Registered Dietitian

Select Specialty Hospital; Tulsa (OK); On-site; USD 39,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital-Tulsa is hiring a Registered Dietitian for a full-time position. You will provide medical nutrition therapy, perform nutritional assessments, and collaborate with the care team to implement nutrition plans for patients throughout recovery.

We offer a compensation range of $28.00–$44.00 per hour, a $5,000 sign-on bonus, and comprehensive benefits as a full-time team member in a critical illness recovery setting.

Qualifications

• 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

• Develop, implement and monitor Medical Nutrition Therapies for patients.
• Collaborate with medical staff, patients, families, and food service to implement nutrition plans.
• Perform nutritional assessments and reassessments; set goals and monitor progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition regimens.
• Coordinate with Speech Therapy for textured modified diets to ensure safety and oral intake.
• Review and update the Nutrition Care Manual and educate staff.
• Keep current with nutrition practice and continuing education.
• Evaluate potential food/drug or herb interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate progress.
• Participate in menu planning and meal rounds.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Medical Nutrition Therapy

Education

Registered Dietitian credential

Job description

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Select Specialty Hospital-Tulsa

Schedule: Full Time

Pay rate: $28.00 - $44.00 per hour depending on years of experience

Sign-on Bonus: $5,000

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 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 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.

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.