Registered Dietitian

Jackson, Michigan


Registered Nurse (RN)


Contract


Title : Registered Dietitian

Location: Onsite - Jackson, MI


Shift Hours
• Flexible hours Start times from 6:00 am to 9:00 am


Schedule Notes
• Minimum Exp: 1 year of recent full-time experience (within past 5 years) as a RD in acute care, nursing home or inpatient rehab/LTACH setting
• Required:
• Trained in completion of NFPE
• Experience with enteral and parenteral nutrition
• Will consider 1 year of less recent full-time experience (within past 8 years) as a RD in acute care, inpatient rehab/LTACH setting on a case-by-case basis
• Must have experience with recent acute care or inpatient rehab/LTACH)
• Shift: 4 - 10s or 5 - 8's or combination on shift hours Flexibility on start and stop time


Job Summary
Act as nutritional consultant and resource to members of the health care team.
Provides comprehensive nutritional care including assessment, Nutrition Diagnosis, implementation of a care plan, counselling, education, and evaluation of outcomes to patients, families, and associates. Coordinates various education programs and seminars on nutritional topics.


Key Responsibilities

• Assess the nutritional needs of patients by obtaining, verifying, and interpreting data needed to identify nutrition related problems, their causes and significance.
  
  
• Determine from patient/family, medical record, and health care team the food and nutrition related history, anthropometric measurements, biochemical data, medical tests, and procedures, nutrition-focused physical findings and the client history.
  
  
• Determine the nutrition diagnosis to identify and describe a specific nutrition problem (Intake, Clinical or Behavioural-Environmental) that can be resolved or improved through treatment/nutrition intervention by the registered dietitian.
  
  
• Implement nutrition interventions to resolve or improve the identified nutrition problem.
  
  
• Provide individualized nutrition therapy based on specific patient care needs, including food and or nutrient delivery (meals, snacks, supplements, enteral or parenteral), nutrition education, nutrition counselling, and coordination of care.
  
  
• Monitor and evaluate patient care outcomes to determine the amount of progress made and whether goals/expected outcomes are being met.
  
  
• Monitor food/nutrition related history outcomes, anthropometric measurement outcomes, biochemical data, medical tests and procedure outcomes, and nutrition-focused physical finding outcomes.
  
  
• Monitor patient's food tolerances to ensure appropriate food consistencies and assess adequate nutritional intake.
  
  
• Collaborate and communicate with health care providers.
  
  
• Act as consultant.
  
  
• Inform the team of advances in diet therapy, unusual diet related lab results, or other pertinent facts related to the nutritional care of the patient.
  
  
• Investigate unusual occurrences/customer service complaints.
  
  
• Educate patients and/or their significant other, as appropriate, on nutrition and special diets to be followed during and after hospitalization based on physician's order to aid in maintaining patient's health.
  
  
• Maintain documentation of nutrition services provided in the patient's medical record.
  
  
• Develop and conduct in-service classes, community education and other health and nutrition offerings as requested or assigned.
  
  
• Participate in special projects and committees related to the nutritional care of patients as needed.
  
  
• Maintain and enhance professional expertise through appropriate educational and organizational activities.
  
  
• Develop and maintain educational resources appropriate to patient and audience needs as required.
  
  
• Supervise dietetic interns/students, orienting them to the profession and providing clinical teaching, precepting and mentoring throughout their program.
  
  
• Act as a liaison with the department of culinary wellness, both patient foodservice and retail foodservice, addressing patient, employee, visitor, or staff needs.
  
  
• Demonstrate professional characteristics and ethics by adhering to department and organizational policy and maintaining up-to-date knowledge and skills in field of expertise.
  
  
• Perform other related duties as required.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's Degree in Dietetics or related field from an ACEND-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics (DPD).
  
  
• Acceptable ONLY if CDR registration certification was obtained prior to January 1, 2024.
  
  
• OR
  
  
• Master's degree from an ACEND-accredited Graduate Program.
  
  
• Required if CDR Registration was obtained on or after January 1, 2024.
  
  
• Minimum 1 year of recent full-time experience within the past 5 years as a Registered Dietitian in acute care, nursing home or inpatient rehab/LTACH setting.
  
  
• Trained in completion of NFPE.
  
  
• Experience with enteral and parenteral nutrition.
  
  
• Must have experience with recent acute care or inpatient rehab/LTACH.
  
  
• Will consider 1 year of less recent full-time experience within the past 8 years as a Registered Dietitian in acute care, inpatient rehab/LTACH setting on a case-by-case basis.
  
  
• Ability to read, write and speak English.
  
  
• Ability to use and understand medical terminology.
  
  
• Ability to follow oral and written instructions.
  
  
• Ability to perform arithmetic calculations.
  
  
• Strong computer skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
  
  
• Requires a relatively high level of interpersonal skills to effectively communicate and work with medical, nursing and other health care professionals, patients, and their families.

REQUIRED CERTIFICATION & LICENSURE

• Registered Dietician or Registered Dietitian Nutritionist from the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND).

Working Conditions
Position may be based in a hospital or ambulatory/mobile imaging setting. Exposure to radiation, high-voltage equipment, and infectious diseases is possible with appropriate safety precautions. Position may require assisting with patient transfers and moving equipment.

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