Registered Dietitian

About This Role

Registered Dietitians play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent care to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. This position involves developing, implementing, and monitoring Medical Nutrition Therapies, working collaboratively with various departments and individuals to ensure optimal patient nutrition.

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care to patients, including the development, implementation, and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies
• Work collaboratively with medical staff, patients, families, and the food service department to ensure nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained
• Perform nutritional assessments and re-assessments, identifying goals, recommending nutrition interventions, and monitoring and evaluating patient progress
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens
• Work closely with the Speech Therapy Department to assist with the progression of textured modified diets to ensure patient safety and optimize oral intake
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet, and oral supplement orders are consistent with the facility’s established nutrition support formulary and diet manual
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors in the development of nutrition care plans
• Review yearly updates and approve the therapeutic diet manual annually
• Educate clinical and food service staff on the location of the Nutrition Care Manual
• Maintain a hard copy of a simplified diet manual for downtime
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories
• Maintain current professional registration requirements (i.e., Professional Portfolio, self-development, and continuing education)
• Demonstrate interest in continuing education, academics, or specialized certification to further enhance professional skills
• Evaluate potential food/drug interactions and/or herb/supplement interactions
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate progress and special needs
• Participate in developing, planning, and standardizing menus
• Perform meal rounds to ensure patients' meal trays are consistent with the prescribed diet and meet standards as to quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree with major studies in a Food and Nutrition related field
• Current state licensure/certification, if required by state
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration
• One (1) year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities or equivalent

Benefits