Registered Dietitian, Per Diem, Howard Memorial

Adventist Health

About The Position

Nestled in the "Gateway to the Redwoods", Adventist Health Howard Memorial takes pride in its legacy of providing exceptional, high-quality care since 1928. We are comprised of a state-of-the-art 74,000 square foot facility, with four surgery suites, an on-site farm-to-fork restaurant and 25 beautiful private rooms designed with healing and comfort in mind. We provide a wide-range of primary and specialty care services to best serve our community. Willits is home to excellent trails and nature areas for hikers, campers and bicyclists. Whether it is the climate, moderate cost of living or just the small-town atmosphere, it is a place where everyone receives a warm welcome and treated like family. Job Summary: Provides comprehensive nutritional care to patients and residents identified with special needs and/or those who meet nutritional risk criteria. Provides nutritional care which includes patient assessment and reassessment, patient and family education, interdisciplinary communication, nutritional plan of care development, and documentation of all interventions in accordance with policy and acceptable practice standards. Acts as a competent clinician who provides clinical care in a skilled and effective manner, utilizing appropriate technical and decision-making skills.

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in food and nutrition or equivalent: Required
Master's Degree: Required, only if eligibility for examination began on or after 1/1/24
Dietetic internship or its equivalent: Required
Registered Dietitian (RD) within 6 months of completion of residency program: Required
Adventist Health is committed to the safety and wellbeing of our associates and patients. Therefore, we require that all associates receive all required vaccinations as a condition of employment and annually thereafter, where applicable. Medical and religious exemptions may apply.
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Nice To Haves

Experience as a Clinical Dietitian: Preferred

Responsibilities

Performs assessment of patients to determine those at nutritional risk.
Provides quality nutritional care through utilization of nutrition plans; facilitating appropriate meal patterns, monitoring nutritional intake, initiating appropriate interventions, and providing nutritional education.
Responsible for the comprehensive initial nutritional assessment and ongoing reassessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability and determination of nutritional diagnosis.
Responsible for the nutritional evaluation of the patient's response to effectiveness of the implementation of the plan of care.
Sets patient care priorities appropriately.
Assigns personnel to patient care activities for effective utilization of skills and abilities within their job description, scope of practice and level of competency.
Responsible for medical nutrition therapy administration in a safe and accurate manner, monitoring, documenting, including patient response.
Acts as an educational resource for health care team personnel including dietetic interns, patients, family members and community.
Orients/instructs new professional, registered and assistive and ancillary personnel on job duties, assignments and clinical activities of the unit.
Provides learning opportunities to meet the nutrition education needs of patients/family/significant others.
Responsible for direct date collection and data assessment of the patient's nutritional condition and stability.
Supervises indirect data collection of assigned personnel.
Performs other job-related duties as assigned.