Registered Dietitian / Full-Time

Select Medical; Macon (GA); On-site; USD 37,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-On Bonus $10,000

Medical/Dental/Vision insurance

PTO and leave

401(k) with company match

Life and disability insurance

Nationwide team

Job summary

Regency Hospital - Macon is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide nutrition therapy at our Macon, GA location. This full-time role offers a competitive hourly wage, a $10,000 sign-on bonus, and a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, and PTO.

You will develop, implement and monitor medical nutrition therapies, collaborate with the care team, and support nutrition care standards across the unit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Food and Nutrition or related field
• Current state licensure/certification as required by state
• Current registration with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)
• Minimum of 1 year of clinical or facility experience

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care to patients through development, implementation and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies
• Collaborate with medical staff, patients, families, and food service to ensure nutrition care plans are followed
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, set goals, and monitor progress
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition regimens
• Coordinate with Speech Therapy to support safe textured diets and oral intake
• Review orders to ensure nutrition support aligns with formulary and diet manual
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors in nutrition plans
• Educate staff on nutrition care standards and maintain documentation
• Monitor potential nutrient interactions and communicate needs to the team
• Attend interdisciplinary meetings and participate in menu development

Job description

Overview

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Macon, GA

Schedule: Full-TimeCompensation: $27.00 to $43.00 per hour

Sign-On Bonus: $10,000

Regency Hospital - Maconis 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.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• 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.

Additional Data

Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans