time Registered Dietitian. This role involves assessing nutritional needs, providing diet counseling, and developing nutrition education materials.

Responsibilities include effective communication with the food service staff and conducting nutrition education programs. The position offers benefits such as dental and vision insurance, and a flexible part-time schedule without weekends.

Qualifications

• Must maintain registration status according to the American Dietetic Association guidelines.
• Possess good written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be knowledgeable in performance improvement and risk management programs.

Responsibilities

• Assess nutritional status of patients based on admission screening scores.
• Effectively communicate patient nutrition interventions with food service staff.
• Provide diet counseling for inpatients and outpatients as prescribed by physician.

Skills

Registered Dietitian

Good communication skills

Basic computer skills

Knowledge of regulatory standards

Ability to assess patient needs

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition

CDE (Certified Diabetic Educator)

Job description

Join the Woodlawn Team as a Registered Dietitian!

Are you a Registered Dietitian looking to make a meaningful impact while maintaining a healthy work-life balance? Woodlawn is seeking a dedicated part-time Registered Dietitian to join our team and support our mission of quality care!

Our Mission is to provide excellent healthcare services by highly skilled staff in a compassionate and caring manner. We know that our employees are essential to the care we provide!

Our core values are as follows: Courtesy, Respect, Caring, Professionalism, Confidentiality, Integrity, and Accountability.

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• Must be a Registered Dietitian with at least a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition, CDE (Certified Diabetic Educator).
• Must maintain registration status according to the American Dietetic Association guidelines.
• Possess and demonstrates good written, verbal communication skills, as well as the ability to write reports, business correspondence, and policies and procedures. Must be able to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Possesses basic computer skills and demonstrate the ability to learn new skills in this area.
• Be familiar with applicable regulatory standards as they apply to food and nutrition services.
• Be knowledgeable in the fundamentals of performance improvement and risk management programs.
• This employee must be able to demonstrate the knowledge and skills to provide care to the ages of the patients served by their department. The individual must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to his/her age-specific needs, and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s standards of care and practice and in policy and procedure. Knowledge and skills needed to provide such care are based on physical, psychological, social, educational, safety, and other assessment of the patient.

PRIMARY DUTIES:

• Assess nutritional status of patients based on admission screening scores.
• Effectively communicates patient nutrition interventions/needs with food service staff
• Provide diet counseling for inpatients and outpatients as prescribed by physician.
• Develops and reviews nutrition education materials.
• Conducts in-services and/or classes on nutrition education for hospital staff as needed and at least bi-annually for food service staff.
• Provide community nutrition education programs.
• Approves and signs clinical diet manual annually as required.
• Develop and review protocol for nutritional supplements and formulary.
• Calculate and or modify diet prescriptions.
• Assists Director of Food Services with writing and analyzing patient menus
• Reviews, approves, and signs Patient Menus
• Reviews and revises clinical dietary policies as needed and/or at a minimum every 12 months.
• Attends meetings as assigned by the Chief Financial Officer or the Director of Food Services.

SHIFT: Regular Part-Time; Days; No Weekends; 3 days per week

BENEFITS:

• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• 403(b)
• Paid Vacation Time
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Personal Time
• And More!