Pediatric Dietitian Inpatient PRN
About The Position
The Registered Dietitian Clinical facilitates the nutrition care process by providing quality medical nutrition therapy for common disease states and promoting optimal wellness. This PRN role provides coverage for all inpatient units at Primary Children’s in Salt Lake City and Lehi. Shifts are 8 hours per day as needed, across Sunday through Saturday, with rotating weekend, call, and holiday coverage. Pay is based on experience, with an hourly range of $29.43–$45.39. External candidates may be eligible for a $1,250 sign-on bonus. The dietitian assesses patients’ nutritional needs, develops and documents nutrition diagnoses and interventions, monitors outcomes, and provides nutrition education tailored to customer needs, expectations, and culture. The role communicates nutrition expertise to healthcare providers, collaborates with dietitians and other clinicians, supports nutrition care across the healthcare continuum, participates in continuous improvement, and may exercise Registered Dietitian Nutritionist order-writing privileges under applicable policy and protocol.
Requirements
- Be a Registered Dietitian with the Commission on Dietetic Registration or be registration eligible.
- If hired as registration eligible, pass the Registered Dietitian credentialing exam within 6 months of hire to remain in the job.
- Complete an ACEND-accredited Didactic Program in Dietetics, Dietetic Internship, Coordinated Program, or graduate-level competency-based dietitian nutritionist program.
- Obtain state licensure or certification in accordance with the requirements of the primary state of practice; if required by that state, obtain it within 6 months of hire.
- For registration-eligible graduates after January 1, 2024, complete at least a master’s degree from an accredited university; education is verified.
- Demonstrate skills in general medical nutrition therapy, nutrition-focused physical examination, malnutrition diagnosis, nutrition requirement calculations, anthropometric measurements, nutrition education, critical thinking, customer service, professional communication, and computer proficiency.
- Meet the physical requirements of the role, including seeing and reading information, communicating and hearing effectively, and using hands and fingers with dexterity.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in clinical dietetics.
Responsibilities
- Complete and document nutrition assessments.
- Assess and interpret nutrition-related laboratory values.
- Identify and document nutrition diagnoses.
- Identify and implement appropriate nutrition interventions, including nutrition education suited to customer needs, expectations, and culture.
- Monitor and evaluate nutrition outcomes in relation to diagnoses, goals, and interventions.
- Communicate nutrition expertise to appropriate healthcare providers.
- Collaborate with other dietitians and refer patients to specialty-trained dietitians as appropriate.
- Support nutrition care across the healthcare continuum.
- Participate in department continuous improvement projects.
- Exercise Registered Dietitian Nutritionist order-writing privileges in accordance with policy and protocol.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits package covering programs intended to support well-being, including healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged living.
