Registered Dietitian / Full-Time

Select Medical • Macon, GA

5d • Onsite

About The Position

Regency Hospital - Macon is a critical illness recovery hospital providing inpatient post-ICU services to chronically and critically ill patients who need extended healing and recovery. The Registered Dietitian provides compassionate nutritional care to patients and works with medical staff, patients, families, and the food service department to ensure nutrition care plans are implemented and departmental standards are maintained.

The role includes assessing patients’ nutritional needs, developing and monitoring Medical Nutrition Therapies and nutrition support regimens, coordinating modified diets with Speech Therapy, and ensuring diet and supplement orders align with facility standards. The Registered Dietitian also supports staff education, menu planning, meal quality monitoring, interdisciplinary care, and ongoing professional development.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with major studies in a Food and Nutrition-related field.
• 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

• Develop, implement, and monitor Medical Nutrition Therapies to provide quality nutritional care.
• 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 promote patient safety and optimize oral intake.
• Clarify admission orders to ensure nutrition support, diet, and oral supplement orders are consistent 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 location of the Nutrition Care Manual and maintain a hard copy of the simplified diet manual for downtime.
• Keep current with nutritional practices and theories and maintain professional registration requirements, including a Professional Portfolio, self-development, and continuing education.
• Pursue continuing education, academic activities, or specialized certification to enhance professional skills.
• 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 trays match prescribed diets and meet quality, quantity, temperature, and appearance standards.

Benefits

• Extensive Registered Dietitian orientation program.
• Medical and prescription drug plan offerings for full-time team members.
• Health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members.
• Generous paid time off for full-time team members.
• Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan.
• Life and disability protection.
• $10,000 sign-on bonus.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time