Registered Dietitian

Select Specialty Hospital; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 35,817 - 59,236; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Health, vision, and dental plan

Generous PTO

401(k) with company matching

Life and disability protection

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital in St. Louis is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide expert nutrition care in a post-ICU inpatient setting. The role focuses on assessment, nutrition therapy, and collaboration with medical teams to implement patient diet plans.

The position is full-time days in a hospital location with opportunities to work with enteral/parenteral nutrition and interdisciplinary teams. Applicants should hold current licensure and be registered with the Commission on Dietetics

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide nutrition assessment and monitoring for patients.
• Develop and monitor Medical Nutrition Therapies.
• Collaborate with medical staff and food service to implement nutrition care plans.
• Ensure nutrition support orders align with formulary and diet manual.
• Educate staff on nutrition care practices and manuals.
• Review diet plans for cultural and religious considerations.

Education

Registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration

State licensure/certification

One year clinical facility experience

Job description

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Select Specialty Hospital - St. Louis North 63136

Located inside of Christian Northeast Hospital

Schedule: Full-time Days, 5-8 hour days

Compensation: $26-$43, based on years of experience

Select Specialty Hospital 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 for 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.
• 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 approve therapeutic diet manual annually. Educate clinical and food service staff on location of the Nutrition Care Manual. Maintain hard copy of simplified diet manual for downtime.
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories. Maintain current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self‑development and continuing education). Demonstrate 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 communicate 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.

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.