Registered Dietitian Weekend Per Diem

ScionHealth; United States; Presencial; USD 65 000 - 85 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Kindred Hospital Northland is seeking a Dietitian to assess, plan, implement, and evaluate nutritional care for patients across a long-term care setting. You will work with interdisciplinary teams to tailor dietary plans to individual needs, monitor tolerances, and ensure compliance with regulatory standards.

You will document assessments and care plans, participate in policy development, and provide nutrition education to patients and families while maintaining high professional and ethical

Qualificações

• Knowledge of evidenced-based clinical nutrition guidelines.
• Ability to be accurate, concise, and detail-oriented.
• Knowledge of quantity food production, safe food preparation and handling techniques.
• Basic computer skills with Microsoft Office.
• Must read, write and speak fluent English.

Responsabilidades

• Assess nutrition needs, plan, implement, and evaluate nutritional care for patients.
• Prescribe nutrition therapy and monitor tolerance.
• Collaborate with Interdisciplinary Team meetings to develop and monitor nutrition plans.
• Interview patients and families to obtain diet history and preferences.
• Provide nutrition education to patients, families, staff, and community as appropriate.
• Ensure proper documentation of assessments, care plans, and discharge planning.

Conhecimentos

Evidence-based nutrition

Attention to detail

Food safety

Food production

English fluency

Attendance

Ferramentas

Microsoft Office

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Kindred Hospital Northland is a 50-bed long-term acute care hospital, offering the same in-depth care you would receive in a traditional hospital, but for an extended recovery period; which includes a six-bed high observation unit for patients who need extra attention. We partner with your physician and offer 24-hour clinical care 7 days a week so you can start your journey to wellness anytime. Located off of highway 169 and 68th Street, we are a short drive to nearby shops and restaurants.

Job Summary

The Dietitian is responsible for the assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation of nutritional care for patients in accordance with applicable regulations, policies, and standards. Works closely with interdisciplinary teams to support quality nutritional outcomes and ensures individualized dietary needs are met through clinical consultation, menu oversight, education, and monitoring.

Essential Functions

• Leadership: Completes annual competency testing and maintains professional growth and development to maintain registration and licensure/certification.
• Performs job based on applicable federal, state, and local regulations, company policies and procedures and evidenced based clinical guidelines.
• Performs job within defined scope of practice.
• Participates in developing and implementing policies and procedures related to nutritional care of the patient.
• Monitors quality assurance in the kitchen by ensuring quality measures are routinely done spot checking logs for accuracy, ensures safe sanitary conditions in the kitchen by completing kitchen safety/sanitation audits and test tray audits per policy.
• Participates in the survey process instructs staff in matters of conduct and disclosure always maintains a presence while surveyors are on site and directs the timely collection of information required by the survey team.
• Services on various committees as required by company standards, regulations, and/or appointment by immediate supervisor.

Direct Patient Care

• Ensure proper completion of documentation (assessments, care plans, education, discharge planning.
• Prescribes nutrition therapy to meet estimated needs and monitors tolerance.
• Provides ongoing reassessment to ensure optimal nutrition therapy is provided.
• Participates with Interdisciplinary Team meetings to develop, implement, and monitor nutrition care plans.
• Interviews patients, family members, legal representatives, and/or significant others, and staff to obtain diet history, food preferences, and other pertinent information needed to develop and/or update plan of care.
• Advocates for patients to protect and promote patients' rights and accommodate individual needs and cultural/religious preferences.
• Involves the patient/family in planning objectives and goals for the patient.
• Conducts nutrition education individually and in classes to patients, families, staff, and community as appropriate.
• Conducts meal rounds to ensure that patients are receiving therapy that meets patient's needs.
• Coordinates with Culinary Service Manager to resolve patients' concerns or dissatisfactions with diet or meal service.

Menu Management (if Culinary Services Manager is not a Registered Dietitian, then RD provides the following oversight)

• Monitors Culinary Services Manger's oversight of the menu management process.
• Reviews and approves all patient menus in the facility must approve any substitutions provided to patients.
• Reviews and approves all nutritional data posted in the café.
• Provides oversight for the transcription of diet orders in the department to ensure accuracy.
• Ensures all patient snack orders are checked against the diet order and distributed to patients timely.
• Provides oversight as needed to assure proper ordering of food and supplies to ensure proper execution of diets and snacks.
• Provides training to Manager and staff as needed on therapeutic diets and menus, food allergens, or other related topics.

Other:

• Works cooperatively as a team member with co-workers in all departments of the Hospital.
• Communicates issues, concerns, and opportunities for improvement to immediate supervisor routinely.
• Monitors industry trends, new products, current research, and new programs in foodservice and incorporates into his/her work as needed.
• Demonstrates knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and the skills necessary to provide age-appropriate care to the patient population served.
• Attends all mandatory in-services and staff meetings.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities/Expectations

• Knowledge of evidenced based clinical nutrition guidelines.
• Ability to be accurate, concise, and detail-oriented Knowledge of quantity food production, safe food preparation and handling techniques.
• Basic computer skills with working knowledge of Microsoft Office, word-processing and spreadsheet software.
• Must read, write and speak fluent English.
• Must have good and regular attendance.