Registered Dietician

Job Description

Duties:

• Screens and assesses patients in an accurate and timely manner based on levels of care; determines patients’ nutritional needs and status and provides follow-up care.
• Interviews patients and/or their families to obtain history of food habits and preferences.
• Monitors patients for and provides education on food/drug interactions.
• Records food and drug interactions in the education section.
• Interprets pertinent laboratory, physical and social data in the medical record, as it applies to nutrition care.
• Provides nutrition education and records patient’s diet and diet instructions and the patient’s understanding of the diet in the education section.
• Consults with physicians regarding appropriate diet modification.
• Modifies patient menus as needed.

Requirements:

• Able to work in fast pace environment
• Multitasking
• Registration by the Commissions on Dietetic Registration (CDR) as a Registered Dietitian.
  Primary Source Verification – Required
• Graduate from accredited college/university with a degree in Dietetics or Foods and Nutrition
• AHA BLS – preferred
• Master’s degree – preferred (i.e tele, med/surg, vents, etc)
• Minimal one year of experience required.
• Two years of experience preferred
• Specialities Needed i.e., BLS, PALS, ACLS.

Schedule Hours Per Week: 40.00
Schedule Hours Per Day: 8.00
Schedule Days Per Week: 5.00