Registered Dietitian - Per Diem

Select Specialty Hospital - Kansas City; Kansas City (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Orientation program

Advancement opportunities

Nationwide team

Job summary

Select Specialty Hospital - Kansas City is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide clinical nutrition care in Kansas City, KS. The role supports enteral/parenteral nutrition, diet planning, and interdisciplinary collaboration, on a per diem basis with flexible hours.

Minimum qualifications include state licensure and CDR registration, plus at least one year of clinical experience in a facility setting. Join a nationwide team committed to high-quality care.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care to patients, including development and monitoring of medical nutrition therapies.
• Collaborate with medical staff, patients, families, and food service to implement nutrition care plans.
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, set goals, monitor progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Educate staff on Nutrition Care Manual and practice standards.
• Ensure meals align with prescribed diets and safety standards.

Education

State licensure certification

CDR registration

1 year clinical experience

Job description

Overview

Position: Registered Dietitian

Location: Kansas City, KS

Schedule: Per Diem

0800-1630 (Flexible hours) Tuesday or Wednesday; Saturday or Sunday

Required Hours: 24 hours in a 6-week period

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.
• Opportunity for Advancement : Demonstrate your skills and dedication which could lead to potential full-time opportunities.
• 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.

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