Home Health Dietician
About The Position
Phoenix Home Care & Hospice is seeking a Registered Dietician to work PRN with home health clients in Hutchinson, Kansas, and surrounding areas. The role provides nutritional assessment, counseling, care planning, and guidance to patients, families, and agency staff, including a focus on dietary needs and interventions at the end of life. The position supports collaboration among physicians, nursing personnel, and the interdisciplinary group (IDG) to develop nutrition plans based on patients’ needs, preferences, and choices. It also includes maintaining clinical and agency records, participating in quality activities, and pursuing ongoing professional development. Phoenix Home Care & Hospice describes its mission as offering new beginnings and meaningful opportunities to caregivers and clinicians while providing home care services grounded in innovation, skill, compassion, honesty, and patience.
Requirements
- Graduate of a school approved by the Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics (ACEND).
- Must be 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 is preferred.
- Previous experience working independently with elderly and disabled people is preferred.
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 counseling to patients and families as needed.
- Serve as a resource for agency staff when requested.
- Participate in QAPI activities as appropriate.
- Communicate with team members and, when appropriate, instruct them in nutritional and dietary teaching they can use when working with patients.
- Maintain and submit required clinical and agency records.
- Pursue self-development and improve health care knowledge through educational programs, workshops, conferences, professional organization meetings, research, and reading.
- Perform additional duties assigned in response to patient or agency needs.
Benefits
- Paid training on the job or in the office.
- Internal Awards and Recognition Program.
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