Dietitian - Inpatient - Harborview

University of Washington Medical Center • Seattle, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Harborview – Food and Nutrition Services has an outstanding opportunity for a Dietitian 2. WORK SCHEDULE Full-time, 100% FTE (40 hours per week) Monday-Friday Fixed duration- anticipated need is through October, 2027 Day Shift DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION The Nutrition and Food Services department supports Harborview's mission by delivering extraordinary experiences with compassionate evidence-based care, unforgettable customer service, and fresh and nutritious food for patients, families, and the greater community. Our vision is to create a supportive and empowering workplace for all, provide unparalleled experiences for our customers and patients, and improve the quality of life and health of the public. POSITION HIGHLIGHTS Performs nutrition assessment, education and medical nutrition therapy and/or directs others in professional administrative dietetic services. The Dietitian participates in quality improvement, professional development, and education of other healthcare professionals. The Dietitian complies with applicable regulatory laws, regulations and HMC scope of practice.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with major in Dietetics, Foods and Nutrition or Food Service Administration
• Completion of American Dietetic Association approved dietetic education program
• Registered Dietitian status
• 24 months recent full-time experience as an R.D.
• Equivalent education and/or experience may substitute for minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license, certification, and/or registration.

Responsibilities

• Performs dietitian duties in a sub-specialty area such as food marketing, sensory evaluation, work productivity measurement, renal, burns, geriatrics, oncology, metabolic support
• Provides nutrition care using the Nutrition Care Process for the nutritionally complex patient populations
• Compiles relevant data to assess nutritional status and interprets data to make nutrition assessments
• Identifies desired outcomes/goals of nutrition care for individual patients
• Determines nutrient and energy requirements for individual patients based on age, sex, and state of health.
• Documents the nutrition care plan in the medical record.
• Directly communicates recommendations to medical team leaders.
• Communicates plan for nutrition care directly to patient or significant other, health team members and leader
• Takes nutrition care related orders per electronic order power plans where the provider delegates order writing to the dietitian.
• Monitors the outcome of nutrition care for patient and documents in the medical record as necessary.
• Provides nutrition education and referral From assessment data, identifies educational needs of patient and/or significant others
• Participates in the interviewing, on-boarding and performance evaluation of other employees within the department as assigned

Benefits

• Benefits: For information about benefits for this position, visit https://www.washington.edu/jobs/benefits-for-temporary-per-diem-and-less-than-half-time/

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level