Registered Dietitian - full-time

Select Medical; Town of Florida (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Medical/RX, vision, dental

Generous PTO

Company-matching 401(k)

Life and disability protection

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital is seeking a Registered Dietitian in Miami Lakes for a full-time role. The position offers compensation up to $47 per hour, based on experience, plus a $10,000 sign-on bonus.

You will provide medical nutrition therapy, collaborate with the care team, and support nutrition care plans across interprofessional teams. The role includes developing and monitoring nutrition support regimens, coordinating with speech therapy for textured diets, and ensuring adherence to

Qualifications

• Current state licensure/certification.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent.

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 implemented and meet standards.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, identify goals, and monitor patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work with Speech Therapy to advance textured modified diets for safety and intake.
• Clarify 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 Manual and keep up-to-date with practices.
• Evaluate potential food/drug or herb/supplement interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary meetings and participate in menu development and meal rounds.

Skills

Medical Nutrition Therapy

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Dietetic practice

Education

CDR-Registered Dietitian

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Job description

Overview

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Miami Lakes

Schedule: Full-time

Compensation: Up to $47 per hour, based on experience

Sign on bonus: $10,000

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.

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

• 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