Registered Dietetic Technician I (DTR) - Clinical Nutrition - Full Time
About The Position
Grow your career at Cedars-Sinai! At Cedars-Sinai, we're motivated by a collective spirit of innovation and the challenge to continuously improve. Above all, we share a real passion for helping others. Day after day, from department to department, our people give their all to create a community unlike any other. This is just one of the many reasons U.S. News & World Report has named us one of America’s Best Hospitals—and now we invite you to join us and make a difference every single day in service of this outstanding work – excellence and innovation in patient care, research, and community service. From working with a team of dedicated professionals to using state-of-the-art facilities, you’ll have great resources to do something incredible—for yourself, and for others.
Requirements
- Associates Degree or B.A./B.S. in Dietetics, Nutrition or related field.
- Registered by Commission on Dietetic Registration (DTR) or eligible to take the National Registration exam. Must obtain within six (6) months of hire.
- Computer proficiency is a requirement.
Nice To Haves
- Experience in healthcare food and nutrition service operations and/or as a diet aide, or comparable experience preferred.
- Excellent customer service and communication skills.
Responsibilities
- Provides nutrition care services to patients under the guidance of a Registered Dietitian (RD) and within scope of practice and ADA Practice Standards.
- Assists the Clinical Dietitian in the screening and evaluation of the nutrition care needs of patients, development of nutritional care plans, diet counseling, and recordkeeping.
- Supervises patient food service production and service under supervisory guidance.
- Meets the food and service expectations of patients and visitors.
- Performs all job duties with sensitivity and attention to the special population(s) served.
- Interacts effectively with inter- and/or intra-department medical and support personnel to meet patient care goals and provide timely response to requests.
- Provides quality services based on patients expectations and needs.
- Interviews patients to obtain and verify information.
- Demonstrates appropriate patient interview techniques.
- Reviews diet orders as part of the evaluation process.
- Explains menu modifications/substitutions to patients.
- Demonstrates knowledge of nutrition risk factors.
- Provides direct care to individual patients on designated units in the inpatient acute care setting.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
