Dietitian - Nutrition Therapy

Nutrition And Food Service DepartmentSummary of nutrition and food service department: Shifts are scheduled between 3:30 am to 8:15 pm. Patient care kitchen is open for patients 6:30-6:30. Staffing Ratios: Days: 2-3 Nights: No Weekends: 1 Schedule Requirements: Call Required: No Float Required: No Weekend Coverage: 8 hours Sat-Sun Documentation System: Cerner, CBORD Scrubs: Green, not providedJob RequirementsEducation and Work Experience: Bachelor’s Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent: 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: 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 nutritional evaluation of the patient's response to effectiveness of the implementation of the plan of care. 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 date collection and data assessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability. Supervises indirect data collection of assigned personnel. Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply. Adventist Health participates in E-Verify. By choosing to apply, you acknowledge that you have accessed and read the E-Verify Participation and Right to Work notices and understand the contents therein.