Clinical Dietitian - Hospital

Clinical Dietitian - Hospital

REAL Food re-fined.

Clinical Dietitian - Hospital | Location: Panorama City, CA 91402

Compensation: $38-$42 per hour depending on years of experience and certification New grads welcome to apply!

Status: Part-Time

Schedule: Flexibility desired; someone who will work Friday-Monday. 20hrs/week, 8hrs/shift.

Job Summary

As a Clinical Dietitian, you'll play a key role in helping patients feel their best through personalized nutrition care. Your expertise will not only ensure patients receive nourishment aligned with their medical needs, but will also bring a compassionate touch to the healing journey. You'll work closely with doctors, nurses, and other healthcare professionals to create nutrition plans that support healing and wellness. Therefore, through the provision of wholesome, healthy foods, you will become an invaluable partner in fostering physical recovery for patients in the hospital.

Accountability for the following:

• Conducts a nutrition assessment for patients at nutritional risk within required time frames. Obtains timely and appropriate data and analyzes/interprets data based on evidence-based standards.
• Provides appropriate documentation that summarizes the nutrition care plan in the patient's medical record, including nutrition assessment, diagnosis, plan/goals, implementation, and progress toward goals.
• Participates in multidisciplinary care conferences and discharge planning activities as appropriate. Works closely with other disciplines including OT, PT, speech and social services to insure continuity of care.
• Performs nutrition diagnosis after identifying the problem and clarifying the cause of the problem with the patient's medical team.
• Develops and implements or makes recommendations for an individualized plan for nutrition intervention, including enteral and parenteral nutrition.
• Reviews/approves therapeutic diets to insure compliance with all state and federal guidelines.
• Assesses and evaluates techniques that consider the varied needs of age-specific populations as well as cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns.
• Works collaboratively with and provides area supervision of dining service staff to assure accuracy of diet prescriptions and high level of customer satisfaction/scores.
• Provides appropriate follow-up in accordance with the patient's treatment goals, referring patients for outpatient counseling, community resources or home services as appropriate.
• Conducts in-services and educational presentations to hospital/department staff.
• Maintains accurate record keeping of daily clinical activities, as required, including information for scheduling and billing of ambulatory care services.
• Participates in the orientation and training of new dietitians and DTR's. Functions as a preceptor to dietetic students and interns. Plans learning experiences, teaches, and evaluates performance of students and interns.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge:

• Comprehensive knowledge and application of nutrition services and medical nutrition therapy.
• General knowledge of nutrient analysis, word processing, and spreadsheet software.

Skills:

• Exceptional customer service/public relations skills.
• Ability to effectively communicate in both written and verbal form to patients, public, medical staff, and physicians.
• Ability to function independently on assigned patient care units.
• Ability to effectively counsel and educate others.

Benefits:

• Eligible for Merit based raise every year of up to 3% of the hourly rate.
• Eligible for continuing education/certification raise 3% of the hourly rate.
• Being a part of a supportive team where you are able to care for a variety of units (Acute, CCU, BHU, etc.).

Qualifications

Behaviors

Required

Team Player

Works well as a member of a group

Loyal

Shows firm and constant support to a cause

Innovative

Consistently introduces new ideas and demonstrates original thinking

Enthusiastic

Shows intense and eager enjoyment and interest

Detail Oriented

Capable of carrying out a given task with all details necessary to get the task done well

Dedicated

Devoted to a task or purpose with loyalty or integrity

Preferred

Thought Provoking

Capable of making others think deeply on a subject

Leader

Inspires teammates to follow them

Functional Expert

Considered a thought leader on a subject

Motivations

Required

Work-Life Balance

Inspired to perform well by having ample time to pursue work and interests outside of work

Self-Starter

Inspired to perform without outside help

Growth Opportunities

Inspired to perform well by the chance to take on more responsibility

Goal Completion

Inspired to perform well by the completion of tasks

Preferred

Peer Recognition

Inspired to perform well by the praise of coworkers

Job Security

Inspired to perform well by the knowledge that your job is safe

Flexibility

Inspired to perform well when granted the ability to set your own schedule and goals

Financial

Inspired to perform well by monetary reimbursement

Entrepreneurial Spirit

Inspired to perform well by an ability to drive new ventures within the business

Ability to Make an Impact

Inspired to perform well by the ability to contribute to the success of a project or the organization

Experience

Preferred

3 years:

Bachelor's degree in Dietetics, Food and Nutrition, or related area granted by a U.S. regionally accredited college or university. Completion of a didactic program in dietetics and supervised practice program approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), the credentialing agency for the American Dietetic Association. Preferred: Three years clinical/related experience and/or master's degree in related field. Bilingual in English and Spanish or Hmong.

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