Registered Dietitian -PRN

Select Medical • Bowling Green, KY

26d • Onsite

About The Position

Southern Kentucky Rehabilitation Hospital, a partnership between Select Medical and Vibra Healthcare, is seeking a PRN Registered Dietitian in Bowling Green, Kentucky, at $37.00 per hour. The inpatient rehabilitation hospital provides care for individuals facing the medical, physical, emotional, and vocational challenges associated with brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, neurological disorders, orthopedic issues, amputation, and multiple trauma.

The Registered Dietitian provides nutrition services, develops and communicates nutritional care plans, and supports patients and staff through education and counseling. The role works with the interdisciplinary care team and participates in care meetings and medical rounds when assigned or available. The organization describes an extensive orientation program and offers certain benefits to full-time team members.

Requirements

• Current state licensure or certification, if required by the state.
• Current registration by the Commission on Dietetics Registration.
• One year of work experience in a facility setting with clinical responsibilities, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Provide nutrition services, including screening, initial assessments, reassessments, nutrition counseling and education, therapeutic diet calculations, and calorie counts.
• Develop appropriate nutritional care plans.
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethical factors when completing nutrition assessments and creating plans of care.
• Evaluate potential food/drug and herb/supplement interactions.
• Provide nutrition education and counseling as appropriate.
• Communicate and implement the nutritional plan of care with the interdisciplinary care team.
• Attend interdisciplinary care meetings, when assigned, to help develop patient care plans.
• Participate with the interdisciplinary team in medical rounds, such as wound rounds or dysphagia rounds, when available at the facility.
• Develop and implement educational programs for patients and staff.
• Work with patients to identify a nutrition education plan and set achievable goals.
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories.
• Maintain current ADA requirements, including a professional portfolio, self-development, and continuing education classes.

Benefits

• Extensive and thorough orientation program.
• Generous paid time off and paid sick time for full-time team members.
• Medical/RX, health, vision, employee assistance program (EAP), and dental plan offerings for full-time team members.
• Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan for full-time team members.
• Life and disability protection for full-time team members.

What This Job Offers

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