Home Health Dietician
About The Position
Phoenix Home Care & Hospice is seeking a Registered Dietician to work PRN with Home Health clients in Wichita, Kansas, and surrounding areas. The role provides nutrition assessments, counseling, care planning, education, and clinical support to patients, families, and agency staff. The dietician works with physicians, nursing personnel, and the interdisciplinary group (IDG) to address patients’ nutritional needs, preferences, and choices, including dietary needs and interventions at the end of life. The position also includes documentation, participation in quality activities, and ongoing professional development. Phoenix Home Care & Hospice’s mission is to offer new beginnings and meaningful opportunities to caregivers and clinicians while providing home care services built on innovation, skill, and Christ-like values of compassion, honesty, and patience.
Requirements
- Graduate of a school approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
- Certified, licensed, or registered by the state.
Nice To Haves
- One to three years of experience as a Registered Dietitian in the home health care industry.
- Previous experience working independently with elderly and disabled people.
Responsibilities
- Educate staff about dietary issues, focusing on dietary needs and interventions at the end of life.
- Assist physicians and nursing personnel in determining patients’ dietary needs.
- Work with the IDG to develop nutritional plans of care based on comprehensive assessments of patients’ nutritional needs, preferences, and choices.
- Provide dietary assessments and dietary counseling to patients and families as needed.
- Serve as a resource for agency staff when requested.
- Participate in QAPI activities as appropriate.
- Communicate with other team members and, when appropriate, instruct them in nutritional and dietary teaching they can use while working with patients.
- Maintain and submit written clinical and agency records as necessary.
- Pursue professional self-development through educational programs, workshops, conferences, professional organization meetings, research, and reading.
- Perform additional duties in response to patient or agency needs.
Benefits
- Paid on-the-job or in-office training.
- Internal awards and recognition program.
