Registered Dietitian-Bakersfield-CA-18187-Pay Negotiable

Job Description

Job Description

Registered Dietitian

Job Summary

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. Acts as a competent clinician who provides clinical care in a skilled and effective manner, utilizing appropriate technical and decision-making skills.

Education & 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)

Key Responsibilities
• 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.