Registered Dietitian - Per Diem

Regency Hospital - NW Arkansas Springdale • Springdale, AR

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Regency Hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital providing inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients requiring extended healing and recovery. The Registered Dietitian provides compassionate nutritional care, including developing, implementing, and monitoring Medical Nutrition Therapies and collaborating with medical staff, patients, families, and food service staff to carry out nutrition care plans and maintain departmental standards.

The position includes conducting nutrition assessments and reassessments; developing and monitoring enteral and/or parenteral nutrition regimens; supporting safe diet-texture progression with Speech Therapy; reviewing diet and nutrition support orders; considering patients’ religious, cultural, and ethnic factors; and monitoring food, drug, herb, and supplement interactions. The dietitian also contributes to menus, meal service quality, interdisciplinary care, diet-manual updates, and staff education, while maintaining professional registration requirements and current nutrition knowledge.

Requirements

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

Responsibilities

• Provide quality nutritional care through the development, implementation, and monitoring of Medical Nutrition Therapies.
• Collaborate with medical staff, patients, families, and the food service department to implement nutrition care plans and maintain departmental standards.
• Perform nutritional assessments and reassessments; identify goals, recommend interventions, and monitor and evaluate patient progress.
• Develop and monitor enteral and/or parenteral nutrition support regimens.
• Work with the Speech Therapy Department on progression of texture-modified diets to support patient safety and oral intake.
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet, and oral supplement orders align with the facility’s nutrition support formulary and diet manual.
• Consider religious, cultural, and ethnic factors when developing nutrition care plans.
• Review yearly updates and approve the therapeutic diet manual annually; educate clinical and food service staff on the Nutrition Care Manual and maintain a simplified hard-copy diet manual for downtime.
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories and maintain professional registration requirements, including professional portfolio, self-development, and continuing education.
• Evaluate potential food/drug and herb/supplement interactions.
• Attend interdisciplinary team meetings and communicate patient progress and special needs.
• Participate in developing, planning, and standardizing menus.
• Conduct meal rounds to ensure meal trays match prescribed diets and meet standards for quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance.

Benefits

• Part-time and per-diem employees are eligible for a 401(k) after reaching 1,000 hours within their first anniversary or subsequent calendar year.
• Extensive orientation program.
• Potential advancement to full-time opportunities.
• Benefits supporting financial, work/life, and emotional well-being for employees and family members.

What This Job Offers

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