Registered Dietitian - Part-time
About The Position
The Registered Dietitian works in the Diabetic Management department and provides nutrition education to Grant Regional Health Center inpatients and cardiac rehabilitation participants. The role includes assessing patients’ nutritional needs, developing care plans for those at higher nutritional risk, and coordinating nutrition-related care with patients, families, and the interdisciplinary team. The position also manages therapeutic diet orders, supplements, and formulas, and calculates and prescribes tube feeding and parenteral nutrition orders. A candidate interested in developing diabetes education experience and assisting the diabetes education care and education specialist is preferred, when availability permits. This is a part-time, non-benefit-eligible position at 0.2 FTE (16 hours per pay period), scheduled for two shifts per pay period from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and Dietetics.
- Credentialed as a Registered Dietitian by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
- Certified as a Dietitian to practice in Wisconsin.
- Basic computer proficiency, including Microsoft Office.
- Ability to work independently and as a member of a team.
Nice To Haves
- Master’s degree.
- Interest in learning more about diabetes education and assisting the diabetes education care and education specialist when availability permits.
- EPIC system experience.
- Previous healthcare experience.
Responsibilities
- Provide nutrition education, as ordered or needed, to hospital inpatients, their family members, and cardiac rehabilitation participants.
- Perform nutritional screenings and assessments for hospital inpatients, considering age-specific needs and cultural, religious, and ethnic concerns.
- Develop nutritional care plans for inpatients identified as being at higher nutritional risk.
- Document patient assessments, consultations, interventions, and follow-up visits in the electronic medical record.
- Apply knowledge of differences in techniques and treatment modalities for pediatric, adolescent, geriatric, and general patient populations.
- Develop teaching plans based on each patient’s identified learning needs and evaluate their effectiveness; include family members as appropriate.
- Calculate and prescribe tube feeding and parenteral nutrition orders.
- Provide immediate care to patients with time-sensitive needs.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary team, including nursing, pharmacy, occupational therapy, physical therapy, utilization review, social services, patients, and families, to plan and implement care that meets patients’ nutritional needs.
- Maintain relevant patient data and recommend, prescribe, or modify therapeutic diets as needed.
- Oversee general maintenance of patients’ therapeutic diet orders, keep nutritional information current, and communicate therapeutic diet preparation needs to staff.
- Select appropriate supplements and formulas and order them from pharmacy or materials management when needed.
- Serve as a resource for medical, food service, and other hospital staff.
- Perform other duties as assigned to meet the needs of patients, the department, and the organization.
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Job Type
Part-time
