Registered Dietitian, Part Time, Day Shift

Adventist Health•Portland, OR

About The Position

Adventist Health Portland is seeking a Registered Dietitian to provide comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents with special needs or who meet nutritional risk criteria. The role includes patient assessment and reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary communication, development of nutritional plans of care, and documentation of interventions in accordance with policy and accepted practice standards. The dietitian provides skilled clinical care using appropriate technical and decision-making skills. The position is part-time on the day shift. Adventist Health Portland serves East Portland through a 302-bed medical center, emergency department, and a network of clinics, urgent care, home care, and hospice services. Its Adventist Health Northwest Heart Center provides advanced cardiovascular care.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition or equivalent.
Dietetic internship or equivalent.
Registered Dietitian (RD) credential within six months of completion of the residency program.
Oregon Dietitian licensure for positions in Oregon.
Licensed Dietitian (LD) credential.

Nice To Haves

Experience as a Clinical Dietitian is preferred.
A master’s degree is required only if eligibility for examination began on or after January 1, 2024.

Responsibilities

Assess patients to identify those at nutritional risk.
Provide nutritional care using nutrition plans, including facilitating appropriate meal patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating interventions, and providing nutrition education.
Complete comprehensive initial nutritional assessments and ongoing reassessments of patients’ nutritional condition and stability, and determine nutritional diagnoses.
Evaluate patients’ responses to and the effectiveness of implemented plans of care.
Set patient-care priorities appropriately.
Assign personnel to patient-care activities in accordance with their job descriptions, scope of practice, and competency.
Administer medical nutrition therapy safely and accurately, and monitor and document treatment, including patient response.
Serve as an educational resource for healthcare personnel, dietetic interns, patients, family members, and the community.
Orient and instruct new professional, registered, assistive, and ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments, and clinical activities.
Provide learning opportunities to meet the nutrition-education needs of patients, families, and significant others.
Collect and assess direct data regarding patients’ nutritional condition and stability.
Supervise indirect data collection by assigned personnel.
Perform other job-related duties as assigned.