Registered Dietitian PRN
About The Position
Serve as an expert in the use of food and nutrition to promote health and manage disease. Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling. The role includes approving patient menus and nutritional supplements, advising patients and their families on nutrition and food selection, and providing nutritional assessments in accordance with facility policy and regulation. The Registered Dietitian counsels individuals and groups on healthy eating and nutrition monitoring, consults with physicians and other health care personnel about patients’ nutritional needs and restrictions, and participates in treatment teams as appropriate. The position also reviews and approves facility menus and the diet manual, promotes health through nutrition education, and monitors food service operations for nutritional, safety, sanitation, and quality standards as needed. Sierra Tucson provides integrative, evidence-based care for adults of all genders on its 160-acre campus north of Tucson, Arizona.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university in Dietetics, Nutrition, or a similar field acceptable for licensure.
- Current registered dietitian credential, registration as required by the state, or eligibility for endorsement by the state in which the facility provides services.
- ServSafe certification or similar food safety certification where required by the state or facility.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with eating disorders and substance use is strongly preferred in facilities serving those patient populations.
Responsibilities
- Assess nutritional needs, diet restrictions, and current health plans to develop and implement dietary-care plans and provide nutritional counseling.
- Approve patient menus and nutritional supplements.
- Advise patients and their families on nutritional principles, dietary plans, diet modifications, and food selection and preparation.
- Provide nutritional assessments in accordance with facility policy and regulation.
- Review and approve facility-developed menus.
- Counsel individuals and groups on good nutrition, healthy eating habits, and nutrition monitoring to improve quality of life.
- Consult with physicians and health care personnel to determine patients’ nutritional needs and diet restrictions.
- Participate in treatment teams as appropriate.
- Review and approve the facility diet manual annually in conjunction with medical staff.
- Speak to groups about diet, nutrition, and the relationship between eating habits and preventing or managing specific diseases.
- Monitor food service operations as needed to ensure conformance to nutritional, safety, sanitation, and quality standards.
- Perform other functions and tasks as assigned.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
