Registered Dietitian -Clinical Dietitians

Talented Medical Solutions; Delano (CA); On-site; USD 74,000 - 92,000; Part time

Job summary

Talented Medical Solutions is seeking a Registered Dietitian - Clinical Dietitian for an in-office role in Delano, CA. The 20-week contract includes floating shifts across the Kern County Network, and EPIC experience is required to coordinate care across units.

The role emphasizes comprehensive nutritional care, patient assessment, care plan development, education, and accurate documentation. It provides opportunities to work closely with interdisciplinary teams to optimize patient outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent - Required
• Master's Degree - Required if eligibility for examination began on/after 1/1/24
• Dietetic internship or its equivalent - Required
• Registered Dietitian (RD) within 6 months of residency - Required

Responsibilities

• Performs patient nutritional assessment to identify those at nutritional risk.
• Provides quality nutritional care via nutrition plans and education.
• Maintains comprehensive initial and ongoing nutritional assessments and documentation.
• Delivers medical nutrition therapy and monitors patient response to care.

Job description

Registered Dietitian - Clinical Dietitian

Talented Medical Solutions

In-Office | Delano, CA, United States

Day Shift - Floating required as needed throughout the Kern County Network (AHTV, AHBD, AHSB). EPIC Experience required.

Contract 20 weeks

Focused on growth and technological expertise since 1974, Delano is a full-service community and regional teaching hospital. We are comprised of a 156-bed medical center serving 10 rural Central California cities with primary and specialty care services. Delano is central to all that California has to offer and is the second-largest city in Kern County. A nice balance of small-town community and cultural diversity, Delano offers vitality and energy to our community.

Job Summary

Provides comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents identified with special needs and/or those who meet nutritional risk criteria.

Provides nutritional care which includes patient assessment and reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary communication, nutritional plan of care development, and documentation of all interventions in accordance with policy and acceptable practice standards.

Acts as a competent clinician who provides clinical care in a skilled and effective manner, utilizing appropriate technical and decision-making skills.

Job Requirements

• Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent: Required
• Master's Degree: Required, only if eligibility for examination began on or after 1/1/24 Experience as a Clinical Dietitian: Preferred
• Dietetic internship or its equivalent: Required
• Licenses/Certifications: Registered Dietitian (RD) within 6 months of completion of residency program: Required

Essential Functions

• Performs assessment of patients to determine those at nutritional risk.
• Provides quality nutritional care through utilization of nutrition plans; facilitating appropriate meal patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating appropriate interventions, and providing nutritional education.
• Responsible for the comprehensive initial nutritional assessment and ongoing reassessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability and determination of nutritional diagnosis.
• Responsible for the nutritional evaluation of the patient's response to effectiveness of the implementation of the plan of care.
• Sets patient care priorities appropriately.
• Assigns personnel to patient care activities for effective utilization of skills and abilities within their job description, scope of practice and level of competency.
• Responsible for medical nutrition therapy administration in a safe and accurate manner, monitoring, documenting, including patient response.
• Acts as an educational resource for health care team personnel including dietetic interns, patients, family members and community.
• Orients/instructs new professional, registered and assistive and ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments and clinical activities of the unit.
• Provides learning opportunities to meet the nutrition education needs of patients/family/significant others.
• Responsible for direct date collection and data assessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability.
• Supervises indirect data collection of assigned personnel. Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements

Our facility is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.