Registered Dietitians

Registered Dietitians

Jobs for Humanity is collaborating with Upwardly Global and Adventist Health to build an inclusive and just employment ecosystem. Adventist Health is one of the area's leading healthcare providers since the 1800s. In partnership with OHSU, Adventist Health Portland is comprised of a 302-bed hospital, 11 medical offices, home care services, comprehensive cancer care and a vast scope of award-winning services located throughout East Portland and the surrounding areas.

Job Description

Adventist Health is seeking a per diem / prn RDN - Registered Dietitian Nutritionist for a per diem / prn job in Portland, Oregon. In a bustling cosmopolitan area surrounded by nature, Adventist Health Portland provides comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents identified with special needs and/or those who meet nutritional risk criteria. Provides nutritional care which includes patient assessment and reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary communication, nutritional plan of care development, and documentation of all interventions in accordance with policy and acceptable practice standards.

Job Requirements

- Education and Work Experience: Bachelor's Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent: Required Master's Degree: Required, only if eligibility for examination began on or after 1/1/24 Experience as a Clinical Dietitian: Preferred Dietetic internship or its equivalent: Required - Licenses/Certifications: Registered Dietitian (RD) within 6 months of completion of residency program: Required Licensed Dietitian (LD): Required

Essential Functions

- Performs assessment of patients to determine those at nutritional risk. - Provides quality nutritional care through utilization of nutrition plans; facilitating appropriate meal patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating appropriate interventions, and providing nutritional education. - Responsible for the comprehensive initial nutritional assessment and ongoing reassessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability and determination of nutritional diagnosis. - Responsible for the nutritional evaluation of the patient's response to effectiveness of the implementation of the plan of care. - Sets patient care priorities appropriately. Assigns personnel to patient care activities for effective utilization of skills and abilities within their job description, scope of practice and level of competency. - Responsible for medical nutrition therapy administration in a safe and accurate manner, monitoring, documenting, including patient response. - Acts as an educational resource for health care team personnel including dietetic interns, patients, family members and community. - Orients/instructs new professional, registered and assistive and ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments and clinical activities of the unit. - Provides learning opportunities to meet the nutrition education needs of patients/family/significant others. - Responsible for direct data collection and data assessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability. Supervises indirect data collection of assigned personnel. - Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

Organizational Requirements: Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations, including, but not limited to, measles, mumps, flu (based on the seasonal availability of the flu vaccine typically during October-March each year), COVID-19 vaccine (required in CA, HI and OR) etc., as a condition of employment, and annually thereafter. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.

Adventist Health Job ID #25243.