Registered Dietitian I

Arkansas Children's; Springdale (AR); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Part time

Job summary

Arkansas Children's is seeking a part-time Clinical Nutrition professional to provide family-centered nutritional care across the patient spectrum from newborns to adults. The 20-hour swing shift involves 2-3 days per week with occasional weekend call coverage, in a safety-sensitive role at a tobacco-free workplace.

Requires a Bachelor’s degree; a Master's degree is preferred, and licensure as a Dietitian in Arkansas with CDR registration is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university.
• Master’s degree preferred or equivalent combination with experience.

Responsibilities

• Reviews diagnosis and designs and implements nutritional care plans for patients utilizing general dietetic standards.
• Performs nutritional assessments and collaborates with the medical team to provide optimal nutrition care.
• Identifies nutrition-related issues and arranges referrals for complex problems; writes diet orders within scope of practice.
• Documents nutrition information in patient records and tracks daily charges for services performed.
• Participates in medical rounds and provides education to patients and families about diet and discharge planning.

Skills

Nutritional assessment

Dietary planning

Interdisciplinary teamwork

Communication with patients

Clinical nutrition knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S IS A TOBACCO FREE WORKPLACE. FLU VACCINES ARE REQUIRED. ARKANSAS CHILDREN'S IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. ALL QUALIFIED APPLICANTS WILL RECEIVE CONSIDERATION FOR EMPLOYMENT WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, DISABILITY, PROTECTED VETERAN STATUS OR ANY OTHER CHARACTERISTIC PROTECTED BY FEDERAL, STATE, OR LOCAL LAWS.

This position has been designated as safety sensitive and cannot be filled by a candidate who is a current user of medical marijuana.

Time Type

Part time

Department

CC097241 Clinical Nutrition

Summary

Work schedule: 20-hour per week swing shift; 2-3 days per week; occasional weekend call coverage required

Salary

Most new hires start between $24.40-$30.50 per hour, depending on experience and qualifications.

Additional Information

Provides safe and effective family centered nutritional care to patients from new born to adult with a variety of diagnoses. Reviews diagnosis and implements nutritional care plans for patients using general dietetic standards and regulations. Serves as a resource for other staff to assist with problem-solving, participates in shared governance and evidence based practice and begins developing clinical leadership skills in their assigned areas. Generally independent and works on complex cases. Contributes to assigned projects.

Required Education

Bachelor's degree from four-year college or university

Recommended Education

Master’s degree; or equivalent combination of education with experience

Required Certifications

Licensed Dietitian (LD) - Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board, Registered Dietician Nutritionist - Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR)

Description

• Reviews diagnosis and designs and implements nutritional care plans for patients utilizing general dietetic standards.
• Performs nutritional assessments and works with medical team to provide optimal nutrition care for patients.
• Identifies nutrition related issues and obtains assistance/referrals for complex problems. Writes therapeutic diet orders within scope of practice.
• Monitors patients' progress.
• Communicates effectively with patients, family, and all medical staff. Provides appropriate information (problems, requests for service, improvement suggestions, etc.) to management.
• Educates and provides guidance to patient, family, care-givers, and staff on diet, feeding regimen or other nutritional information prior to discharge or during outpatient consultation.
• Functions as a part of a multidisciplinary medical team. Collaborates with nutritional services to ensure that necessary foods are available and procures formula from appropriate sources. Works with dietetic interns and provides peer review of nutritional assessments and diet orders.
• Documents all pertinent nutrition information in patient's medical records according to policy. Document daily charges for patients seen, procedures and activities performed and time spent on each.
• Attends nutritional case studies, department in-service and other training opportunities and document continuing education credit in CDR format.
• Actively participate in Medical Team rounds.
• Performs other duties as assigned.